title: Occupational Therapy Home Modification Assessment and Intervention.
abstract: Evidence Connection articles describe a clinical application of a systematic review developed in conjunction with the American Occupational Therapy Association's Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Project. This Evidence Connection provides a case report of a client referred to occupational therapy for home modification assessment and intervention, applying the evidence from the systematic review of home modifications conducted in conjunction with the EBP Project. The client received in-home occupational therapy after side effects of liver disease resulted in increased falls within her home.
authors.affiliation: Emily Somerville, MS, OTR/L, is Occupational Therapist, Program in Occupational Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; somervillee@wustl.edu.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Somerville
authors.affiliation: Stacy Smallfield, DrOT, MSOT, OTR/L, BCG, FAOTA, is Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy and Assistant Director of the OTD Entry Level Program, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Stacy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Smallfield
authors.affiliation: Susan Stark, PhD, OTR/L, is Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy, Neurology, and Social Work, Program in Occupational Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stark
authors.affiliation: Carol Seibert, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is Owner/Principal, The Home Remedy, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Seibert
authors.affiliation: Marian Arbesman, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is Methodology Consultant, Evidence-Based Practice Project, American Occupational Therapy Association, Bethesda, MD; President, ArbesIdeas, Williamsville, NY; and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Science, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arbesman
authors.affiliation: Deborah Lieberman, MSHA, OTR/L, FAOTA, is Director, Evidence-Based Practice Project, and Staff Liaison to the Commission on Practice, American Occupational Therapy Association, Bethesda, MD.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lieberman
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D055816:Wandering Behavior