Adults & Aged Care

Occupational therapists provide services to adults and older people-both in the community and in residential aged care facilities. Occupational therapists work with adults and older people with conditions such as poor balance/coordination, memory loss, confusion, arthritis and weakened joints as well as following injury and surgeries. Occupational Therapists aim to help adults and older people achieve/maintain independence and participation in day to day activities, as well as leisure activities or work of their choice. This may be achieved through education, assessment, therapy, prescription of equipment and/or home/workplace modifications. Some of the things that an OT may be able to assist you with include:

• Preventing falls
• Prescription and training for equipment use that can assist with mobility and everyday living (e.g. walkers, shower rails, wheelchairs, personal care aids)
• Maintaining/improving mobility and function by prescribing a range of adaptive strategies, such as joint protection techniques and fatigue management strategies
• Engage in graded exercises through the provision of an individualised program
• Participation in leisure activities and re-engagement in social activities
• Pain management
• Pressure care 
• Complete upper limb assessment and therapy
• Cognitive and memory assessment, retraining and strategies to ensure safety