Occupational therapy in stroke

Occupational therapists - ANSWER-Focus on independence and function, individual goal setting, and the specialist skills in task adaptation and environmental modification underpin contributions to the multidisciplinary stroke rehabilitation team Activities of daily living - ANSWER-Personal self care tasks e.g. showering, dressing, toileting, grooming, and eating Domestic activities of daily living e.g. shopping, cooking, cleaning, laundry, financial management Extended activities of daily living e.g. engaging in the leisure tasks, returning to paid or unpaid employment, returning to life roles i.e. parent/care giver/daily household-based activities Praxis - ANSWER-The contact network which leads me to and sensory systems with the perceptual and cognitive processes involved in planning movement Understanding apraxia - ANSWER-Three main types of difficulties in apraxia 1. Initiating movement (This includes selecting the correct objects for task, starting the rig