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- Title
Identifying occupational performance issues with older adults: Therapists' perspectives.
- Authors
Trentham, Barry; Dunal, Lynda
- Abstract
Background. Identifying occupational performance issues is an essential component of the occupational therapy process. Little attention has been paid to therapists' management of this aspect of geriatric practice. Purpose. This study explored therapists' approach to identifying occupational performance issues (OPI) with older adults. Methods. Information gathered from semistructured interviews was analyzed using Polkinghorne's (1995) analysis of narrative method. Findings. The study demonstrated how therapists prepare clients to engage in the OPI identification process; use interviewing strategies to build trust; and tap into client narratives to foster hope in occupational possibilities. Implications. Findings suggest that therapists require a complex set of highly skilled strategies to engage clients in OPI identification through tapping into aspects of the client's motivational influences, occupational histories, therapy expectations, and generational attitudes about aging. Further study is required to identify ways to overcome structural barriers to more occupational and narrative-based approaches to Identifying occupational performance issues.
- Subjects
CANADA; OCCUPATIONAL therapy for older people; PATIENT-centered care; OCCUPATIONAL therapists; OCCUPATIONAL therapy
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2009, Vol 76, Issue 5, p326
- ISSN
0008-4174
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/000841740907600503