scholarly journals Parents View On In-Home Occupational Therapy Service

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-53
Author(s):  
Lilia Osipova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Children With Special Needs ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Therapy Services ◽  
Therapy Interventions ◽  
Occupational Therapy Interventions

Home is a significant environment for any child with or without special needs and one of the important environments where occupational therapy is aimed to bring improvement if necessary in terms of quality of life. The current descriptive qualitative study was designed to find out parental perceptions about occupational therapies provided in their own environments with their children with special needs. The participants of the study were five parents whose children with different special needs were getting private in-house occupational therapy services provided by the researcher at the moment of the study. The data for this study was collected through semi-structured interviews. Interviews were designed to understand how parents perceive in-house Occupational Therapy Services.    The findings of the study suggest significant improvements in the quality of life of their children with special needs, thus no one could specifically differ occupational therapy interventions in-home and in other professional settings. It is obvious because of the lack of settings in Armenia with Occupational Therapies and lack of information about the profession in general. Future research is recommended to be conducted between two different groups with Occupational Therapies in-home and other settings, with a larger group and more specific issues. Findings revealed that in-home services are convenient in many different aspects for parents of children with special needs and it should be considered for future practices. 

scholarly journals Correction: Novel occupational therapy interventions may improve quality of life in older adults with dementia

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Prakash Kumar ◽  
Sarvada Tiwari ◽  
Ashish Goel ◽  
Vishnubhatla Sreenivas ◽  
Nand Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Therapy Interventions ◽  
Occupational Therapy Interventions

scholarly journals A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF PARENTAL PERCEPTIONS ABOUT OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY INTERVENTIONS ON CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
Hira Shafi Zaeem
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Children With Special Needs ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Average Percentage ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
Therapy Interventions ◽  
Occupational Therapy Interventions

ABSTRACT AIMS & OBJECTIVES To assess the perceptions of parents about Occupational Therapy interventions on their children using a self-administered questionnaire. STUDY DESIGN A Cross-Sectional Study STUDY SETTINGS & PARTICIPANTS Data was collected from OT departments of primary and tertiary care hospitals of Karachi. Parents of children with special needs enrolled in occupational therapy. RESULTS A total number of 72 participants were recruited. The information about the children with special needs with mean age of 7±3.8 was taken from the parents. Findings reported that a child improved in domains i.e. fine and gross motor, self-behavior, communication and sensory motor with an average percentage. CONCLUSION It was concluded that OT is an integral part of rehabilitation that showed favorable treatment outcomes as perceived by parents of children with special needs. Further studies are needed to investigate the role of parents in a child’s improvement and level of functionality for effective management.

scholarly journals Novel occupational therapy interventions may improve quality of life in older adults with dementia

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prakash Kumar ◽  
Sarvada Tiwari ◽  
Ashish Goel ◽  
Vishnubhatla Sreenivas ◽  
Nand Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Therapy Interventions ◽  
Occupational Therapy Interventions

scholarly journals Occupational therapy interventions in pulmonary rehabilitation – an update in the COVID-19 ERA

2021 ◽  
pp. 439-444
Author(s):  
Alina Deniza CIUBEAN ◽  
Viorela Mihaela CIORTEA ◽  
Rodica Ana UNGUR ◽  
Ileana Monica BORDA ◽  
Bombonica Gabriela DOGARU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Pulmonary Rehabilitation ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Therapy Interventions ◽  
Occupational Therapy Interventions ◽  
Occupational Therapy Intervention ◽  
Therapy Intervention

Background. As symptoms of COVID-19 infection are varying in severity and type, the long-term disability is yet to be established due to a short time-window since the pandemic started. Most survivors will have persistent pulmonary symptoms even after the infection, which raises the awareness of the importance of pulmonary rehabilitation in these patients, as they are mostly young, with severely diminished quality of life as they are unable to perform their basic activities of daily living as before. Occupational therapy is a form of rehabilitation treatment aimed at maximizing functionality and independence in performing activities of daily living, improvement of the patient’s autonomy and prevention of further functional decline. Objective. The purpose of the current work is to review the most important occupational therapy interventions applicable during a pulmonary rehabilitation program for chronic pulmonary pathologies, that can also be applied in COVID-19 survivors with persistent respiratory symptoms. Discussion. The main objectives of occupational therapy in pulmonary rehabilitation are training using breathing techniques at rest and during task performance, upper limbs training to increase exercise tolerance, programming and simplifying daily activities, informing patients of the importance of asking for help, planning the day/week, organizing the environment, educating the patient. All these objectives can be achieved in a simple way and at low-cost. Conclusions. Occupational therapy intervention during comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation must be promoted to specifically evaluate and solve problems related to respiratory disability. Occupational tasks should be related to symptoms occurring during specific activities. Standardized protocols and definition of outcomes during occupational therapy intervention are lacking. Keywords: occupational therapy, pulmonary rehabilitation, COVID-19, activities of daily living, quality of life,

scholarly journals MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENTS WITH DEMENTIA: EMERGENT FINDINGS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S943-S944
Author(s):  
Joy Ciofi ◽  
Candace L Kemp ◽  
Alexis A Bender ◽  
Elisabeth O Burgess ◽  
Jennifer C Morgan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Assisted Living ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Care Partners ◽  
Meaningful Engagement ◽  
Physical Abilities ◽  
Community Staff

Abstract This poster provides an overview of the aims, methods, and emergent findings from an ongoing five-year NIA-funded project (R01AG062310) examining meaningful engagement and quality of life among assisted living (AL) residents with dementia. The overall goal of this project is to determine how opportunities for meaningful engagement can best be recognized, created, and maintained for individuals with different dementia types and varying levels of functional ability. Guided by grounded theory, this qualitative study will involve 12 diverse AL communities in and around Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Presently, our interdisciplinary team is collecting data in four communities using ethnographic observations, semi-structured interviews, and resident record review. We are studying daily life in each community, following 30 resident participants, and actively recruiting and interviewing their formal and informal care partners. Based on ongoing analysis, we offer key emergent findings. First, meaningful engagement is highly individualized and dynamic. Differing personal interests, along with wide variations in cognitive and physical abilities, can present challenges for AL community staff and other care partners when trying to recognize what constitutes meaningful engagement for residents. Second, multiple complex factors interplay to shape the experience of meaningful engagement among persons living with dementia, such as personal characteristics, care partner background and training, AL community design and philosophy, and state/corporate regulations. Finally, flexibility and ‘meeting the resident where they are at’ appear to be critical to identifying and fostering meaningful engagement for persons living with dementia. We discuss the implications of these preliminary findings for translation, dissemination, and future research.

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