Please discuss how you incorporate occupation-based interventions in this setting.

• Patients in a hospital based setting are more likely to receive therapy for BADLs as this enables the therapists to have an insight as to what discharge disposition is appropriate. 

Describe two issues that limit your ability to use occupation-based interventions and discuss strategies that could be used to minimize these barriers.

• The two barriers include patients not being able to perform IADLs in room such as cooking or laundry and patients who are physically unable to perform occupation-based interventions. The IADL barrier is usually solved by asking family members to bring extra clothes to fold or making a list of items to take out of closet to simulate grocery shopping. For patients who cannot physically move, purposeful activites or preparatory methods are utilized. 

Please refer to the table below and fill out the information under the table regarding the demographics of your treatment sessions in this setting.

Considering an eight hour day, what percentage of your interventions would you describe as:

• Occupation-based activities i.e., play, shopping, ADL, IADL, work, school activities, etc. (within client’s own context with his or her goals) __60___%
• Purposeful activities (therapeutic context leading to occupation) __ 30_%
• Preparatory methods i.e., sensory, PAMs, splinting, exercise, etc. (preparation for occupation-based activity) ___10__%