Occupational Therapy: For Patients
OTs can help you to do the important things in your life, by helping you build skills, modifying environments or finding different ways for you to do the occupations (activities) that are meaningful to you.
Occupational Therapy: For Patients
OTs can help you to do the important things in your life, by helping you build skills, modifying environments or finding different ways for you to do the occupations (activities) that are meaningful to you.
What types of issues can an occupational therapist help with?
Occupational therapists can help with a broad range of every day challenges. At Mobilise, our OT’s can assist with occupational engagement (doing the things you want or need to do) that is affected by:
- Chronic pain (Adults and children)
- Chronic conditions (Adults)
- Mental health conditions and PTSD (Adults)
- Disability (Adults)
- Physical injury, illness or impairment (Adults)
- Autoimmune conditions (Adults)
- Neurological conditions (Adults)
- Aging and degenerative conditions
- Workplace injury
We can also help with creating reports about your occupational challenges for the NDIS, Centrelink, DVA and other organisations.
What qualifications do occupational therapists have?
An Occupational Therapist in Australia is considered an allied health professional, and is regulated by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). OT’s can hold a Bachelor or Masters Degree in Occupational Therapy. Some occupational therapists may also hold further or related qualifications, such as Health Sciences or Mental health as examples.
What happens in an occupational therapy appointment?
In your initial appointment, your OT will spend some time talking with you about your daily activities and the issues you might have regarding these. This may include asking about your medical history, your goals, and other barriers to participation, such as your living situation or lack of accessibility in your home or work. Your OT may also take you through some standardised assessments, such as questionnaires or other physical or cognitive testing. Additionally, your OT may come to your home or workplace to assess how the environments that you spend time in may be impacting your ability to participate in important activities.
From there, you and your OT will make a plan for occupational therapy intervention. This may include writing a report for a funding agency, working on daily living skills, recommending assistive technology or equipment, making modifications to your environment or ongoing therapy to help you build capacity to do the things that are meaningful to you.