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The heart of palliative care is maintaining quality of life while preparing for the occupation of death. With a holistic and patient-centered perspective, an OT can identify the occupations most important to the patient. Then, through a clinical lens, OT can provide a path to engaging in those occupations that support independence and provide meaningful engagement. OT enhances a patient\u2019s resilience and ability to cope with the reality of palliative care.<\/p>\n
The OT is uniquely positioned to provide meaningful interventions in a number of areas:<\/p>\n
ADL, IADL, Leisure and Productivity<\/strong> <\/p>\n Functional Mobility<\/strong><\/p>\n Pain Management<\/strong> <\/p>\n Caregiver Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n Want to learn more about providing care in a palliative setting? Check out these resources that I have linked on my website OTToolkit.com<\/a><\/p>\n Palliative Care and Hospice Resources<\/strong> The heart of palliative care is maintaining quality of life while preparing for the occupation of death. With a holistic and patient-centered perspective, an OT can identify the occupations most important to the patient. Then, through a clinical lens, OT can provide a path to engaging in those occupations that…<\/p>\n Read more<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-caregivers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Palliative-Care.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7676"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7680,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7676\/revisions\/7680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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\nBeing Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End www.goodreads.com<\/a>
\nEnd of Life Articles www.nia.nih.gov\/health\/end-of-life<\/a>
\nEnd of Life Caregiving www.nhpco.org<\/a>
\nEnd of Life: Helping with Comfort and Care www.nia.nih.gov\/End_of_Life_508.pdf<\/a>
\nManaging Your Pain www.nhpco.org<\/a>
\nPalliative Care vs. Hospice Care www.cms.gov\/infograph-PalliativeCare.pdf<\/a>
\nSupport Groups www.hospicefoundation.org\/Grief-(1)\/Support-Groups<\/a>
\nSupporting Someone Who is Grieving www.caringinfo.org<\/a>
\nThe Dying Process ~ A Guide for Family Caregivers www.nhpco.org<\/a>
\nWhat is Palliative Care? www.medlineplus.gov\/ency\/patientinstructions.htm<\/a>
\nWhen Breath Becomes Air www.goodreads.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"