Acute psychiatric facilities serve individuals with serious mental illnesses in hopes of providing adequate care to promote a successful community reintegration, although many facilities lack having an occupational therapist on staff to help in the recovery process. In this doctoral capstone experience (DCE), an occupational therapy (OT) student from the University of Indianapolis advocated for the OT profession by creating and implementing a seven-week occupation-based program with adult patients at LaRue D. Carter Memorial Hospital, as there was no OT practitioner on staff. The participants were chosen through a convenience sample and to measure outcomes, the OT student utilized structured and unstructured assessments. The program focused on activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) that were deemed meaningful during the completion of the needs assessment. Through the results of a pre-post survey and participant feedback, there was an increase in knowledge of the OT scope of practice. The Goal Attainment Scale (GAS) was an outcome tool used to measure the effectiveness of the program, which met the expected level of outcome. The results of the program showed the need of an OT practitioner at this specific site, as OT provides holistic, occupation-based therapy. For future practice, the need for more OT practitioners within the mental health setting, especially acute care facilities, is evident and vital during these individuals' recovery process.

Creator

• Scheidler, Ashley

Colaboradores

• Wasmuth, Sally

Publisher

• University of Indianapolis

Language

• en

Identifier

• Scheidler. Ashley.pdf

Palavra-chave

• Health Sciences

• Occupational Therapy

Date created

• 2018-05

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/