OccTherapy now have YouTube Videos

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

One of the new highlights of this blog, I have managed to incorporate YouTube Video. You can check out on this url. I am really feel lucky to have a girlfriend who is a healthcare specialist, working to contribute the community with her knowledge towards the rehabilitation of a human. Not many gals or guys [...]

Occupational Therapy and Dementia

Monday, October 8th, 2007

According Graff et al (2006), occupational therapy(OT) improved patients’ daily functioning and reduced the burden on the care giver, despite the patients’ limited learning ability. The effects were still present at 12 weeks, which justifies implementation of this intervention.
The following websites give a comprehensive view on OT interventions for dementia management.
URL:
http://coa.kumc.edu/gec/modules/BehavDisorder/OccupationalTherapy/OT_Frame-ModContent-IA.htm
http://etgec.utmb.edu/dementia/ot_therapist.html
http://www.nhshealthquality.org/nhsqis/files/ot_intervention.pdf
For a read into the research article [...]