Occupational Therapy Department Occupational therapy is a kind of therapy by using tailor-made therapeutic activities to enhance the self-care, work and leisure capability of mentally ill patients, with the goal to help patients re-integrate to and live independently in the community. Scope of Service: 1. Functional Assessment Using standardized assessment and observation to evaluate the activity of daily living of patients. 2. Pre-vocational Assessment Using standardized assessment and simulated work training to evaluate the pre-vocational skill and work habit of patients. 3. Activity of Daily Living Training Using a simulated home environment to evaluate and train up daily living skills of patients. 4. Child and Adolescent Services Through individual and group treatment to facilitate the learning, social skills, self-care and work performance for the child and adolescent patients. 5. Service to the Psychiatric Unit for Learning Disabilities Using multi-sensory stimulation to facilitate the self-care and social skills of the patients with learning disability 6. Psychogeriatric Services By therapeutic groups and individual training programme to evaluate and enhance the self-care, and leisure ability of the elderly so as to maximize their functional level. 7. Community Occupational Therapy Services Vivo home and job site visits and assessments are conducted to help mentally ill patients reintegrate to and live independently in the community. 8. Supported Employment Services Supported Employment aims at expanding the vocational opportunities for ex-mentally ill clients and serving employers to overcome recruitment problems by tapping the abilities of our rehabilitated clients.Details Frequently Asked Questions Q. :Do ex-mentally ill patients have the same working abilities as other people? A. :Basically, ex-mentally ill patients have the same working abilities as other people. Their work performance would depend upon their educational level, work history and work motivation. If appropriate training is provided, ex-mentally ill patients may have excellent performance in their work. |