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Preparing Home Health Clients for Work Opportunities With Workplace Accommodation

Carrie Bruce, MA, CCC-SLP, ATP

Jon Sanford, MArch

Jon Sanford

Few people with chronic health conditions actively engage in work activities. Yet workplace accommodations including assistive technologies and more accessible environments are creating the potential for more employment opportunities. Occupational therapists are trained to assist clients in maximizing participation in self-care, work activities, and leisure. Home health services often address self-care and leisure; however, little attention is given to home health discharge planning directed at transitions to work. This article explores some of the policies that affect work opportunities for people with disabilities, some workplace accommodations that can be used to increase access to the workplace and maximize capacities of persons with disabilities to complete job tasks, and implications for how home health occupational therapy practitioners can facilitate referrals and inform client decisions about workplace accommodations.

Key Words: workplace accommodations • occupational therapy • home health • assistive technology • disability

Home Health Care Management & Practice, Vol. 19, No. 1, 12-18 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1084822306292532


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