Occupational Therapy South West offers years of experience working with people following a wide range of injuries, medical conditions and disabilities particularly neurological conditions including traumatic and acquired brain injury.

Occupational Therapy (OT) offers assessment and therapy/ rehabilitation services to address challenges with:

  • Upper limb function (hand, arm, shoulder).
  • Cognitive function –Memory, planning, organisation and executive skills…
  • Activities of daily living (ADL’s):
    • Personal ADL’s – showering, dressing, hygiene…
    • Domestic ADL’s – menu planning, cooking, cleaning, home chores, gardening…
    • Community – access, shopping, driving…
  • Leisure and hobbies…
  • Vision and perceptual deficits.

Specific services include:

  • Therapy and rehabilitation utilising the principles of neuroplasticity.
  • Equipment and assistive technology prescription – assistive equipment and home aids.
  • Home Assessment & Modification – ramps, rails, and safety improvements.
  • Energy conservation & management –activity & rest scheduling, and pacing.
  • Pain care and self-management – education and support.

Also:

  • Work-focused Rehabilitation & Workplace Assessments.
  • Ergonomic assessments.
  • Medicolegal assessment and reports.

Services are provided for 8-year-olds and above, teenagers, adults, and older adults.

What is occupational therapy?

Occupational therapy is a client-centred health profession concerned with promoting health and well-being through occupation.  The primary goal of occupational therapy is to enable people to participate in the activities of everyday life. Occupational therapists achieve this outcome by working with people and communities to enhance their ability to engage in the occupation they want to, need to, or are expected to do, or by modifying the occupation or the environment to better support their occupational engagement.  

In occupational therapy, occupations refer to the everyday activities that people do as individuals, in families and with communities to occupy time and bring meaning and purpose to life.  Occupations include things people need to, want to and are expected to do.

World Federation of Occupational Therapists definition; www.wfot.org