Occupational Therapy practitioners play an integral role in starting the rehabilitation process for many patients, even those with short stays.
Occupational Therapy has a unique focus on addressing issues and barriers that limit the patient’s ability to perform activities that they need or want to do related to independence in self-care, home management, work-related tasks and participating in leisure and community pursuits.
Occupational Therapy practitioners make recommendations for services that are appropriately provided at various points along a continuum of care to achieve the desired outcomes for the patient. Our services cover the full spectrum of ages from neonates through to geriatric patients.
Diagnoses usually treated:- Stroke (CVA) • Acquired brain injury • Spinal cord injury
- Guillian Barre Syndrome • Multiple sclerosis • Neurological conditions
- Post cardiac arrest • Amputees • Burns
- Hand injuries • Orthopedic conditions • Cerebral palsy
- Spina bifida • Muscular dystrophy • Feeding difficulties
- Developmental delays
Areas Covered by Acute Care Services :- Hamad General Hospital
- Women`s Hospital
- Al Khor Hospital
- Al Wakra Hospital
Our Critical Care Services- Evaluate the need for splints and positioning devices to preserve joint integrity and protect skin from breakdown due to prolonged pressure
- Assess and recommend for the patients’ rehabilitation needs and transition of care
- Train families and caregivers to assist with range of motion exercises, safe transfers and mobility and skin checks
Medical-Surgical Service- Provide training in basic self care and functional mobility
- Evaluate the need for adaptive aids and durable medical equipment
- Provide wheelchair assessment and management to promote endurance and mobility, depending on patient readiness
- Contribute to safe discharge planning, including recommendations for transitioning to the next level of care
Neurology and Neurosurgery- Utilize neuromuscular re-education, trunk stabilization and balance activities to improve the client's ability to move in and out of bed and maintain a functional upright posture necessary to perform self care and home management activities
- Train family/caregivers on proper and safe functional mobility assistance and transfers
- Remediate upper-extremity weakness and/or abnormal muscle tone through exercise, relevant simulated activities and preventive splinting to preserve muscle balance and range of motion
- Evaluate and use strategies to address cognitive and perceptual deficits
Orthopedics- Train patients in self-care activities
- Instruct patients in postsurgical orthopedic protocols, including appropriate weight bearing and/or postsurgical precautions as they relate to performance of activities of daily living
- Patients, family and care giver education and training for follow up
- Evaluate, fabricate/provide and train patients to use assistive devices and protective orthoses/ splints to promote healing and maximize independence
- Pre-discharge readiness through teaching specific techniques for functional mobility (for example safe car transfers)
Pediatrics and Neonates Occupational Therapy practitioners use their knowledge of normal human development from neonate through adolescence to:
- Evaluate sensorimotor, cognitive and adaptive skills, and promote achievement of developmental milestones
- Management of feeding difficulties and recommend proper feeding techniques and dysphagia management
- Collaborate with and train families to reinforce therapeutic skill acquisition
- Develop and implement an intervention plan based on the child’s needs for participation in various occupations and environments (school, home, playground) including socializing with other children
Additional Information: For more information please contact
Mr. Alaa Al Sheikh at ahussein1@hamad.qa
Tel: +974 4439 1849
Hamad General Hospital
Ground floor, Rehabilitation Services area.
