Occupational Therapy: improving the hospital/home interface for older people
By Ebby Sigmund, 4 August 2021
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Ebby Sigmund
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Ebby Sigmund
Occupational therapy: improving the hospital/home interface for older people
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Focus
Supporting the health and wellbeing of older patients by applying occupational therapy techniques
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Fellowship year
2011
Locality
Scotland
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Biography
I am an occupational therapist working in both the NHS and the independent, or private, sector.
My Fellowship in 2011 enabled me to travel to the University of Southern California to learn about the lifestyle redesign approach developed at the university, which is a leader in both occupational therapy and occupational science. I was particularly interested in whether the approach could be used in hospital discharge for older people.
Organisational reorganisation and a decision to branch out into the private sector has meant that I now work in a different clinical setting, but I found the learning I gained has been invaluable in many and often unexpected ways.
My experience of the Fellowship was incredibly positive and I hope to remain in touch with the organisation in the future. The whole experience was so inspiring.
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All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
