OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Occupational Therapy is an integral part
of rehabilitation at HHC.
Occupational Therapy focuses on the patient's
ability to perform with the highest level of independence in the activities
of daily living in order to return to his or her prior, optimal functional
levels.
Occupational therapists guide their patients and their families in creating
and developing compensatory techniques for preserving the highest level of
function to enhance quality of life using specialized techniques in ,
compensatory technique training, as per the physician's instructions.
- ADL'S (Activities of Daily
Living)
Occupational therapists provide
skilled care to improve the patient's ability to perform activities of
daily living including:
- Dressing
- Bathing
- Feeding
- Grooming
- Toileting
- Cognitive remediation
- Functional mobility and transfer training for daily
tasks.
- Positioning techniques
- Contracture prevention and management
- Community re-entry
- Job re-entry
- Driver re-education and vehicle adaptation
- Home safety and training to patients and
their families
- Environmental Modification and Adaptive
Equipment Training as needed.
Occupational Therapy is
primarily concerned with improving or developing/restoring the sensory,
motor, cognitive, perceptual and psychosocial skills which have been
impaired by illness or injury. In addition, upon discharge from therapy,
restorative programs are established with the nursing staff or family
members to ensure continuity of quality care.
Our evaluation and treatment process focuses on the
areas listed below.
Occupational Therapy Evaluation
- Daily Living Skills
- Strength
- Fine Motor Coordination
- Sensation
- Motor Planning Abilities
- Cognitive Function
- Range of Motion
- Functional Skills
- Wheelchair recommendation and adaptation
- Activity Tolerance
- Static and Dynamic Splinting
- Homemaking Skills
- Home Safety Accessibility Evaluation
- Visual/Perceptual Skills
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
TREATMENT
- Fine Motor Skills Retraining
- ADL* Retraining
- Therapeutic Exercise
- Neuromuscular Sensory Re-education
- Instruction in Joint Protection Principles
- Family/Patient/Nursing Education
- Modalities to decrease pain/edema
- Cognitive Skills Remediation
- Provision of Adaptive Equipment
- Individually Customized Splint Program
- Adaptive Seating Program
- Instruction in Energy Conservation
- Restraint Reduction Program
- Home Modification Recommendations
Our therapists will provide an
evaluation within 24 hours of an admission to establish whether the patient
needs treatment and identify individual goals.
All residents will be screened quarterly to identify all of those who are
suffering from a decline in function and will benefit from intervention.
For Out-patient Occupational Therapy Services in
Clifton, Belleville, Newark, cedar Grove, Paterson, Nutley and Montclair New
Jersey, Please call Holsman Physical
Therapy and Rehabilitation P.C. at telephone numbers: 973-246-6565 or
973-241-2306
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