Occupational Therapy and Tools for Monitoring the Effectiveness of Therapy

Evaluating ADL Measures from an Occupational Therapy Perspective

“…Outcomes addressed therapy intensity, therapy focus, and length of stay. Discipline-specific researchers have found it necessary to supplement these standardized measure outcomes with additional information: an audit of client selected goals (Welch & Forster, 2003); discipline-specific instruments (Baldelli, Boiardi, Ferrari, Bianchi, & Hunscott Bianchi, 2004;Heinemann & Hamilton, 2000); and qualitative research methodology (Unsworth & Cunningham, 2002). Program management outcomes may not demonstrate that client function improvement is attributable to occupational therapy input but rather to the participation of the multidisciplinary team (Unsworth & Cunningham).…”