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Occupational therapy offers a distinct rehabilitation method, utilizing daily activities to restore patients’ occupational skills lost to aging, injury, or extended hospitalization.
We tailor our therapy approach by conducting a thorough assessment of individual needs to determine the most suitable course of care and provide the necessary intervention for each specific requirement.
Occupational Therapy Eligibility Criteria
To provide insight into how Occupational Therapy can be beneficial, the following indicators can help determine if you or your loved one may benefit from occupational assistance:
Activities of Daily Living
- Feeding Skills: Difficulty feeding oneself, storing food in cheeks, reduced swallowing or sucking ability, lack of lip closure, chewing difficulties, drooling, facial weakness, inability to use utensils effectively.
- Dressing Skills: Inability to dress due to orthopedic or neurological issues, difficulty with fasteners (buttons, snaps, zippers), confusion with clothing application.
- Hygiene Skills: Inability to wash face independently while in bed, requiring help with oral hygiene, assistance needed with toilet use and hygiene, grooming difficulties.
These indicators offer insight into the potential need for occupational therapy services.
Upper Extremity Functionality
- Decreased muscle/tone strength in one or both extremities.
- Decreased joint mobility.
- Edema/pain upon movement, pressure in /both extremities in combination with above upper extremity dysfunction.
- No muscle control in extremities with decreased positioning
- Unable to grasp.
- Unable to maintain upright sitting posture.
- Decreased upper extremity coordination – unable to use arms during bed mobility.
Visual/Perceptual Defects
- Visual deficits present: Decreased peripheral vision, poor visual orientation, tunnel vision.
- Observations: Does a patient only eat 1/2 of the food on plate? Cannot locate utensils on tray? Misjudges by over or under shooting when trying to bring food to mouth? Unable to identify body parts?
Sensory Deficits:
- Lack of response to hot or cold stimuli.
- Neglect of one side of the body.
- Inability to determine joint position without visual assistance.
- Difficulty in distinguishing tactile sensations.
- Complaints of numbness or tingling in the extremities.
Occupational therapy gradually reintroduces clients to daily tasks, increasing in complexity as they progress and master each task. Various interventions will be employed, with clients closely monitored and supervised by our therapists and other providers. Regular feedback will be provided to help clients understand the therapy process.
Occupational therapy at Right choice Care LLC. is concerned with:
- Basic Skills Evaluation
- Basic Level Skills Education and Training
- Device Assistance Training
- Sensory Functions Restoration
- Pain Assessment and Management
- Upper Extremity Strength and Range of Motion
- Energy Management and Conservation
- Home Safety
- Restoration of Sensory Functions
- Re-education of Basic Living Skills
- Restoring Muscle Control
- Muscle Control Restoration and Enhancement
- Mobility Enhancement
- Home Exercise Program
- Patient Education
- Work Simplification
Don’t hesitate to reach out to us for any further information. We’re just a click away, ready to answer your queries and assist you on your health journey.