Occupational Therapy

What is Occupational therapy?

Occupational therapy is to help patients to prevent, reduce or overcome disabilities through meaningful activities and treatments. Occupational therapists will meet their various needs in life, assist them to return to family, work and community life, so that they have an independent and meaningful life.

Service Mission and Goal

Through a variety of treatment activities, individual or group treatment methods are used to address the unique needs of the handicapped, and improve the skills, attitudes and habits required for daily life, social interaction, work and leisure; equipped with appropriate assistive devices and environmental equipment to improve their independent living ability and quality of life.

Service Highlights

• Professional assessment:
  Such as muscle energy assessment, daily activities assessment, sensory integration assessment, pre-employment skills assessment, independent living skills assessment and home operation assessment and etc.

 

• Treatment team:
  Such as community and home life skills, cognitive training groups and etc.
• Work training:
  Such as process analysis, work skills, work behavior, process and work environment design and etc.
  
• Living environment counseling service:
  Suggestions such as passage design, interior decoration, auxiliary equipment and etc.
• Physical training:
  Such as perception of muscle energy, coordination, sensory integration therapy and sensory function stimulation methods and etc.

 

• Self-care training:
  Such as eating, dressing, grooming, personal hygiene and saliva problems, etc.
• Rehabilitation equipment design:
  Such as hand rests, training chairs, teaching aids, rehabilitation equipment modification and etc.

Target Group

Members who need occupational therapy services in day activity centre, hostel, sheltered workshops and district support centre.

Application

For Day Activity Centre, Hostel and District Support Centre, referrals can be made by case manager of rehabilitation service units or nurse and the services will be provided within 2 weeks.

Withdrawal

The members withdrew from the current service, or the member’s progress is stable, and there are no further occupational therapy services required.