Occupational Therapy

What is Occupational Therapy?

Occupational Therapy allows people with a health condition or disability participate in the activities they find important and meaningful. These are called occupations, and are the things in life that people need to do, want to do and are expected to do. An Occupational Therapist helps people gain independence of the things in life they would like to do, by using different therapy techniques, changing their environment and teaching them to use adaptive equipment.

How can an Occupational Therapist help you?

Health First Group’s Occupational Therapists are ready to help people of all ages gain independence in their life and participate in the activities that mean the most to them.
Our Occupational Therapists are dedicated to providing support to people of all ages with:

What to expect

Your initial visit with one of our Occupational Therapists will involve developing an understanding of how your injury, illness or condition is affecting you and your occupations. These can be the everyday things you do like brushing your teeth, socialising and having fun with friends, and working and contributing to the community.

The Occupational Therapist may undertake the following to help evaluate how they can best help you:

• Having a discussion with you about your conditions and how it affects your everyday life
• Doing a home visit to see how you manage your everyday occupations at home
• Physical assessments of your disability

You and the Occupational Therapist will then develop goals that are important to helping you restore your ability and do what is important to you. Your Occupational Therapist will help to restore your ability to perform tasks, or will find another way to achieve your goals like helping you to find and use adaptive equipment so that you can keep doing the things you love without any barriers!