What is occupational therapy?
Occupational therapy is a treatment option for people who
have difficulties with daily tasks and activities. It aims to promote good
health and wellbeing by helping people increase their independence and adapt to
the effects of health conditions such as Parkinson’s.
An occupational therapist’s main aim is to enhance people’s quality
of life by removing or reducing barriers that limit their ability to carry out routine
activities. By empowering people living with Parkinson’s to participate
as fully as possible in everyday tasks, the pressure and stress that can often
be placed on their families, friends and caregivers may also be alleviated.
Occupational therapy is available within many
healthcare services across Europe and in some countries may be known by another
name (for example in Germany and the Netherlands occupational therapy is known
as ‘Ergotherapie’).
