Occupational therapsits can develop a program to restore and promote performance abilities and tasks necessary for independent and satisfying daily living. The ultimate goal of occupational therapy treatment is to increase a person’s ability to function independently in daily life tasks (such as self-care, home management, work and leisure).
Occupational Therapy services may be appropriate for those patients with sensory, motor, cognitive, perceptual, developmental and functional deficits. The following are some of the diagnoses, which may be appropriate for an Occupational Therapy referral:
- Developmental Delay
- Congenital Deficits
- Cerebral Vascular Accident
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Multiple Fracture
- Neuropathies
- Hip Fracture
- Total Joint Replacement
- Respiratory Disease
- Arthritis
- Amputation
- Visual Disorders
- Adult Neurological Disease
- Post Mastectomy
- Hand Injury
- Occupational Therapy Intervention