OTA 224L - Elderly Concepts Lab

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Kapiolani Community College

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4.5 hours lab per week for 10 weeks Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program. Comment: Letter grade only. OTA 224L may not be audited. OTA 224L may not be taken credit/no credit. OTA 224L focuses on the practice of those methods and techniques necessary to deliver occupational therapy services to the elderly with an emphasis on home and community programming. Students will administer selected assessments, develop intervention plans and practice skills to promote health and safety, prevent disease or disability in this population. Strategies for modifying environments and processes and reassessing activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) interventions will be taught. Methods for educating and training caregivers and family to facilitate occupational performance in elderly clients will be learned and practiced. Upon successful completion of OTA 224L, the student should be able to: 1. Gather, share data and administer selected assessments for the purpose of evaluating client's occupational performance in activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), education, work, leisure and social participation. 2. Develop occupation based intervention plans from data gathered that are culturally relevant and reflective of current occupational therapy practice in various settings for the elderly. 3. Select direct interventions utilizing occupation and activities for the elderly to enhance safety, wellness and prevent disease or disability, as well as activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), education, work, leisure and social participation. 4. Demonstrate strategies to educate and train the elderly client, caregiver, family and significant others to facilitate skills in areas of occupation, as well as prevention of disease and disability, health maintenance and safety. 7 5. Modify environments, adapt processes and teach compensatory strategies for the elderly in home management, community mobility including issues related to driving. 6. Reassess the effects of occupational therapy intervention, modify interventions and communicate the client's needs to other occupational therapy practitioners, caregivers and the family.

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

kapiolani.hawaii.edu/page/home

Phone Number:

(808) 734-9000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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