Occupational therapy is critical for patients with certain medical conditions to gain or maintain the ability to perform everyday activities and allows SEARHC patients to develop skills that allow day-to-day independence.

For an adult, those skills include:

• Areas of self-care
• Taking care of one’s home
• Leisure activities
• Work functions
• Cognitive retraining to ensure safety and learn decision-making and safety skills for managing medications

Pediatric therapies help patients in the areas of:

• Play
• Hand washing
• Drawing
• Using scissors
• Sensory integration
• Gross and fine motor coordination

Those interested in occupational therapies should meet with their primary care provider and obtain a referral before making appointments through their medical center.