Nursing Home and Elderly Care:
We offer Occupational Therapy visits to nursing homes to improve independence in self-help skills, reduce the risk of injury , maximizing the potential of elderly population while in nursing home environment. The following services are offered during nursing home visits-
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Initial OT assessment to identify needs for clients in terms of transfers, assistive and adaptive aids and appliances, which assist for transfers and mobility (rollators, walkers etc)
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Functional ability assessments to identify needs specific areas of feeding, dressing, grooming, toileting and showering. Provision of assistive and adaptive aids to overcome the difficulties confronted by the individual.
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Advance seating assessments for specialised seating needs like specialised wheelchairs/ comfort chairs based on individual’s medical cards to HSE for funding (depending upon the HSE area)
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Cognitive assessments (like Mini Mental State Examination- MMSE and Montreal Cognitive Assessment-MOCA ). This will assist residents in the nursing homes to group them into specialised activity programs, which will be beneficial for their needs.
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Advice on setting up of SENSORY ROOMS in nursing home and advice/ training to staff for effective use of snoezelin room.
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Environmental assessments/adaptations for existing nursing home settings.
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Provision of Manual and People Handling training for all staffs in nursing home setting