An Occupational Therapist (OT) works with seniors and other populations, in various settings, to provide assistance in re-learning skills or modifying their living situations to help them lead independent, productive, and satisfying lives.
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- An occupational therapist (OT) evaluates your physical and mental challenges in doing daily activities and provides strategies to increase your strength and improve your safety.
- Learn about the specialty of occupational therapy and services they can provide to seniors at Healthlink BC.
- Be aware that an OT can come into your home and provide a home safety assessment to identify ways to improve your safety (walking, getting up and down, physical activities, and cooking) and offer strategies for hygiene and dressing.
- Explore the recommendations from your OT for improving your mobility and safety through mobility aids/devices and home modifications.
- Know that the OT visit is also to educate family caregivers and care partners helping you in your home.
- Learn from OTs ways to reduce the risk of falls and techniques to get up safely if you do fall.
- For seniors dealing with cognitive impairments like dementia, OT’s can offer cognitive rehabilitation strategies and memory aids, as well as tips on how to communicate with people living with dementia.
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