OCCT1201 - Introduction to Occupational Therapy Practice Case study Assignment Practice Context: Occupational Rehabilitation Case study’s pseudo name: Sue Blogs Age: 39 yrs Reason for referral to Occupational Therapist: Worker’s Compensation claim via Insurance case manager for the purpose of a workplace assessment. Condition named: Achilles Rupture History of Present Condition: Ms Blogs is a university academic that has sustained an injury to her right Achilles tendon whilst walking
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valued occupation – agriculture. My motivation to pursue a career in occupational therapy (OT) developed from
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including infants at the Waisman Center‚ elementary aged children at Children’s Therapy Network‚ and middle school aged children at Schools of Hope. Capitol Lakes allowed me to expand my understanding of occupational therapy to the geriatric population. With my background in psychology‚ I was extremely thrilled and intrigued to observe and participate in cognitive assessments within the elderly population. Although other occupational therapists I previously shadowed communicated with other healthcare professionals
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The occupational therapy perspective of occupation‚ health and wellbeing To be able to participate in one ’s own life‚ to do the things we want to do‚ and to competently perform the activities that form part of our daily‚ weekly or monthly routines‚ is a common goal for most people. This not only includes taking part in the basic activities of self-care‚ such as grooming and dressing‚ but also extends to our work and leisure activities. It is through doing things that we learn and develop as
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Next I’ll talk about how this field came about and grew in terms of poularity. Occupational therapy originally came avbout during the age of enlightenment in the 1700s. At that time the mentally ill were trated very poorly because they were considerd to be threats to society and as a result many of them were locked up or put insane asylums. And so In the late 1793‚ Phillipe Pinel and later on William Tuke began what was then called "moral treatment and occupation"‚ as an approach to treating people
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It can altogether affect an individual’s capacity to take part in everyday life exercises that are important and lead to profitable day by day schedules. Occupational therapy is a profession that is considered as crucial to helping people with dysfunctional behavior build up the abilities expected to live to its fullest. Occupational therapy perceives that regular
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Evaluate the role of the occupational therapist in supporting mental health service users through occupation-bases interventions and outcome measurement drawing illustrative examples from the group work case studies. This assignment will evaluate the role of the occupational therapist in supporting mental health service users. Firstly it will briefly describe the key aspects of the role. Secondly it will draw on illustrative examples of interventions from three case studies‚ considering the
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Regarding Occupational Therapy - 6 sessions; CA MTUS Chronic Pain Medical Treatment Guidelines support an initial course of physical therapy with objective functional deficits and functional goals. The latest progress report noted that the patient has left upper extremity pain. The exam revealed moderate spasticity and tenderness over the flexor-extensor forearm. She has a positive compression of the left median and radial nerves of the extensor and flexor forearms. It was noted that she has not
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entering the medical field Additional rules apply to the respected area. In this case is it occupational therapy. Entering the field of occupational therapy means abiding by the rules‚ but most importantly‚ it means remaining professional at all times‚ along with being an advocate for others. These are two rules that were or could be compromised in the case involving the recording of class.
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evidence-based practice in occupational therapy include: -There may be valuable library services available and access to literature within the organisation making it easy and convenient for researching (McCluskey & Cusick‚ 2002). -There may be people already employed within
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