Rehabilitation is one of the medical services for achieving good health, prevention disease, andtreatment even though palliative care. This service helps people from infants until older to be ablein activities and participation independently involving not only patients but also family, caregiver,rehabilitation team (physiotherapist, speech therapist, occupational orthopedist prosthetist,social ...

Administrative and proJessional issues Jor the occupational therapist working in home health care include contractual relationships, reJerral systems, third-party reimbursement, documentation, equipment, and ethics. In this paper, the regulations Jor third-party reimbursement by Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue Cross Jor occupational therapy in home health care are explained, including the Medicare...

B. Helal, MCh Orth, FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon l The London Hospital, M. Ellis, MBAOT, District Occupational Therapist J Whitechapel, London El I BB, England. D. Gifford, MCSP, Assistant Superintendent Physiotherapist, Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, Middlesex, England. R. H. Chapman, FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Kingston Hospital, Galsworthy Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey,...

This study was carried out at the Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. * Psychologist. MSc. in Social Psychiatry, PhD in Medical Sciences: Psychiatry, Schizophrenia Program, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. ** Occupational therapist. *** Psychiatrist. Professor, Department of ...

Musculoskeletal disorders are the leading cause of disability among people between 18 and 64 years of age. Patients with musculoskeletal injuries of the upper extremities are usually evaluated and treated by an individual physician and therapist. However, for patients who have problems, especially after being treated by a hand surgeon and a certified hand therapist, there are few other manageme...

BACKGROUND/AIM When working with individuals following stroke or traumatic brain injury, an important role of the occupational therapist is to assess the impact of cognitive impairment on their ability to engage in occupations and resume important life roles. The aim of this study was to survey therapists' reasons for selection of and challenges with using various cognitive assessment approache...

Burnout is a job-related condition involving feelings of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach & Jackson, 1981a) is the instrument most widely used to measure job-related stress in human service professions, such as occupational therapy. This study explored the application of the Maslach Burnout Inventory for use wit...

In her Issue Is article entitled "Should Music Be Used Therapeutically in Occupational Therapy'" (AJOT, March 1992, pp. 275-277), Anne MacRae discussed issues that are not new. From 1984 until 1987, Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital in Kitchener, Ontario, was fortunate to have a part-time music therapist as a member of its occupational therapy department. Music therapy was introduced with the client ...

Among the first measures to contain advance of COVID-19 was closure schools at all levels educational system, with this there an imminent need generate mechanisms in which teachers could continue carry out tasks a distance, overcoming difficulties transition from face-to-face virtual environment. Qualitative data are recovered open survey applied 13 participants; fourth-year students and occupa...