Occupational therapy is a health profession concerned with promoting health and well-being through occupation. The primary goal of occupational therapy is to enable people to participate in the occupations which give meaning and purpose to their lives. Occupational Therapy provides the skills for the job of living, to help people lead productive and satisfying lives. Occupational Therapists consider occupation to be everything people do to occupy themselves: Self-care, Leisure, Productivity/Work.
Occupational Therapy works to break down the barriers which impede individuals in their everyday activities: Physical, Psychosocial, Community, Environment.
These obstacles may result from a change in function (thinking, doing, feeling) because of illness or disability, and/or barriers in the social, institutional or and physical environment.
Occupational Therapists are experts, recognized by the government and consumers for evaluating and promoting performance in daily occupations.
Depending on what your issue is, an Occupational Therapist can help you resolve it by:
- Helping you overcome your disability
- Adapting the material/equipment you use
- Recommending changes to your environment
Occupational therapists are authorized to prescribe assistive devices such as wheelchairs, mobility devices, and communication aids in provinces with provincial assistive device funding programmes.Book an appointment now