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Occupational Therapy Assistant

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Your OT department must attend a staff meeting for your nursing home patient that has a difficult family situation. She has many children, some of whom want to see her return to home; and some of whom want her to stay in the nursing home. The staff meeting is in one week. What action do you and your OT department decide to take in preparation for the staff meeting?
  1. You decide to schedule a home assessment with the patient to determine if she can manage basic tasks at home.
  2. You decide to interview your patient’s children to determine how much help they are willing to provide their mother.
  3. You decide to keep practicing self-care tasks with the patient, so that she will be as independent as possible.
  4. You decide to recommend that your patient stay in the nursing home.
Explanation
Answer: A. You decide to schedule a home assessment with the patient to determine if she can manage basic tasks at home. An on-site home assessment with the patient present is the best way to observe the patient’s actual mobility and safety in her own home. The OT department can make recommendations regarding discharge from the nursing home based on the results of this assessment.
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