Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy is a healthcare profession dedicated to fostering and/or maintaining an individual’s ability, across all life stages, to engage in tasks and roles that are meaningful to them.

Self-care – such as getting dressed, eating, showering     

Productive activities – including attending school, working, performing household chores

Leisure – such as playing games, doing arts and craft, participating in social activities 

Occupational Therapists collaborate closely with the medical team to develop holistic and person-centred care plans. Their primary focus is on improving functional status after a debilitating medical condition, ensuring that patients can safely participate in meaningful activities. This approach facilitates patients’ transition back home and into the community. 

Occupational Therapists work closely with other allied health professionals, such as Physiotherapists and Speech Therapists, to achieve patients’ goals. For instance, considering physical function has a great impact in patients’ ability to participate in daily activities, Physiotherapists strive to improve movement and strength, and while Occupational Therapists work to integrate these physical abilities into tasks like grocery shopping. Another collaborative example is the action of eating, where Speech Therapists optimise safe swallowing and feeding, while Occupational Therapists focus on environmental, behavioural and cognitive strategies to improve independent eating.

Our Senior Therapists