At Home Health Care and Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy is often confused with physical therapy. Physical therapy focuses on improving a person's mobility, but occupational therapy assesses a person's ability to perform daily tasks or "operations" and looks for ways to improve their ability to perform them. The American Occupational Therapy Association puts it this way, "Occupational therapists help people participate in the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of everyday activities... interventions include helping people recovering from an injury or health event to regain skills, and providing support for older adults experiencing physical and cognitive changes."
Occupational therapy includes not just the
Occupational therapy is often confused with physical therapy. Physical therapy focuses on improving a person's mobility, but occupational therapy assesses a person's ability to perform daily tasks or "operations" and looks for ways to improve their ability to perform them. The American Occupational Therapy Association puts it this way, "Occupational therapists help people participate in the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of everyday activities... interventions include helping people recovering from an injury or health event to regain skills, and providing support for older adults experiencing physical and cognitive changes."
Occupational therapy includes not just the