Occupational Therapy: Emphasis on Clinical Practice
Fig. 4.1 The Ankh sign. A wall at the Temple of Karnak, Luxor, Egypt. (Photo: Ingrid Söderback) Throughout this handbook, a stylized ankh is used to symbolize the OTs’ therapeutic…
Interventions: The Occupational Therapist Teaches and the Client Learns or Relearns
Fig. 26.1 The OT’s role as teacher (educator) in OTIs aimed at clients’ learning or re-learning The outcome of learning intervention is “a change in an individual’s capacity to respond…
Wheelchair Intervention: Principles and Practice
Sund T, Iwarsson S, Andersen MC, Brandt à (2013) Documentation of and satisfaction with the service delivery process of electric powered scooters among adult users in different national contexts. Disabil…
Housing Adaptations and Home Modifications
Fig. 13.1 Installation of ramps at entrances is among the most common housing adaptation measures. (Photograph: S. Iwarsson; reproduced with the subject’s approval) Housing adaptation as intervention places great demands…
Environmental Adaptations for Individuals with Functional Difficulties and Their Families in the Home and Community
Core principle Description Select evidentiary support Client-driven Collaborative approach to identify an individual’s valued activities and specific performance challenges and explore environmental solutions. Individuals should be viewed as a partner…
Interventions: The Occupational Therapist Manages for Adaptations
Fig. 11.1 The occupational therapist’s (OT) role in the OTIs aimed at manage adaptations. OT has responsibility for that clients receive, accept, and use prescribed environmental interventions that influence client’s…
Interactive Patient Cases in Occupational Therapy: How to Succeed
Fig. 10.1 Room designed for a case seminar 2. Preparing the facilitator To be the teacher (facilitator) in a case seminar is quite different from engaging in the role as…
Occupational Science Informing Occupational Therapy Interventions
Occupation Participants Authors Activist occupations Older men and women Fox and Quinn (2012) Cooking festive meals Older women Wright-St. Clair et al. (2013) Quilt making Adult and older women Dickie…
Evidence-Based Occupational Therapy and Basic Elements for Conducting Assessments
Fig. 8.1 Different ways of collecting data using assessment instruments Reporting Results of Assessments Results of an assessment are determined in terms of the following: Raw scores, which seldom give…
Participants in Occupational Therapy Interventions: Needs Assessments—A Necessary Phase in Rehabilitation
Category Subcategories Needs due to limitations in activity performance caused by pain intensity Interrupted occupational performance Given up occupational performance Performs occupations with more effort Increased pain in occupational performance…
