Occupational Therapy Assignment
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Occupational Therapy
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1Client History and Occupational Impairments................................................................................1Proposed Interventions....................................................................................................................3CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................11International classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF).....................................11
INTRODUCTIONOccupational therapy is used as an assessment and intervention with the aim of developing, recovering and maintain meaningfulactivities for an individual or a group (Taylor, 2017). The paper discuses regarding Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and assess theproblems faced by Simon. The report discusses regarding the condition of a patient named Simon who suffered a traumatic braininjury after falling from a wall. A comprehensive discussion has been made regarding his physical and mental condition throughanalysis of the video. Methods of adoption of occupational therapy have also been developed and discussed in the report. The reportalso discusses regarding behavioural aspects of Simon due to TBI he faced. Occupational therapy given to him will also be discussedin the report. Client History and Occupational ImpairmentsThe story that has been shared in the video named “The new brain” is related to a young boy named Simon who is currently 20years old. Six years from now on, he suffered a massive brain injury when he fell from a wall while playing with his friends on adrunken night. The injury left him in Coma for five weeks (Taylor, 2017). The serious traumatic brain injury made him a forgetfulperson. The narrator stated that he now faces terrible memory where he is not able to recognize people, finds difficulty inremembering things. For instance, once he went to the supermarket, but then forget the way to return to home. He has also lost hisconcentration power to the maximum which does not allow him to concentrate one or the other thing. He has also lost his quality oforganizing things and keeping them at the right place. Specialists found that his fall came about on the frontal projection slammingagainst within the skull. The mind proceeded onward the cranial overlap. His mind was wounded and it swelled. While the skull ishard and firm, the mind is delicate and has the consistency of gelatine. The mind proceeded onward the cranial overlap. His mind waswounded and it swelled. While the skull is hard and unyielding, the cerebrum is delicate and has the consistency of gelatine.TBI is generally thought as an event which is actually a chronic process of recovery. It can lead the individual to behavioural,cognitive and physical injury. Since, it affects the cognitive ability of the patient, it leads the individual to unable to retain, affect1
concentration power, memory issues with clouded thinking. Certain employment challenges are also faced by the patient after itsepisode (Fisher, 2014). In his earlier days, before the accident, he used to be a student at New Castle University where he used to be known with certainattributes, such as, young, funny, smiley and easy going (Pallant, 2013). However, it is now difficult for him to maintain the sameeasy-going attitude. A specialist health care professional stated that he has injured his front head lobe inside the skull which has led tohave injury in the form of swelling and bruises. It is due to this he is not able to lead a normal life. The traumatic brain injuryobsessive about certain things, especially which are related to his accident and coma. He sometimes also become violent due to neverending mood swings that he faces. He is also not in love with his mother’s lurcher, spider, anymore, which he used to like before hisaccident. The documentary also mentioned regarding effect that was faced by the family as well where, his younger brother has to help himin getting his teeth brushed and getting into the bed. Simon has to live into rehab for several months so as to bring his situation undercontrol. There are certain patches of behaviour of Simon has left with respect to being a humorous child or having some flashes of hispast memory as well has been noticed by the doctor. It is an act of progress that has been reflected in his health since the day he metwith the accident (Pendleton and Schultz-Krohn, 2017). A high frequency of damage in his frontal lobe with respect to TBI makes it difficult for people to indulge in planning, analysingand execution aspect of any plan. Hence, simple tasks can act as quite a huge problem for him. 2
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