A search for optimization : occupational therapy inventions with dementing people
A search for optimization : occupational therapy inventions with dementing people
Medical, psychosocial, nursing and occupational therapy interventions with dementing people attempt to ensure that the dementing person's capabilities are maintained. As occupational therapy developed, the contributions of occupational therapists to the care of dementing people have evolved.
The author's search for occupational therapy interventions that would be of optimum benefit to dementing people and their carers began with four studies to evaluate the effectiveness of the work of the occupational therapy staff in the Moorgreen Psychogeriatric Unit. Although it was not possible to separate the contribution of the occupational therapy service from the care and support simultaneously offered by other professionals and relatives, many of the dementing people showed some evidence of improvement. Carers indicated that they preferred to share leisure activities and ensure a response from the dementing person; they were not as concerned about maintaining functional skills such as dressing. The studies also disclosed that many people living in the community were so impaired that they were not included in the range of occupational therapy interventions when they came into hospital.
The growing awareness and interest in conceptual models of occupational therapy prompted attempts to evaluate their effectiveness with dementing people. The study which is the focus of this thesis utilised Allen's Model of Cognitive Disability. The study looked at the activities and approaches advocated by Allen for the more impaired portion of the continuum of cognitive disability.
Twelve single-case experimental design studies were completed. The subjects, four representing the cognitive levels, one, two and three, were videotaped during activity sessions. Each activity session had a section of activities and approaches at the subjects' assessed level and a section of activities and approaches at the next level.
University of Southampton
1993
Conroy, Mary Catherine
(1993)
A search for optimization : occupational therapy inventions with dementing people.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
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Medical, psychosocial, nursing and occupational therapy interventions with dementing people attempt to ensure that the dementing person's capabilities are maintained. As occupational therapy developed, the contributions of occupational therapists to the care of dementing people have evolved.
The author's search for occupational therapy interventions that would be of optimum benefit to dementing people and their carers began with four studies to evaluate the effectiveness of the work of the occupational therapy staff in the Moorgreen Psychogeriatric Unit. Although it was not possible to separate the contribution of the occupational therapy service from the care and support simultaneously offered by other professionals and relatives, many of the dementing people showed some evidence of improvement. Carers indicated that they preferred to share leisure activities and ensure a response from the dementing person; they were not as concerned about maintaining functional skills such as dressing. The studies also disclosed that many people living in the community were so impaired that they were not included in the range of occupational therapy interventions when they came into hospital.
The growing awareness and interest in conceptual models of occupational therapy prompted attempts to evaluate their effectiveness with dementing people. The study which is the focus of this thesis utilised Allen's Model of Cognitive Disability. The study looked at the activities and approaches advocated by Allen for the more impaired portion of the continuum of cognitive disability.
Twelve single-case experimental design studies were completed. The subjects, four representing the cognitive levels, one, two and three, were videotaped during activity sessions. Each activity session had a section of activities and approaches at the subjects' assessed level and a section of activities and approaches at the next level.
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Published date: 1993
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Mary Catherine Conroy
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