Occupational Therapy at Home
Getting back to bathing, dressing and cooking, with the right equipment in the right place.
Physical therapy gets you walking again; occupational therapy gets you showering, dressing and making lunch again. Our occupational therapists focus on the tasks that decide whether someone can stay safely at home, and they do that work in the bathroom and kitchen where it happens.
Much of what an OT recommends is simple and inexpensive: a tub transfer bench instead of a shower chair, a long-handled sponge, moving the coffee and the plates to the shelf between waist and shoulder height. When bigger changes make sense, like grab bars or a raised toilet seat, the therapist measures and gives the family a specific list rather than a catalog.
OTs also work with patients after a stroke on fine motor skills and on cognitive strategies such as pill organizers, written routines and phone reminders, and they train family caregivers in safe transfers so nobody gets hurt helping.
What's included
- Bathing, dressing and toileting retraining
- Adaptive equipment recommendations, measured for your home
- Energy conservation for heart and lung conditions
- Fine motor and cognitive strategies after a stroke
- Caregiver training in safe transfers
How it's paid for
Medicare Part A, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and most commercial plans when ordered by a physician. See insurance and payment for details.
Where it's available
Greenville, SC · Spartanburg, SC · Columbia, SC · Charleston, SC · Charlotte, NC · Asheville, NC · Hickory, NC · Savannah, GA · Augusta, GA · Athens, GA · Chattanooga, TN · Knoxville, TN