Occupational Therapy Perspective on Integrated Care

A perspective on occupational therapy education.

The Commission on Education (COE) is designated in the Bylaws of AOTA as one of the standing commissions of the Representative Assembly (RA) (1). Its purpose is to promote the quality of education and educational standards for occu pational therapy assistants. To accomplish this purpose, the COE's functions include the following: 1. developing, interpreting, and reviewing educational standards ...

Occupational Therapy in Health Care

health disciplines and rehabilitation techniques used with rheumatic diseases in general and specifically with common conditions such as osteoarthritis and regional problems such as shoulder pain. Because there is no introduction to this text, the target audience to whom this book is addressed is not readily identified. The book seems to be addressing physicians and other health professionals w...

Integrated care: a Danish perspective.

Occupational therapy and home health care.

This special issue of The American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT) is devoted to the issues of home health care. Although the importance of the home environment in the treatment of illness has been well known, its importance has now been formalized by third-party payers for home health care services. Between 1974 and 1982, Medicare program payments for home health services increased 965....

Occupational therapy treatment in home health care.

This study reviewed 96 home care records for patients seen at a home health agency during 1985. Recorded data were supplemented with information obtained from interviews with therapists who provided the care. Results of the study reveal a discrepancy between the therapists' perception of treatment given and the treatment areas that are documented. Emphasis in documentation was found to be great...