Occupational therapy

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Occupational therapy (OT) is a rehabilitative service that aims to make people as independent as possible. Occupational therapists, people who supply occupational therapy, provide these services in a variety of capacities and populations, including pediatrics, adults, geriatrics, and with people with psychiatric disorders. In occupational therapy, the term occupation refers to meaningful activities. Therefore, therapists utilize meaningful activities to make people independent.

For example, an elderly patient suffering a stroke may have difficulties with fine motor in one of their hands. An occupational therapist may use a meaningful activity, such as creating a collage of grandchildren to encourage the use of the patient's hands to work in cutting, organizing, and pasting the pictures onto a scrapbook. By doing this activity, fine motor skills are developed.