Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy is the therapeutic use of self-care activities, work/productive activities, and play/leisure activities to increase independent function, enhance development, and prevent disability. It includes adapting tasks and the environment to maximize independence and quality of life. The term occupation refers to activities that are meaningful to the individual within the environments in which the person lives and functions.
Here at Mercy Medical Center the O.T. Department provides evaluation and treatment of both inpatients and outpatients to assist them in regaining and/or compensate for the loss of certain skills and the ability to perform activities of daily living. The service is intended to promote independence in daily living activities, develop compensatory skills, and prevent further disability. These activities of daily living (ADL’s) include such things as dressing, cooking, transferring from bed to chair and chair to bed, bathing, etc.
A wide variety of patients are helped, including those with orthopedic, neurological, general medical/surgical, cancer, and psychiatric conditions. This may include patients with brain injury, stroke, MS, upper extremity burns, etc.
For more information about this service, don’t hesitate to call 319-398-6020 and ask to speak to one of our Occupational Therapists.
