Support we offer

Our occupational therapists work with you to help you improve your ability to do the things that are important to your everyday living.

Occupational therapy focuses on enabling participation in everyday occupations that are meaningful, provide fulfillment and have a positive influence on health and wellbeing. Occupational therapy acknowledges that each person is an individual and therefore has different values, knowledge, skills and therefore adopts a very holistic approach to care.

Our Occupational Therapy team will look at your daily routine, watch you complete tasks or complete tasks with you and work with you to help you overcome any challenges you might have. We want to support you live a meaningful life to live well and maintain your independence. 

Through observing and completing the everyday tasks and occupations a person does during their daily life, we help people with young onset dementia and their supporters to understand their strengths and limitations using standardised and non-standardised assessments. We understand how they’re impacted by the diagnosis and how they might overcome any barriers to the person when completing tasks.

 We set goals with the person with young onset dementia based on this. Goals might include being able to remember to complete key tasks, find objects in their home or organise their routine or environment to meet their changing needs. Occupational Therapists use a range of techniques and strategies to meet these goals.  

These might include cognitive rehabilitation, activity analysis and problem solving, use of technology and external strategies to overcome new difficulties, and environmental adaptation. The emphasis is on improving or maintaining functioning in everyday life and promoting living well with dementia. We're committed to giving you helpful strategies for today and to working with you to plan for your future.  

Like occupational therapy, cognitive rehabilitation is a type of therapy that helps you to manage everday activities. There have been a number of studies that have shown it can help people to maintain their independence for longer.

Sessions will typically take place in your home. A therapist will work with you and anyone involved in your care to set personal goals for you. An example of a goal could be around managing your money or being able to get to a leisure activity on time.
 

Psychological therapy involves talking in confi dence to a trained therapist about the thoughts and feelings that are troubling you.

Therapy aims to give you an opportunity to express yourself in a supportive and safe environment. It can help you to understand yourself better and to learn new ways of coping.

This could take place in individual sessions or could include people close to you. Therapy groups may also be available in which you would meet with other people with similar difficulties.