Supporting Productivity Introduction

Question 1

when do adults experience higher QoL and satisfaction?

Answer 1

when they participate in self reported meaningful activities such as:

• Home management,
• Active community participation,
• Paid employment or volunteerism
• Recreational activities

Question 2

why do adults with disabilities or chronic conditions often withdraw from activities?

Answer 2

• Physical, emotional, and psychological impairments
• Disability or environmental barriers

Question 3

what does participation in productive and recreational activities contribute to?

Answer 3

• Personal identity,
• Role fulfillment,
• Quality of life, and
• Social interaction

Question 4

what are goals of work rehabilitation?

Answer 4

• Maximizing work function
• Facilitating safe and timely return to work through remediation
• Assisting workers to retain or resume their worker role
• Preventing future impairments following injury or illness

Question 5

what happens if Limitations/restrictions are greater than capacity?

Answer 5

then that gap should be addressed through both removing barriers and identifying facilitators

Question 6

what are examples of functional work assessments?

Answer 6

• Standard occupational therapy assessment
• Functional “Scans” (e.g. Form E WCB-NS)
• Show Form E
• Standardized Functional Capacity
  Evaluation (FCE); (Functional Abilities
  Evaluation (FAE)
• Greater defensibility in court
• Job Analysis
• Physical Job Demands Analysis
• Cognitive Job Demands Analysis

Question 7

what are interventions for work?

Answer 7

• Specific individual treatments
• Work conditioning
• Work hardening
• Job Site Coaching
• Transitional/gradual RTW
• Injury prevention/health promotion
• Ergonomics

Question 8

what are interruptions in the ability to work using the PEO model?

Answer 8

person: physical, psychological, cognitivee

Environment:Physical, Social, Cultural, Socioeconomic, Policy/Regulations

Occupation:Self-care, productivity,
recreational/leisure

Question 9

according to most studies, do older or younger workers tend to have fewer accidents in the workplace?

Answer 9

older workers but their injuries are often more severe

Question 10

why do most older adults choose to continue working?

Answer 10

in order to stay active and productive, to do something fun, and for access to money and health care