OCTH 787 - Issues in Aging - Changes in Activities and Occupations

3 Credits
This course focuses on functional changes associated with the typical aging process and changes resulting from disease or injury commonly associated with advancing age. Students will examine the effects of physical, physiological, and cognitive deficits on function and ability to manage daily life activities. Activity and occupation based frameworks and models of practice will be used as a guide for analysis, documentation, and intervention. Students will use clinical reasoning to create holistic intervention plans based on the needs of patients and the availability of support systems (family and caregivers). Students will use critical reasoning to develop transfer/discharge plans which comply with service and reimbursement guidelines and directives. Review of the literature focusing on best-practice interventions will be an integral part of this course.

Grade Note(s): All component co-requisites must be repoeated if a fialing grade is received in any one of them. The lecture and lab (L) components of each OCTH course must be successfully completed with a B- or better during the same semester
Fees: Additional course fees apply.
Co-requisite(s): 5th semester MSOT courses
Prerequisite(s): 4th semester MSOT courses