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Working with clients with dementia and Alzeimers Disease is not a new thing to Occupational Therapy professionals, but with the growth in cases in the next several years the need for qualified Occupational Therapists will increase.   Much of this demand for strong Occupational Therapists is due to the positive impact your services have had on the lives of those patients you serve.

On the American Occupational Therapy Association website Patricia Schaber, PHd, OTR/L, says the most important thing you can do as a therapist is to get involved.   More and more physicians are becoming aware of the importance of an Occupational Therapists assesment and the long term involvement on the treating team.   Schaber believes “that practitioners need about 6 months of working directly with clients with dementia to understand the differences and types of cognitive processes the client is experiencing.”

There are many resources available to therapists that will assist in their treatment and assesment of patients.   The AOTA has dedicated a microsite that specifically deals with Alzheimers Disease and Occupational Therapy at www.aota.org/alzheimers.   While the Department of Health and Human Services also addresses the importance of Occupational Therapy when dealing with dimentia and Alzheimers patients.

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