What Occupational Therapy (OT) may have to offer people living with
Parkinson's: An article by Jansa, Aragon and Lundgren-Nilsson
This article, published online in the European
Neurological Journal, has the full title 'How People Living with
Parkinson's Disease in Four European Countries View Occupational
Therapy.'
It explores how contemporary OT practice encompasses a much
broader approach than just assessment and provision of adaptive
aids and equipment.
The authors discuss how OT aims to optimise independence of
people affected by Parkinson's, using a
variety of methods to improve coping and social participation.
The experiences and opinions of 230 people with Parkinson's are
reported, although only about half of the survey respondents had
recieved OT since the diagnosis of their condition. The information
was gathered through a survey about OT and will be of interest to
OTs, multi-disciplinary teams, as well as to carers and people with
Parkinson's.
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