Where can an occupation‐focussed philosophy take occupational therapy?

Housing accessibility for senior citizens in Sweden: Estimation of the effects of targeted elimination of environmental barriers

“…There is a need for information on housing issues not only to policy-makers, public and private actors in the building and construction sectors but also to the general public. Since occupational therapists can contribute with important knowledge on how everyday activities are influenced by environmental demands [56], our research contributes to strengthening their role as public health agents.…”

Occupation-centred, occupation-based, occupation-focused: Same, same or different?

“…Other options include the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance and Engagement (CMOP-E) (9) or MOHO (7). 5 The other goal of the occupational therapy interview is to enable the client to identify those daily life tasks performances that the client perceives are strengths and those that are problems of occupational performance. The occupational therapist and the client then work collaboratively and enable the client to prioritize which of the daily life task performances identified as problematic the client wants to address first through further evaluation and possible intervention (see Figure 3).…”

“…Again, because they are based on interview and not observation of the client's 5. In fact, a major focus of MOHO is the conceptualization of doing (occupational participation, occupational performance, and occupational skills) and adaptation emerging from a transaction among (a) the person's volitional characteristics, internalized routines, and underlying performance capacity; (b) the physical and social environment; and (c) an occupational form (i.e.…”

Occupation-Focused Practice: Challenges and Choices

“…We recognize that many therapists have already begun or achieved this shift, and may occupy varying points along the continuum using a plethora of advice from the literature (Brown and Bourke-Taylor 2012, Ilott and Mounter 2000, McKay and Molineux 2000, Parnell and Wilding 2010. It would seem from anecdotal evidence, however, that for some people this advice is too challenging to implement within their practice context.…”

“…Some authors have offered ways of addressing the issue (Brown and Bourke-Taylor 2012, Ilott and Mounter 2000, McKay and Molineux 2000, Parnell and Wilding 2010, although practitioner colleagues often suggest these are not always being fully implemented.…”