title: Use of the Occupational Therapy Task-Oriented Approach to optimize the motor performance of a client with cognitive limitations.
abstract: This case report describes the use of the Occupational Therapy Task-Oriented Approach with a client with occupational performance limitations after a cerebral vascular accident. The Occupational Therapy Task-Oriented Approach is often suggested as a preferred neurorehabilitation intervention to improve occupational performance by optimizing motor behavior. One common critique of this approach, however, is that it may seem inappropriate or have limited application for clients with cognitive deficits. This case report demonstrates how an occupational therapist working in an inpatient rehabilitation setting used the occupational therapy task-oriented evaluation framework and treatment principles described by Mathiowetz (2004) with a person with significant cognitive limitations. This approach was effective in assisting the client in meeting her long-term goals, maximizing her participation in meaningful occupations, and successfully transitioning to home with her daughter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1919 West Taylor Street, MC 811, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. kpreiss@uic.edu
authors.forename: Katharine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Preissner
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis