Treating Dementia: The Complementing Team Approach of Occupational Therapy and Psychology - 1 views

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  #1 hauterr on 22 Nov 17

   

  A collaborative approach between occupational therapists and psychologists has been developed in order to provide the highest quality of care to those individuals with dementia. Occupational therapists have the skills to understand function, maximize residual strengths, define small changes, modify the environment, and develop caregiver strengths and compensations whereas psychologists have the skill set to understand behaviors and emotions, develop behavioral interventions, support team development, and provide psychological support to caregivers.
  
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  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A collaborative approach between occupational therapists and psychologists has been developed in order to provide the highest quality of care to those individuals with dementia. Occupational therapists have the skills to understand function, maximize residual strengths, define small changes, modify the environment, and develop caregiver strengths and compensations whereas psychologists have the skill set to understand behaviors and emotions, develop behavioral interventions, support team development, and provide psychological support to caregivers. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.proxy01.shawnee.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=26&sid=998982bf-211e-430a-822d-56d028e55296%40sessionmgr4006" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.proxy01.shawnee.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=26&sid=998982bf-211e-430a-822d-56d028e55296%40sessionmgr4006</a></div>

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