Home Occupational Therapy Services in Adelaide
Designed for Adults
Bridging Potentials offers home occupational therapy services in Adelaide for adults. It’s an in-home health care service designed to improve or regain an adult’s ability to perform daily tasks, setting them up to be self-sufficient or independent thereby improving their quality of life.
With an experienced team of occupational therapists (OTs), Bridging Potentials conducts its therapy sessions in your home including activities for the individual such as personal care like bathing and grooming, living healthy, and making the home safer. Having occupational therapy at home also helps get family members involved, making your loved one feel more secure, safer, and comfortable.
Benefits of Home Occupational Therapy Services in Adelaide
While there are many benefits an adult can derive from having home occupational therapy services in Adelaide, foremost among these are the following:
Specialised Care. Home-based therapy provides an opportunity for Bridging Potentials to come up with specialised care tailored to your loved one’s needs. When our occupational therapists (OTs) do their initial house visit, they get to see the home environment and how the individual interacts with it.
Based on this observation, our OTs develop treatment plans set in your home, in consideration of the existing family dynamics and the temperament of the patient. They can use your loved one’s favourite items, work in their favourite room, and in some instances ask your help to motivate them to achieve their goals.
Emphasis on Family Education. Educating family members plays a larger role in home-based care for your loved one. OTs can devote more time to discuss in-depth with family members involved in caring for the individual not only the treatment plan to achieve the goals that have been set but also the needs and concerns of the loved one who’s on therapy.
Family members and the individual undergoing therapy are encouraged to continue practising the recommended activities outside of the sessions. Close monitoring of the progress happens whereby the OT can discuss concerns and progress with the family and adjust the treatment plan accordingly.
Not to discount family involvement in a clinical or hospital setting, educating the family in home-based therapy has a larger impact as the family is the focus in the home; their support in having the patient develop, thrive, and become as independent as possible is really emphasised.
Other Advantages of In-Home Care
Safety. Safety is improved as accidents and other hazards are minimised in a familiar environment.
Comfort. Your loved one will be more comfortable in a familiar environment, making therapy sessions easier.
Integration. Therapy exercises can be included in their daily routine even after off session which can help in developing their motor skills.
About Us
Bridging Potentials is your partner in preparing your loved one for the future through occupational therapy to enable them to become independent and self-sufficient. With a team of experienced professionals specialising in occupational therapy for children and adults, you can ensure your loved one will learn to develop an independent lifestyle by improving their motor, sensory, behavioural, social, and cognitive skills, among other things.
Using standardised testing, clinical observations, and other measuring tools to gauge their strengths and limitations, our team of expert occupational therapists will develop a customised program that will help the individual build their skills, equipping them in the process, to let them do the things they want to do, from simple tasks like getting ready for the day, preparing food, using public transport and the like to managing relationships, finding employment, and so on.
Let Bridging Potentials be your dedicated partner in providing support for your loved one here in Adelaide. We believe in creating and supporting a community where each one is valued and accepted, where our shared connections and experiences create a special bond that shapes the future of your loved one.
