Occupational Therapy Services in Dartmouth
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Bring Back Your Life, Fun, And Function
Engaging in occupational therapy can spark the revival of your true self, bridging the gap between where you are and where you want to be.
This journey with us serves as a beacon of hope, fostering an environment where overcoming limitations becomes a fulfilling and uplifting experience, rather than a chore.
What is Occupational Therapy?
Occupational therapy is, in essence, a person-centred practice, deeply rooted in understanding an individual’s unique circumstances and goals. By focusing on augmenting one’s abilities and creating an environment that suits their needs, we aim to enhance their overall quality of life. Thus, through occupational therapy, not only can individuals recover and maintain their skills for daily living and working, but they can also achieve a renewed sense of purpose, satisfaction, and a true sense of empowerment.
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What are the Benefits of Occupational Therapy Services?
Embarking on the journey of Occupational Therapy can be a transformative experience. This comprehensive approach to wellbeing supports you in navigating life’s challenges with increased resilience and self-assuredness. Through occupational therapy, you have the opportunity to bolster problem-solving skills, actively engage in meaningful daily activities, and live a healthier and more fulfilling life. This, in turn, fortifies your sense of self and enhances overall life satisfaction.
- Enhanced Independence: Reclaim the ability to perform daily tasks.
- Adaptive Skills: Learn to adjust to new routines and challenges.
- Cognitive Improvements: Boost memory, attention, and problem-solving skills.
- Psychosocial Support: Gain emotional resilience and stress management strategies.
- Customised Care: Personalised treatment plans tailored to your unique needs.
- Physical Health: Manage pain, improve mobility and coordination.
- Mental Wellbeing: Enhanced mental health through purposeful activity.
- Meaningful Engagement: Participate fully in work, play, and self-care.
- Quality of Life: Improve satisfaction and fulfilment in daily life.
- Supportive Environment: Safe space for growth, learning, and recovery.
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What we offer
Occupational Assessments
Occupational Therapy Assessment
Our comprehensive assessments examine the physical, cognitive, and emotional factors impacting an individual's daily functioning. The goal is to develop a thorough understanding of the person's abilities and challenges to inform a tailored treatment plan.
Mental Health Assessment
Through detailed interviews and evidence-based assessment tools, we evaluate how mental health conditions may be affecting an individual's daily activities, relationships, and self-perception. Our compassionate approach ensures that no one has to endure mental health challenges alone.
Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE)
This intensive, standardised evaluation objectively measures an individual's current physical functioning level and their ability to perform functional or work-related tasks safely and consistently over a defined period.
Cognitive Functional Assessment
A cognitive functional assessment objectively measures one's functional abilities to perform physical and cognitive demands of life, including self-care, productivity, and leisure. This thorough evaluation uses objective testing methods to accurately gauge cognitive abilities such as attention, planning, memory, problem-solving, and executive function.
Job Demands Analysis/Functional Job Description
We conduct an objective assessment of essential job demands to gauge an employee's ability to perform his job. This understanding helps inform strategies for return to work or job modifications.
Job-Site Analysis/Ergonomic Assessment
This analysis evaluates the design of the workplace to identify strategies for reducing physical strain and stress. The goal is to enable work to be performed safely and efficiently.
Vocational Assessment
This comprehensive tool assesses an individual’s employability status based on their current (adjusted) occupational profile. It helps individuals and employers understand the person's strengths and areas for growth or support.
Cost of Future Care Assessment/Life Care Plan
This dynamic document provides an organized plan for current and future needs, including associated costs, for individuals who have experienced catastrophic injury or have chronic health care needs. It is based on comprehensive assessment, data analysis, and research.
Home Assessment
We assess the individual's ability to perform homemaking, home maintenance, and childcare tasks, taking into consideration any physical barriers in the environment that may impede function.
Functional Home Maintenance Evaluation
This report confirms a client’s future household replacement needs based on the client's functional capacity evaluation (FCE), medical reports, and personal intake. Recommendations for assistive devices and home modifications may be provided to enhance safety and independence.
Who Might Need Our Dartmouth Occupational Therapists ?
Occupational therapy can provide substantial support to individuals at any stage of their life who encounter difficulties in their daily activities due to physical, cognitive, or emotional challenges.
Whether you’re a young adapting to the demands of a new role, a mid-career adult recovering from an injury or managing a chronic illness, or a senior navigating cognitive changes – occupational therapy can create a meaningful impact.
It can help optimise work performance, balance work-life demands, and enhance overall job satisfaction.
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Our Treatments
Mental Health Therapy
delves into factors that may have hindered your full engagement in everyday life tasks. Clients will gain strategies to overcome these roadblocks, fostering resilience and harnessing their intrinsic strengths, passions, values, and abilities.
Return To Work (RTW)
is an assertive, structured plan aiming to support clients in maintaining their work roles or safely reintegrating into appropriate work settings.
Career Counselling/
Exploration
is a transformative journey, harnessing the understanding of your unique strengths, capabilities, personality traits, values, and interests to inform decisions about your career trajectory and life aspirations.
Pain Management
recognizes the profound impact chronic pain can have on life quality, affecting sleep, appetite, creating fatigue, and hindering recovery from illness or injury. This pain can extend its influence to emotional, psychological, and cognitive health.
The cost can vary based on individual needs and the duration of therapy. We offer various payment options and work with insurance providers for ease.
OT helps individuals enhance their ability to perform daily activities, improve quality of life, and promote independence.
Occupational therapists assist individuals in performing meaningful and necessary activities despite physical, emotional, or cognitive challenges.
Individual counselling offers a variety of outcomes based on your personal goals. Generally, you can expect an improved understanding of yourself, enhanced emotional wellbeing, better coping strategies for stress and life challenges, and improvements in relationships and social skills.
While both therapies aim to enhance quality of life, physiotherapy focuses more on improving physical functionality, while occupational therapy takes a more holistic approach, considering all aspects of an individual's life.
Behavioural therapy focuses on modifying harmful behaviours, while occupational therapy aids individuals in performing daily activities effectively and meaningfully.
Absolutely, occupational therapy plays a significant role in managing mental health, assisting individuals in maintaining a balanced and satisfying routine.
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