Occupational Therapy
is rehabilitative therapy that uses the
activities of everyday living to help people with physical or mental
disabilities achieve maximum functioning and independence at home and in
the workplace.
Occupational therapy benefits people of all ages, from infants to the
elderly, and can improve functioning whether the disability results from
a birth defect, accident, disease, aging, or drug/ alcohol abuse.
Occupational therapy focuses on personal and work activities,
both in helping people with disabilities to find ways to master these
activities and in using these activities to continue the goals of
physical therapy.
Definition from:
"Physical Therapy." Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
http://encarta.msn.com ©1997-2001
Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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