Importance of Addressing Driving with Older Adults in Primary Care and the Role of Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy practitioners have the opportunity to promote development for all children as new service delivery models are established for pediatric primary care. Three action steps are identified: (1) advocacy for legislation that requires developmental screenings and surveillance, (2) support of culturally responsive developmental monitoring, and (3) building evidence for occupational therapy in primary care settings. This article describes the role of occupational therapy practitioners on pediatric interprofessional teams in encouraging family capacity within the scope of health promotion and universal developmental monitoring.

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Screening for hearing loss in the setting of primary care, and the most common used tests

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20214788 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ohoud Adel Turkistani ◽

Wjdan Abduljlil Al Arqan ◽

Rania Saad Alkhaibry ◽

Yazan Adnan Ayoub ◽

Rawan Mesfer Alhuthali ◽

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Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Primary Care ◽

Hearing Loss ◽

Standard Test ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Early Screening ◽

Age Related ◽

Ear Wax ◽

Age Related Hearing Loss

Hearing loss is considered among the most common chronic disorders affecting people worldwide, especially older adults and geriatrics. More than half of older adults have age-related hearing loss, which worsens with age. The role of public health to estimate and manage the issue is crucial as early screening and management for hearing loss patients can be promising. The symptoms and signs of hearing loss can appear one up to two years before the significant hearing affection. Major lessons learned from this review are that elderly individuals and geriatrics are the most common targeted population for age-related hearing loss, followed by ear wax accumulation. Therefore, routine checkup for people who are 50 years for audiological disorders is a must. Associated disorders secondary to hearing loss include depression and anxiety, which significantly burden productivity over time. To our knowledge, we performed the first complex review regarding the screening for hearing loss within the setting of primary care centers and mentioned the most standard test used to diagnose and detect the issue as early as possible.

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Saúde e redes vivas de cuidado integral na atenção básica: articulando ações estratégicas no território/Health and networks live of primary care: articulating strategic actions in the territory

Revista Interinstitucional Brasileira de Terapia Ocupacional - REVISBRATO ◽

10.47222/2526-3544.rbto4750 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 269-281

Author(s):

Thayane Pereira da Silva Ferreira ◽

Carmen Teresa Costa

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Primary Care ◽

Health Care ◽

Occupational Therapy ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Strategic Actions ◽

Comprehensive Health ◽

Salud Mental ◽

Means Of Production

O estudo propõe um debate sobre o cuidado em saúde mental na atenção básica, partindo do entendimento de que a produção do cuidado se dá em redes, não apenas institucionais, mas redes vivas e de potência criativa. O percurso metodológico se deu por meio da cartografia, de modo que foi possível rastrear o território para além dos serviços de saúde. Como meio de produção de dados utilizaram-se os diários de campo produzidos na vigência de doze meses do projeto de extensão: Saúde Mental na atenção básica- desafio e necessidade, desenvolvido em uma unidade integrada de saúde da família de um município do estado da Paraíba. A vivência e atuação no território se deram inicialmente pelo mapeamento das redes de cuidado territoriais, como também a problematização das ações de cuidado na atenção básica, com o intuito de ampliar o debate sobre o papel das redes vivas no cuidado em saúde. Tal discussão possibilitou o desenvolvimento de ações em saúde pautadas na integralidade do cuidado, coesão social, produção de vida. Estes resultados apontam para a necessidade em se pensar ações compartilhadas e inseridas no território, tendo em vista que a saúde envolve também os territórios existenciais pelos quais os sujeitos circulam e produzem relações. A terapia ocupacional tem contribuído significativamente na consolidação deste cuidado. The study proposes a debate on mental health care in primary care, based on the understanding that the production of care takes place in networks, not only institutional, but also living networks and creative power. The methodological approach was through the mapping, so it was possible to trace the territory beyond the health services. As a means of production, data field diaries were produced in the presence of twelve months of the extension project: Mental Health in the primary care - challenge and need, developed in an integrated health unit family in a municipality of state of Paraíba. The experience and operation in the territory was given initially by mapping of care networks available in the territory, as well as the questioning of care actions in primary care, in order to broaden the debate on the role of living networks in health care. This discussion enabled the development of health actions based on integrality of care, social cohesion, production of life in primary care. These results point to the need to think about shared and embedded actions in the territory, with a view that health also involves the existential territories for which individuals circulate and produce relations. Occupational therapy has significantly contributed to the consolidation of territorial care.Keywords: Comprehensive health care; Primary health care; Social network; Mental health, Occupational therapy. El estudio propone un debate sobre el cuidado en salud mental en la atención básica, basado en el entendimiento de que la producción de la atención se lleva a cabo en las redes, no sólo institucional, sino redes vivas y con poder creativo. El enfoque metodológico fue a través de la medio de la cartografía, por lo que fue posible rastrear el territorio más allá de los servicios de salud. Como medio de producción de datos se utilizaron diarios de campo producidos en la vigencia de doce meses del proyecto de extensión: Salud Mental en la atención básica - desafio y necesidad, desarrollado en una unidad de salud de la familia integrada un condado en el estado de Paraiba. La experiencia y las operaciones en el territorio fue dado inicialmente por el mapeo de las redes de atención disponibles en el territorio, así como el cuestionamiento de las acciones de atención en la atención primaria, con el fin de ampliar el debate sobre el papel de las redes vivas en el cuidado de la salud. Esta discusión permitió el desarrollo de las acciones de salud basados en la atención integral, la cohesión social, la producción de vida. Estos resultados apuntan a la necesidad de pensar acciones compartidas en el territorio, teniendo en cuenta que la salud involucra también los territorios existenciales por los cuales los sujetos circulan y producen relaciones. La terapia ocupacional ha contribuido significativamente en la consolidación de este cuidado.Palabras clave: Asistencia integral de salud; Atención primaria de salud; Red social; Salud mental, Terapia ocupacional.

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Malnutrition Among Older Adults: The Role of Occupational Therapy

OT Practice ◽

10.7138/otp.2018.2303.f2 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Michaela Johnson ◽

Sclinda Janssen

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Occupational Therapy

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