Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process

Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process
Author: Aota
Publisher: AOTA Press
Total Pages: 51
Release: 2014
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781569003619

As occupational therapy celebrates its centennial in 2017, attention returns to the profession's founding belief in the value of therapeutic occupations as a way to remediate illness and maintain health. The founders emphasized the importance of establishing a therapeutic relationship with each client and designing an intervention plan based on the knowledge about a client's context and environment, values, goals, and needs. Using today's lexicon, the profession's founders proposed a vision for the profession that was occupation based, client centered, and evidence based--the vision articulated in the third edition of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process. The Framework is a must-have official document from the American Occupational Therapy Association. Intended for occupational therapy practitioners and students, other health care professionals, educators, researchers, payers, and consumers, the Framework summarizes the interrelated constructs that describe occupational therapy practice. In addition to the creation of a new preface to set the tone for the work, this new edition includes the following highlights: a redefinition of the overarching statement describing occupational therapy's domain; a new definition of clients that includes persons, groups, and populations; further delineation of the profession's relationship to organizations; inclusion of activity demands as part of the process; and even more up-to-date analysis and guidance for today's occupational therapy practitioners. Achieving health, well-being, and participation in life through engagement in occupation is the overarching statement that describes the domain and process of occupational therapy in the fullest sense. The Framework can provide the structure and guidance that practitioners can use to meet this important goal.

Occupational Therapy in Community-based Practice Settings

Occupational Therapy in Community-based Practice Settings
Author: Marjorie E. Scaffa
Publisher: F. A. Davis Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Community health services
ISBN: 9780803625808

Describes a variety of settings where community-based practice occurs, including community-based work programs, adult day care, independent living programs, hospice, and home health care. Facilitates the transition from a medical model of practice to community-based practice. Discusses issues related to returning to the community after hospitalization, including accessibility concerns, alternative living arrangements, and community re-entry programs. Provides specific information regarding the role of personnel, referrals, evaluation, treatment, documentation, and reimbursement in these settings. Evaluates future directions and implications for professional education, research, and practice roles. Offers tools to make learning easier, including learning objectives, key terms, study questions, and a summary in each chapter. Features case studies that bring topics to life.

An Introduction to Quality Assurance in Health Care

An Introduction to Quality Assurance in Health Care
Author: Avedis Donabedian
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2002-12-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199748020

Avedis Donabedian's name is synonymous with quality of medical care. He unraveled the mystery behind the concept by defining it in clear operational terms and provided detailed blueprints for both its measurement(known as quality assessment) and its improvement(known as quality assurance). Many before him claimed that quality couldn't be defined in concrete objective terms. He demonstrated that quality is an attribte of a system which he called structure, a set of organized activities whihc he called process, and an outcome which results from both. In this book Donabedian tells the full story of quality assessment and assurance in simple, clear terms. He defines the meaning of quality, explicates its components, and provides clear and systematic guides to its assessment and enhancement. His style is lucid, succinct, systematic and yet personal, almost conversational.

Sociology and Occupational Therapy

Sociology and Occupational Therapy
Author: Derek Jones
Publisher:
Total Pages: 194
Release: 1998
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780443055157

Introducing a textbook focusing on the areas of sociology of direct relevance to the theory and practice of Occupational Therapy. Authored by a team of experienced lecturers in sociology and OT lecturers with a background in social science, this pragmatic text demonstrates how sociological theory impacts the practice of OT's. Features activities in each chapter that encourage the reader to make their own links between the text and their own experience in OT practice and everyday life.

Task Analysis

Task Analysis
Author: Diane E. Watson
Publisher: American Occupational Therapy Association, Incorporated
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: Occupational therapy
ISBN: 9781569000656

Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy
Author: Simme Cynkin
Publisher: Little, Brown Medical Division
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1979
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

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French's Index of Differential Diagnosis An A-Z 1

French's Index of Differential Diagnosis An A-Z 1
Author: Mark T. Kinirons
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1455
Release: 2016-03-30
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0429585853

First published in 1912, French's Index of Differential Diagnosis helps clinicians in the differential diagnosis of any condition which may be seen in hospital or general practice. Arranged alphabetically by symptom, the text helps readers identify each presentation, describes the different diagnoses that it could represent, and explains the tests

The Practice of Psychosocial Occupational Therapy

The Practice of Psychosocial Occupational Therapy
Author: Linda Finlay
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2004
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780748772575

Using an evidence-based approach, this edition outlines the theory and practice of occupational therapy, with firm emphasis throughout on the need for clear aims of treatment within a sound theoretical framework. It is still essential reading for students and lecturers in occcupational therapy at all levels.

Occupational Therapy Practice Guidelines for Early Childhood

Occupational Therapy Practice Guidelines for Early Childhood
Author: Gloria Frolek Clark
Publisher: AOTA Press
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Occupational therapy for children
ISBN: 9781569003435

Currently in the United States, 20% of children ages 6 years or younger live in poverty. Poor children have fewer opportunities than their peers to resources that are important for child development. At the same time, the prevalence of developmental disabilities has increased to 1 in every 6 children. Early identification of developmental delays is critical, and more than half of all American parents do not know the warning signs. Occupational therapy professionals in early intervention and preschool practice can provide the necessary services to support children's health in early childhood. This Practice Guideline explains the occupational therapy process for young children--and their families, caregivers, and teachers--which includes evaluation, intervention, and outcomes planning to enhance a child's occupational performance, adaptation, health and wellness, community participation, role competence, and self-advocacy. Topics include social-emotional development; feeding, eating, and swallowing; cognitive and motor development; service delivery; autism; obesity, cerebral palsy; and parent training. This work can help occupational therapy practitioners, as well as those who manage, reimburse, or set policy regarding occupational therapy services, understand the contribution of occupational therapy in evaluating and serving young children. This guideline can also serve as a resource for parents, school administrators, educators, and other early childhood staff.