Occupational therapy is gradually spreading out its branches and applications in day to day purposes as well as maintaining a sound job health. I'm much interested to have some distinct and definite idea about occupational therapy in clinical aspects.
Dear Sarkar, If you see the history it is very old profession. In 1700's mentally ill patients were treated like prisoners but in 1793,Phillipe Pinel began Moral treatment and Occupatin by using music, physical exercise and work as a way to heal emotional stress, dipression and thereby improving ability to perform ADL. so Occupational Therapymainly focus on a person's quality of life thus becoming more involved in education, prevention,screening and health maintenance.if you see this profession in clinical aspects and roll of occupational therapy in modern medicine its a dynamically moving profession and Therapist working in a variety of settings with a different reason like deficit disorder,stroke,arthritis, amputation,down syndrome,other medical problems.they rehabilitating the individuals according to their capacity to achieve better health through occupation.
In modern day life where it is fully loaded and as well as we have many challenges the Occupational hazards are increasing and the role of the Occupational Therapist (OT) is to help patients improve or maintain skills for day-to-day activities and well-being. OTs work in partnership with their patients to identify important and valued activities that are difficult to do because of their arthritis.
Occupational therapists (OTs) help people of all ages to improve their ability to perform tasks in their daily living and working environments. They work with individuals who have conditions that are mentally, physically, developmentally, socially or emotionally disabling.
Besides what mr. Salah mentioned, occupational therapists have a role in the acute clinical setting not only in rehabilitation (although that is their primary work). In some countries that have well defined job design for OTs, they are among a number of health care workers who give their assessment when a person is first admitted. Why? Because the costs of having a persons develop a serious disability and perhaps even losing the ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL) are much higher than trying to maintain the highest possible level of independence in performing ADLs.
Also, OT have a role in postural management and seating and positioning people who need to use wheelchairs or other types of aids.
As far as clinical applications go OTs have a role in cardiology and pulmology departments, neurology and psychiatry.
On my page you can find a paper on the role of OT in people with COPD, although it is in croatian maybe the references will be of help. My coworker on the paper also wrote a paper about OT in cardiology in english, and I have attached it for you here.
Dear Sarkar, If you see the history it is very old profession. In 1700's mentally ill patients were treated like prisoners but in 1793,Phillipe Pinel began Moral treatment and Occupatin by using music, physical exercise and work as a way to heal emotional stress, dipression and thereby improving ability to perform ADL. so Occupational Therapymainly focus on a person's quality of life thus becoming more involved in education, prevention,screening and health maintenance.if you see this profession in clinical aspects and roll of occupational therapy in modern medicine its a dynamically moving profession and Therapist working in a variety of settings with a different reason like deficit disorder,stroke,arthritis, amputation,down syndrome,other medical problems.they rehabilitating the individuals according to their capacity to achieve better health through occupation.
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