Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy focuses on increasing personal autonomy, allowing individuals to perform the basic activities of daily life. One of the main objectives is therefore to improve manual abilities by training these basic activities and fostering functionality.

The adaptation of home surroundings and advice as to support products to improve the activity of individuals at home and within their community is another of the objectives of the service provided by occupational therapy at the centre. The socio-economic situation of the patient is taken into account in this regard.

Occupational therapy at Cemcat includes individual sessions and also group sessions. The latter includes sessions to handle fatigue, teaching energy-saving principles for activities of daily life, along with manual function training sessions to improve sensitivity, paresis and ataxia of one or both upper limbs.

Occupational therapy is conducted at the Independent Living Laboratory, which reproduces an accessible apartment designed with adapted furniture, technical aids and environmental control techniques to facilitate daily activities and access by people with mobility and cognitive difficulties to their environment.