PMID: 3766685Sep 1, 1986Paper

Occupational therapy in hospice home care: a student tutorial

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy : Official Publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association
D FoltsT Weisman

Abstract

The number of hospices in the United States has grown from 20 in 1978 to 1,500 in 1985. The projected need is for 4,000 to 5,000 new hospices to serve the terminally ill by the end of the century. As the hospice philosophy advocates a holistic approach (i.e., the amelioration of biological pain and physical symptoms, diagnostic honesty, and the maximization of the quality of life), occupational therapy, operating from an occupational behavior perspective, can contribute to maximizing the quality of life for the terminally ill patient. There is an urgent need to train occupational therapists to meet the potential demand inherent in the rapid growth of hospice care. Because there are at the present time no formal course offerings on the treatment of the terminally ill hospice patient, this paper proposes a tutorial in the form of a five-phase model for an undergraduate independent study in hospice care. Certain principles of the model are illustrated through case studies.

Citations

Sep 28, 2010·Australian Occupational Therapy Journal·Georgia K B HalkettSamar Aoun
Nov 6, 2007·Medical Teacher·Michael T Ross, Helen S Cameron
Nov 25, 2004·Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America·Cathy M Cruise, Mathew H M Lee
Apr 6, 2017·Australian Occupational Therapy Journal·Sally BennettLibby Gibson
Jan 9, 2019·Occupational Therapy in Health Care·Hsin-Hsiu Essential Yeh, Mary Ann McColl
Jan 1, 1988·The Hospice Journal·R J Lentz, L J Ramsey
Jul 1, 1993·The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care·S Dawson

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