Introduction Flashcards
What is occupation?
“To be occupied is to use and even seize control of time and space (or place) as a person engages in a recognisable life endeavour.”
Personal cultural occupation Fika.
What is occupational therapy? + 3 main aspects
“The art and science of enabling engagement in everyday living, though occupation: of enabling people to perform the occupations that foster health and well-being: and of enabling a just and inclusive society so that all people may participate to their potential in the daily occupations of life.”
Three main aspects
- Productive
- Self-care
- Lesure
What is occupational science?
“The study of human as an occupational being including the need for and capacity to engage in and orchestrate daily occupations in the environment over the lifespan.”
Structure of Daily Occupations?
Occupation - Behavioural group - Over time Leaning
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Activity - Behavioural unit - I studied for 1 one (measurable)
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Task - Going to the library
There are components that lead into an occupation and barriers along the way
Occupational Perspectives, 4 components ?
- Doing
- Being
- Identity and sense of self
- Labels
- Sense of alienation when we do something that we don’t enjoy or find important
- Becoming
- Who you hope to become
- Short-term pain longterm gains
- Spacial and temporal dimensions
- Individually focused
- Beloning
- We’re often doing with and for others
- Community
Hocking (2009) - Focus on occupation itself by outlining its parameters? The challenge of occupation: Describing
the things people do.
- Capacities, knowledge, skills & attitude
- Who & with whom
- What, how, where & using what
- When: the temporal aspects
- Outcomes
- Meanings & standrads
- Sociocultural, political, economic, geographic & historical context
- Impact on health
There are a lot of things that we can factor in when discussing different occupations, could you please give 3 examples?
- History & Culture
- Context & Consistency
- Rigidity & Flexibility
Lee (2019)? Scoping review of Asian viewpoints on
everyday doing: a critical turn for critical perspectives.
- Occupations of Asian origin: Challenging Western paradigms
- Collectivism, but to what extent?
- Acculturation through participation in occupations
- Shortcomings & directions for future research
Example, “Secrets of the Blue Zone” social cohesion