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# Occupational Therapy

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LAWS Project - Starter Kit - http://www.laws-project.org.uk
LAWS Project - Starter Kit - http://www.laws-project.org.uk
Tameside MBC - LAWS project - http://laws.tameside.gov.uk
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<h2>Social Services</h2><span class="gen">email address here</span><span class="gen">phone number here</span><span class="gen">sms phone number here</span><span class="gen">fax number here</span><span class="gen">minicom number here</span><p><i>Occupational Therapy helps people live more productive lives. It enables people with disabilities to carry out essential activities, with the aim of maintaining or improving independence.</i></p><hr/><p>Occupation means any way in which people spend their time from personal care (washing, dressing, toileting) to productivity (paid or unpaid work, housework, education); to leisure (games, sports, hobbies, social activities).</p><p>Examples of essential activities may include:</p><ul> <li title="*">Managing personal care, e.g. getting to the bathroom and transferring on/off toilet.</li> <li title="*">Safe mobility around your home to enable you to prepare meals, get in/out of bed, manage the steps and stairs.</li> <li title="*">Enabling an individual to take up or stay in paid or unpaid work.</li> <li title="*">Enabling your carer to care for you.</li> </ul><p>OTs could help, or provide information about:</p><ul> <li title="*">Raising the height of the bed/chair so that standing is much easier if a person has stiff, painful hips and knees.</li> <li title="*">Making a home safer for getting around by the installation, for instance, of hand rails and ramps.</li> <li title="*">Reducing anxiety and helping people raise their confidence about getting around or manage their disability.</li> <li title="*">Information on ways of obtaining appropriate support and helping people to connect to other relevant agencies.</li> <li title="*">Assisting carers to continue to maintain their caring responsibilities.</li> </ul><p>For people able and wanting to fund their own equipment or adaptations, advice and information is available by contacting us using the details above.</p><p>Financially assessed grants may be available for major adaptations work.</p><p>For more information please contact us using the details above.</p><span class="gen">email address here</span><span class="gen">phone number here</span><span class="gen">sms phone number here</span><span class="gen">fax number here</span><span class="gen">minicom number here</span><span class="gen">postal address here</span><h3> <a href="/ccm/services/pid.jsp?pid=180"> Providing Information (180) </a></h3>