Ke pilikia nei ʻoe i ka hana ʻana i kāu mau hana o kēlā me kēia lā? E aʻo kākou e pili ana i ka Occupational Therapy!

Ua noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe i ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻi ʻana i ka hana ʻana i nā mea ma kāu iho ma hope o kahi ulia, maʻi, a i ʻole ke ʻoki kino? Malia paha he paʻakikī nui ka ʻaʻahu ʻana, ka hana ʻana i ke kī, a i ʻole ka hele wale ʻana i ka hale kūʻai. I kēia lā, ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i kahi lāʻau lapaʻau kūikawā e hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe i nā manawa e like me kēia.

I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, he aha ka Occupational Therapy (OT)?

ʻO ka Occupational Therapy (OT) kahi ʻano lapaʻau e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i kou hiki ke hana i nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā me ke kūʻokoʻa, palekana, a me ka maʻalahi . ʻO ka huaʻōlelo "ʻoihana" ma ʻaneʻi ʻaʻole ia e pili wale i kāu hana. Hiki iā ia ke ʻano o kekahi hana āu e hana ai i kēlā me kēia lā. Hiki ke lilo i kekahi mea mai ka palaki ʻana i kou mau niho i ke kakahiaka, a hiki i ka kuke ʻana, ke komo ʻana i ke kapa, a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi kamepiula.

E noʻonoʻo ʻoe ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ulia a ua ʻoʻoleʻa iki kou lima. A laila lilo ia i mea paʻakikī ke ʻoki i kahi mea kanu a i ʻole ke komo ʻana i kahi pālule, ʻeā? I nā manawa e like me kēia, kōkua kekahi Occupational Therapist, he loea olakino i loaʻa i ke aʻo kūikawā no kēia, iā ʻoe. Malia paha e aʻo ʻo ia iā ʻoe pehea e paʻa ai i ka pahi ma ke ʻano ʻokoʻa, a i ʻole kahi ala maʻalahi e pihi ai i kāu mau pihi. I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka pahuhopu nui o kēia therapy ke hōʻike iā ʻoe i ke ala e hoʻomalu hou ai i kou ola, e ola kūʻokoʻa .

ʻO wai ka mea e pono ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau Occupational Therapy (OT)?

Hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau OT ke lilo i mea pono no kekahi mea paʻakikī i ka hana ʻana i nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā no nā kumu like ʻole. Aia kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau OT kūikawā (Pediatric Occupational Therapy) e pono ai no nā keiki ʻōpio. E nānā i ka papa ma lalo no nā kūlana maʻamau e pono ai kēia lāʻau lapaʻau.

Pehea e hana ʻia ai kēia kaʻina hana lapaʻau?

ʻO ka maʻamau, hana ʻia ka mālama ʻana o ka OT i ʻekolu mau pae nui.

1. Loiloi

Ke hālāwai mua ʻoe me kahi Occupational Therapist, e kamaʻilio ʻo ia me ʻoe a me kou ʻohana e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i kou kūlana. He aha kāu mau pahuhopu? He aha kāu e makemake ai e hana hou? He aha kāu mau pale i kēia manawa? E nīnau ʻo ia iā ʻoe i kēia mau mea a pau. I kekahi manawa e hele mai ʻo ia i kou home a i ʻole kahi hana e nānā i ke kaiapuni. Ma kēlā ala, hiki iā ia ke hoʻomaopopo pono i kahi āu e pono ai ke kōkua a me nā mea e pono ai ke hana e kōkua iā ʻoe.

2. Nā Hana Komo

ʻO kēia ka ʻāpana koʻikoʻi loa o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Maanei, e hoʻolauna kāu kauka lapaʻau iā ʻoe i nā ʻano hana like ʻole, nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa kino, a me nā mea hana.

I kekahi manawa, hiki i kēia ke lilo i mau hoʻomaʻamaʻa e hoʻonui ai i kou ikaika kino a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana. ʻO ka mea nui ma ʻaneʻi, ua hoʻopilikino ʻia kēia mau mea a pau e kūpono i kāu mau pahuhopu kino, noʻonoʻo, a me ka nohona. E ʻae kēia iā ʻoe e hana i nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā ma kāu iho, e like me:

• Ke komo nei i ke kapa
• ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka manawa kūpono
• E hele ana i ka hale kūʻai a kūʻai i nā meaʻai
• Ke hoʻokele nei i kahi kaʻa
• Ke hoʻohana nei i kahi kamepiula a kelepona paha

3. Nā loiloi a me nā hopena

He hana hoʻomau kēia. Ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻoe i nā ʻano hana hou, e hoʻomau kāu mea lapaʻau i ka nānā ʻana i kāu holomua. E nānā pū ʻo ia i kou kūlana noʻonoʻo. Inā ʻaʻole holo pono kekahi mea nou, e hana ʻo ia i nā hoʻoponopono e like me ka mea e pono ai.

He aha ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka Occupational Therapy (OT) a me ka Physical Therapy (PT)?

ʻOiai ʻo nā lāʻau ʻelua he mau lāʻau lapaʻau e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻoneʻe i kou kino me ka maikaʻi a me ka palekana, aia kahi ʻokoʻa iki i ka pahuhopu hope loa o nā mea ʻelua.

I kekahi manawa, pono paha i kekahi kanaka kēia mau lāʻau ʻelua i ka manawa like. E aʻo aku kāu kauka iā ʻoe i kēia me nā kikoʻī.

He aha nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā pilikia o kēia?

He lāʻau lapaʻau palekana a maikaʻi loa ka OT. ʻO kona pōmaikaʻi nui, hiki iā ʻoe ke noho kūʻokoʻa a me ka hilinaʻi hou. He mea hoʻoikaika nui nō hoʻi ia no kou olakino noʻonoʻo.

E like me nā hana kino āpau, aia kahi pilikia o nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi. Akā e aʻo aku kāu kauka lapaʻau iā ʻoe pehea e hōʻemi ai i kēlā pilikia. Hiki ke manaʻo iki he ʻoʻoleʻa a ʻeha paha i ka wā mua. He mea maʻamau kēlā. Inā manaʻo ʻeha a weliweli paha kekahi mea, mai makaʻu e haʻi aku i kāu kauka lapaʻau.

Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi pilikia i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kāu mau hana o kēlā me kēia lā, inā ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona hou, a inā e ʻoi aʻe ka ʻino o kou kūlana, e ʻike koke i kāu kauka . Eia kekahi, inā makemake ʻoe i kekahi mau hoʻololi i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana, e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka lapaʻau e pili ana i ia mea.