Occupational Therapy - Inpatients | Waitematā | Te Whatu Ora

Treatment

Once issues and challenges are identified (occupational performance issues) through the assessment process, occupational therapists use a variety of treatment and intervention strategies to facilitate task performance. These may include:

• Cognitive rehabilitation
• Group therapy
• Upper limb rehabilitation
• Positioning 
• Wheelchair and seating
• Advice/provision of basic adaptive equipment (e.g. shower stool, bed levers)
• Advice/provision of complex adaptive equipment (e.g. hospital beds, hoists)
• Skills re-training
• Home-based rehabilitation programmes
• Fatigue management
• Education
• Referrals to other services.

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