Happy 2021 OT Week Everyone!
From 25th til the 31st of October we are celebrating our Occupational Therapy (OT) service and all our therapists who excel at what they do. With World Occupational Therapy Day also falling on Wednesday, we have even more reasons to take a dive into this profession and provide more of an insight into how OT’s can help you. Stay tuned to our social media channels during the week for more OT posts.
What is Occupational Therapy?
OT as a recognised profession began in the early 1900’s and since then has grown to encompass a range of complex therapy treatments to assist people with injury, illness and disability. The term occupational therapy was derived from its origins in physical therapy through meaningful occupation including work and engagement with daily living tasks.
Modern OT is an evidence-based, collaborative and accessible practice that is a key service in a multidisciplinary allied health environment such as Alliance Rehabilitation. Our OT’s can work provide many types of assessment and therapy with some of the more routine include:
- Community participation and leisure therapy
- Analysis of cognitive / thinking skills
- Re-training of everyday living skills
- Functional Needs Assessments
- Functional Capacity Assessment for return to work
- Upper limb rehabilitation with advanced measurement equipment
- Identification, trialing & recommendations for assistive technology.
- Driving assessment and vehicle modifications
Tailored Services for You
Alliance Rehabilitation provides a specialist rehabilitation and capacity building assessment and intervention plan to help you achieve any goals you identify. Our client-centered approach aims to identify strengths and difficulties surrounding your daily life and work to devise practical solutions which optimise your capacity to engage in these activities resulting in an increased quality of life.
Looking for More Info?
If you are keen to learn more about specific OT services available in North Queensland, funding pathways or to check out our amazing OT team, head over to our OT service page or contact us today.
Alternatively Occupational Therapy Australia have some general information with stories from professionals and links to OT week events.