Out Patient Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Provides a wide range of services to assist adults and elders who are injured, ill or disabled and have challenges with everyday living including rehabilitation, preventative care and education.
Services available
- Evaluation of clients’ ability to perform daily activities, taking into account physical and/or mental factors, as well as their living environment
- Screening for cognitive or perceptual difficulties
- Identifying obstacles in the environment and proposing appropriate solutions for greater independence and safety (e.g. adaptive equipment and training in its use, house modifications).
- Exercises to reduce pain, or to maintain/improve range of motion, strength, coordination, balance and endurance
- Training in daily activities
- Interventions to improve comfort (while sitting or in bed) and prevent or treat pressure sores
- Education about illness and ways to adjust it
- Recommendations of splints for upper limbs
- Assisting with applications for Medicare wheelchair and 4-wheeled scooters (if eligible)
Services not provided
- Rehabilitation (e.g. assessing work capacities/requirements, ergonomics) for return to work
- Children with disabilities are served only for house accessibility assessment and for requests for technical aids.