Rehabilitation Services
More about Occupational Therapists...
Occuptational Therapists...
- Design individual treatment programs aimed at improving
someone's ability to carry out activities of daily living
- Evaluate home and work environments and recommend necessary adaptations
- Asses and treat work related performance skills
- Recommend and train individuals to use special adaptive equipment
to replace lost funtions
- Instruct and educate family members and attendants in the safe
and effective methods of caring for the special needs person.
- Fabricates custom orthotic devices to increase funtional ability
or prevent deformity of upper extremities
You must be referred
to occupational therapy by your physician. All occupational therapy
patients receive an evaluation. Changes in the resulting treatment
plan may occur depending on a patient's response to treatment.
Occupational therapists also work closely with other members of
the rehabilitation team.
For more information on Occupational Therapy at
Ellsworth Municipal Hospital:
641-648-7055
Occupational Therapy Home Page |
