Optimising the activities of daily living, includes work, play, leisure, social participation, health management, rest and sleep
The routines, roles, interests, and activities that give your life meaning.
When illness, injury, disability, or life changes make these harder, Occupational Therapy can help you reconnect with what matters most, so you can feel like yourself again.
Occupational Therapists (OTs) work with you by providing holistic, person-centred approaches, looking beyond diagnosis, to support you to:
• Washing, dressing skills, grooming
• Meal and drink preparation, including eating (adaptive cutlery)
• Managing medication routines
• Sleep and fatigue management
• Laundry and household tasks
• Making sure your environment works for you, including ergonomics and adaptations (home, work, education)
• Equipment that can help (grab rails, perching stools, toilet aids, kitchen trolleys, beds, chairs)
• Wheelchair and specialist seating prescription
• Transferring (bed, chair, toilet) with confidence
• Improving memory, planning, organisation, and task completion
• Education on how the body works (thoughts, feelings, behaviours, sensory systems)
• Regulating the body (breathing techniques, mindfulness, pain and fatigue management)
• Improving upper limb function (handwriting, strength through activity)
• Maximise the use of devices and technology (computer, mobile phone, tablets, smart controls)
• Connecting with community life (shopping, banking, road safety, buses/taxis)
• Organising leisure activities, day trips, holidays, and overnight stays
• Hobbies and interests such as:
o Gardening
o Baking or cooking
o Painting or crafts
o Music or playing cards
o Knitting, puzzles, or board games
o Dance, sport, or gentle exercise
• Resuming your valued roles within family, friendships, work, or education
• Therapy through play
• Supporting learning, routines, and emotional regulation
• Adapting environments to support development
• Signposting to other services (driving assessments, benefits, social services)
• Navigating the right support at the right time
Occupational Therapy aims to promote your health, well-being, independence, and quality of life. Call us today, to take back control, to feel empowered to live life the way you want and enjoy living again.
We currently accept the following Private Medical Insurance
