Occupational Therapy Practice Framework

Occupational Therapy Practice Framework III and My Sickness
Katelyn Yeaman
OT 512: Foundations of Occupational Therapy
Emily Schulz
A.T. Still University
September 22nd, 2016

Occupational Therapy Practice Framework
Occupational Profile Having a major illness or injury is a significant obstacle someone will experience in his or her lifetime and depending on when and where this occurred it can influence someone in their day-to-day life. Whether the injury or illness is minor or major, short term or long term, the impact is something nobody can prepare for. When I was 17 years old, a freshman in undergraduate school at California State University, Chico, I was living in the dorms with a roommate and 20 floor mates. It was my first semester …show more content…
When I got pneumonia, it was already several months into my college dorm life, so by this time I had already begun to form habits, routines, and roles. The habits, which I became accustomed to, were not happening because I spent my days lying in bed unable to get up from the sickness. My routines, which usually began immediately upon waking up, were also not happening. For example, I would normally wake up, go to the bathroom and brush my teeth, come back to my room, get dressed, put on makeup, pack my backpack, wait in the lounge next to my room for my friends to finish getting ready, walk down to the dining hall together to eat breakfast, and then proceed to walk to class. Because I was so sick, I would not get up out of bed at all. During the week of my sickness, my role had switched from a full-time college student who went to class, hung out with friends, and went to the gym, to a college student who was unable to remove herself from bed to participate in the dorm life society. This affected my personal context, as a college freshman living in the dorms amongst friends and colleagues into an isolated, sickly, unable person who could not participate in her surrounding …show more content…
I was unable to function in my daily activities which were important to my occupation as a student living in the dorms my freshman year of my undergraduate schooling. I was unable to complete habits and activities, which were essential in my daily functioning because of my sickness. If my pneumonia had progressed into a more serious illness, occupational therapy would have been necessary in my treatment and recovery process had I been hospitalized. An occupational therapist would have been able to address my inability to successfully complete my ADLs, confront my emotional issues, and encourage my caregivers in being able to better assist me. With the assistance of an occupational therapist I would be able to complete occupations, regain my strength, and discharge from the

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