Question 1

physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists are all considered necessary if stroke?

Accepted Answer

Yes: The intensity of the various therapies will depend on the severity of the stroke, but patient will definitely benefit from these therapies.

Question 2

are there male occupational therapists?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Yes there are. By the way, you have just won the weird question of the month award.

Question 3

what does an occupational therapist do (otr)?

Accepted Answer

OT: An ot helps people of all ages to improve their ability to perform tasks in their daily living & working environments. They help people with disabilities to improve their skills, such as motor functions & reasoning skills. Examples are using computers, cooking, dressing, eating, muscle strength, visual acuity, problem solving, etc.

Question 4

can occupational therapists diagnose anything?

Accepted Answer

Can detect abnormali: Occupational therapist design a plan to treat a motor or cognitive deficit that affects a person ability to perform  activities of daily living, and while doing it they may be able to find out further abnormalities and refer the patient to their referring doctor for proper diagnosis and treament.

Question 5

what's it like to be an occupational therapist?

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Occupational therapi: It is like any other medical profession where you come in contact with many different patients and design specific therapies for each one of them and help improve their life and get paid as well.It can be very satisfying and other times it can be frustrating as well.

Question 6

what does a occupational therapist do typically?

Accepted Answer

See below: Ot do a lot of different things. They help people regain independence with things like dressing, bathing, toileting, showering etc after illness and other disabling conditions like strokes, head and spinal cord injuries. They also help people with who have problems with their hands like rheumatoid arthritis or who have had amputations of parts of the upper extremities.

Question 7

could an occupational therapist give any medicine?

Accepted Answer

Medication prescribe: Typically licensed practitioners who are able to prescribe medications if they are  not physicians (M.Ds, D.Os, dentists, podiatrists etc, ) are either licensed practical nurses or physician assistants.  This varies depending on your jurisdiction, some requiring or not physician supervision typically from mds or dos.  I have never heard of occupational or physical therapist prescribing medications.

Question 8

occupational therapists work in what types of settings?

Accepted Answer

Occupational Therapi: They can work in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living places, physicians offices, adult day care centers, physical therapy centers and your own center if you want, schools for developmentally chalanged, and home health agencies working at patients homes.

Question 9

what kind of work do you do as an occupational therapist?

Accepted Answer

OT: An ot helps people of all ages to improve their ability to perform tasks in their daily living & working environments. They help people with disabilities to improve their skills, such as motor functions & reasoning skills. Examples are using computers, cooking, dressing, eating, muscle strength, visual acuity, problem solving, etc.

Question 10

do occupational therapists make mental health diagnostics?

Accepted Answer

No, not usually.: They can be separately licensed and work in the capacity of an OT, and then can diagnose.   Usually, they treat based upon the needs of an individual, which follows from the diagnose gleaned elsewhere.

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