Community Rehabilitation
With rehabilitation in your own home we work with you to regain or enhance your ability to live as safely and independently as possible. Your ability to manage might be compromised after a specific incident such as a stroke or hip replacement or by the effects of ageing. We will be interested in doing a holistic assessment of your ability to perform your ADLs (Activities of Daily Living), cognition and psychosocial skills. Our treatment may include hands-on treatment or the modification of your home or community or using adaptive equipment or techniques to improve function.
A key aim of occupational therapy is to help you develop or maintain a satisfying routine of meaningful everyday activities that can give you a sense of direction and purpose.
This can include help with things like community living skills such as budgeting, domestic or personal care routines, leisure activities, and involvement in work or voluntary activities.
An occupational therapist will look at the activity you are finding difficult and see if there is another way it can be completed. For example, if you are finding it difficult to:
peel and chop vegetables – perhaps you could buy vegetables that are already prepared
walk to your local shop – perhaps there is a bus that runs past your house or you may be able to do your shopping on the internet
do the ironing – perhaps you could sit down while you iron
An occupational therapist will also help find new ways to carry out an activity by breaking it down into small individual movements, and will then practise the steps with you.
For example, if you cannot get up out of a chair without assistance, an occupational therapist will go through each stage of the movement with you until you can confidently get up on your own.
If you would like to discuss your rehabilitation needs, contact us here.