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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"meaningful occupations"”.
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A Qualitative Study on Long-Term Adherence to Home Exercise Programs in People with Parkinson’s Disease
… and long-term adherence to foster engagement in meaningful occupations in PwPD.</p>
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Functional Cognitive Activities for Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury: Pilot Case Studies
… generalizing functional cognitive skills across meaningful occupations for adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI). This study was a pretest-posttest design consisted of two participants with TBI.</p> <p>Both participants attended 14 out of the 16 intervention sessions, twice-a-week for …
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Effectiveness of the Bridge/Adapt Program on Functional Skill Generalization After Acquired Brain Injury
… learned in the Bridge/Adapt program to their own meaningful occupations. This study utilized a pretest posttest design using the medication box assessment to measure functional performance. Results of the medication box assessment indicated that one of the three participants demonstrated …
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Participation in professional cycling : the experiences of young cyclists from disadvantaged communities
… been proposed that occupational engagement in meaningful occupations can contribute to the development of people as individuals and members of society. Yet, one should be cautious not to assume that participation in cycling will necessarily result in change for cyclists and that all …
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“Life’s About Choices”: Exploring the everyday occupational choices of young adults with intellectual disability in a community context in South Africa
… have the choice to engage in balanced, meaningful occupations.
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A Virtual View of Occupation: Transactionalism in MMORPGs
… MMORPGs has yet to be explored as a space where meaningful occupations occur. This qualitative study explored the virtual environment using a transactional perspective in order to define the qualities of virtual worlds, how transactional relationships operate more clearly within these virtual …
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Translated Evidence-Based Mental Health Toolkit for Skilled Nursing Facilities
… live in SNFs may experience limited access to meaningful occupations. The SNFs’ institutionalized structure may perpetuate a lack of autonomy and stigma for residents with a SMI (Sullivan & Williams, 2017). Occupational therapy (OT) services provided in a SNF are often limited to therapeutic …
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Effects of Sertraline Treatment for Young Children with Fragile X Syndrome: Family Perspectives via Case Studies
… family perspectives and improvements within meaningful occupations. This research incorporates family perspectives via semi-structured interviews to promote an in-depth understanding about FXS and its impact on child and family occupations in addition to standardized assessment scores through …
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Impacts of Assistive Technology Applications in Higher Education for Students With and Without Disabilities
… potential to promote and enhance engagement in meaningful occupations, such as participation in school, for individuals with and without disabilities. However, the procurement of AT alone can often have less impact than AT combined with individualized support. Occupational therapists (OT) can …
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Occupation-Based CNA Program to Build Caregiver Knowledge and Self-Efficacy in Dementia Care
… of residents with dementia and engage them in meaningful occupations. CNAs who complete the ACE™ program are prepared to implement occupation-based functional maintenance plans to support the active participation of residents in self-care, leisure and social occupations. The curriculum has now …
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Transitioning from homelessness into a sustained tenancy: What enables successful tenancy sustainment? (The Moving on Project)
… There is a paucity of research about the occupations of individuals as they establish and maintain tenancies. This thesis aimed to understand the transition process from homelessness, and tenancy sustainment, from an occupational perspective, to inform a potential occupational therapy …
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Experiences of Everyday Occupation among People with Psychiatric Disabilities - Relationships to social interaction, the worker role and day centre attendance
… competent and having a balance between different meaningful occupations helped having control over mental illness. Being social, creating routines and being productive and creative were important to the experience of meaning, as was taking care of body and mind. Study II showed that having less …
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Terapia ocupacional capacitante: relato, percepções, enfrentamento e inclusão de um indivíduo com toc no meio acadêmico
… importance of social participation by conducting meaningful occupations in the treatment of the disorder. It was noted the importance of occupations in improving the symptoms of the individual with OCD, but also how beneficial were the experiences in the academic environment. This open environment …
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Life After Brain Injury - Family Perspectives
… and what are the barriers to engaging in meaningful occupations? How can in depth examination of these phenomena better inform OT practice and interprofessional collaboration in service to this community?</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong>: In collaboration with University of California, San …
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Transition in Occupations of Refugees During Resettlement
… the impact of the refugee experience on the occupations of refugees as they transition to living in the U.S. Smith (2012) explored the adaptation of cultural weaving among Karen refugees to maintain their previous occupations and the impact of daily weaving on their lives within Western …
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Occupational needs of chronic orthopedic trauma patients
… that deemphasizes functional outcomes of other meaningful activities, e.g., participation in physical exercise, education, sexual activity, home management, social roles, and participation. While mobility is important for overall health, engagement in other meaningful activities, e.g., childcare …
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The impact of play-informed caregiver-implemented home-based intervention on the academic learning outcomes for HIV positive children (aged 5 years to 8 years) on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) living in low income conditions: a randomized control trial
… that promotes and enhances participation in meaningful occupations, has yet to demonstrate its impact in promoting the occupation of academic learning in HIV positive children on ART. OBJECTIVES: This study investigates and compares the impact of two occupational therapy interventions; …
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Spending my time- Time use and meaningfulness in daily occupations as perceived by people with persistent mental illness
Engagement in daily occupations, especially those perceived as meaningful, is essential for health and well-being. According to evaluation reports, many individuals with persistent mental illness seem to lack meaningful everyday occupations. The aim of this thesis was to investigate possible …