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Occupational Therapy helps people build and re-build skills that are important for them to lead independent, productive and satisfying lives. At VA Boston, we work with veterans who need this assistance due to physical, social or emotional deficits.
Areas in which occupational therapy can help include:
• Activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, feeding and grooming)
• Fine motor skills (difficulty using your hands)
• Visual problems (legal blindness or one side neglect)
• Memory and problem solving
• Decreased strength or range of motion in your arms
• Energy conservation (learning to breathe right and pace yourself)
• Joint protection for arthritic hands (how to grasp things correctly)
• Positioning (in bed, chair or wheelchair)
• Stress and/or anxiety management (relaxation techniques)
• Adaptive devices (feeding equipment, tub or toilet equipment, equipment to make dressing easier) |
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