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Some members of the Occupational Therapy department.
In April, BWH honors the staff of Occupational Therapy for their compassion and dedication to helping patients live their lives to the fullest.
“We focus on restoring one’s ability to perform their usual routine of activities and roles of everyday life, such as bathing, dressing, returning to work and driving after an illness or injury,” said Nancy Kelly, OTR/L, clinical supervisor of inpatient Occupational Therapy.
The department includes five inpatient clinicians, a clinical supervisor, six outpatient clinicians who are certified hand specialists and one outpatient clinician in the Osher Integrated Health Center. Most of the clinicians are very experienced, and the department runs an active student program. “We have an eclectic group with a broad variety of specialized skills,” Kelly said. “It truly is a wonderful group.”
Occupational therapists see patients affected by burn, trauma, stroke, brain tumors, hand injuries or heart transplants, as well as premature infants.
The profession of occupational therapy was started formally in 1917 by a small group that recognized a core belief that participating in purposeful activity (occupation) influences health.