Neuro Occupational Therapy Flashcards
is the use of assessment and treatment to develop, recover, or maintain the daily living and work skills of people with a physical, mental or cognitive disorder; client centered practice that places emphasis on progress towards pt goals
OT
what does OT focus on treating
adapting the environment, modifying tasks, teaching skill, and educating client/family to increase participation in and performance of daily activities
who makes up the neuro rehab team
PT, OT, SLP, MD, RN, rec therapy, CM/social workers, neuropsych, nutritionist, pts, families
non-skid plastic to prevent sliding
Dycem
how to dress with hemiplegia
- putting on: dress affected side first
- taking off: take off affected side last
what devices make up the hip kit
- reacher
- sponge
- long shoe horn
- dressing stick
- device to put socks on
is adaptive driving equipment covered by insurance
no
what are the 4 types of attention
- sustained attention
- selective attention
- divided attention
- alternating attention
working memory, hours to months post stimulus presentation
short time memory
composed of declarative and procedural memory
long term memory
factual; episodic; personal events and semantics; facts about the world
declarative memory
knowing how to do things (tying shoes)
procedural memory
occurs when the situation is different from desired situation and the person does not immediately know what action to take
- problem solving
what are the 3 higher levels of thinking
problem solving
reasoning
concept formation
drawing conclusions from known or assumed facts; sequencing, categorization, deduction
reasoning
what are the 5 steps to problem solving
- identify the problem
- define the problem
- generate possible solutions and select one
- implement preferred solution
- evaluate the outcome
ability to analyze relationships between objects; concrete to abstract thinking
concept formation
two subtypes of metaproccessing
executive functioning
self awareness