Occupational Therapy services at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital promote independence and participation in activities of daily life.
- ADLs such as bathing, dressing , grooming, toileting, feeding,
- IADLs (instrumental activities of daily living) such as cooking, laundry, home management, money management, shopping, computer & phone access
- Return to Leisure tasks
- Functional transfers such as getting on/off toilet, in/out of shower & car
- Functional community skills
Inpatient occupational therapy services include:
- Comprehensive Evaluations in order to determine patient centered goals
- Individualized plan of care and customized interventions to address the physical, cognitive, visual-perceptual, and psycosocial aspects of performance impacting daily life.
- Discharge planning
- Equipment recommendations
- Family/caregiver training and education
OT is part of multidisciplinary team that treats a variety of diagnoses to treat adults & children including: (ue deficits, coordination, energy conservation for people with …)
- Stroke
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Brain Injury
- Cardiac conditions and post-LVAD placement
- Amputation
- Ortho paedic & muscluskeletal conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Guillan Barre Syndrome
- Cancer diagnoses
- Parkinsons & other neurological conditions
