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Provider Care Services



        Occupational Therapy


        Occupational therapy (OT)
        provides vital care for everyday
        functioning to help increase the
        patient’s ability to meaningfully
        participate in Activities of Daily
        Living (ADLs) such as dressing,
        feeding and bathing.  This
        interdisciplinary approach
        restores overall function and
        improves outcomes.  Our occupational therapists:
        •   Help patients regain and adapt to their day-to-day routines
          and activities
        •   Improve motor, visual, cognitive and perceptual skills so
          that buttoning a shirt, putting on shoes or cutting food
          becomes achievable
        •   Improve home safety with necessary modifications to

          allow patients to function despite weakness, endurance
          or vision deficits
        •   Speed recovery and improve outcomes after a surgery
          or hospitalization through exercise, environmental
          modifications, and/or wheelchair seating and
          positioning program

        Conditions where OT is beneficial include physical injury,
        stroke, brain cancer, neurological conditions, diabetes,
        arthritis and serious long-term illnesses.
        Service Area:  All five boroughs of New York City and Nassau,
        Suffolk and Westchester Counties
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