Occupational therapy, getting your independence back

Roisin Lindsay, occupational therapist, Cork University Hospital, talk patients through energy conservation techniques, dressing, self-care, cognition, memory and functional mobility

The occupational therapist plays a large role in discharge planning and assessing where the patient should go in the hospital.

As occupational therapists, we help people to regain their independence in their everyday activities. We can advise on how best to complete activities that people may find difficult after their injury.

Marion Lyons, occupational therapist, Edel O'Leary, GP Liason Nurse, Louise Martin, physiotherapist, Maria Mulvihill, CNS, and Dr  Kate McCarthy in the Emergency Department at the Cork University Hospital. Picture: Dan Linehan