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Occupational therapy
Medway Council's team of specialist workers provides assistance
to people in their own homes if they are registered (or eligible to
be registered) as having a permanent or substantial physical
disability.
The team consists of:
- occupational therapists; and
- rehabilitation co-ordinators.
Occupational therapists undertake assessments to help people
with disabilities to be as independent as possible in their own
homes. This can be advice on easier ways of doing things and may
include providing equipment and adapting their homes, if
necessary.
Rehabilitation co-ordinators visit the person with a disability
at home to give advice and assess the need for minor adaptations
and equipment that may assist.
Services that may be provided
- information and advice to help people remain independent in
their home, for example, suitable housing and special
equipment;
- assessment for a range of equipment that may enable someone to
do things more safely and independently, for example, hand-rails,
perching stools, kitchen trolleys and toileting equipment;
- assessment of the need for more accessible facilities in a
disabled person’s home, for example, a bathroom converted to a
flush-floor shower room, kitchen modifications for wheelchair use,
installation of a lift and if appropriate, a recommendation for a
disabled facilities grant to assist in funding the
adaptations;
- registration of people with a permanent and substantial
physical disability;
- assessment of people with severe disabilities who may have a
number of different needs;
- assessment of people with rapidly deteriorating conditions who
may need specialist equipment;
- a co-ordinated approach to working with colleagues from the
health service and other agencies.
Who should contact the service?
Anyone can contact the Occupational Therapy Service; the person
with a disability, a friend, a relative, their doctor or other
professional person.
For further information that may be helpful, refer to the
frequently asked questions about the
Occupational Therapy Service.
Find out more from the Disabled Living Foundation (DLF)
This national charity provides free, impartial advice about all
types of daily living equipment for disabled adults and children,
older people, their carers and families. From stairlifts to walk-in
baths, toys to children's equipment, jar-openers to tap-turners,
bath seats to walking sticks, wheelchairs to scooters, hoists to
beds and telecare to alarms, the DLF can help find independent
living solutions that enable people to stay active and improve
their quality of life.
Visit the DLF website at www.dlf.org.uk/ and its new website,
Living Made Easy (www.livingmadeeasy.org.uk/)
which has impartial advice and information for older and disabled
people, carers and care professionals, providing clear, practical
advice on daily living equipment, thus empowering individuals to
make independent choices about their care.
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