Our Occupational Therapy team
Our specialist team of occupational therapists works within the community, in the patient’s home, to enable them to continue to live at home as safely and as comfortably as possible. Our occupational therapists also work on our Specialist In-Patient Unit (IPU) in Taunton, helping to prepare patients for going home, or to their preferred place of care. Once they have been discharged from the IPU, the occupational therapy team can visit patients at home to support and problem-solve, working with the patient and their family.
We work closely with patients and their families and carers, helping them to support those who wish to remain in the community in their preferred place of care.
The St Margaret’s Occupational Therapy team can:
- Help patients to maintain the most important and enjoyable aspects of their daily living.
- Help patients to work through problems and suggest and/or provide adaptations.
- Greatly improve patients’ sense of well-being and independence by encouraging participation in everyday activities, such as getting washed and dressed.
- Assess and supply appropriate equipment/aids/home adaptations to help patients maintain independence and safety.
- Provide appropriate equipment and training to others supporting a patient at home.