Occupational Therapy Interventions for Older Adults With Chronic Conditions and Their Care Partners

Abstract

Evidence Connection articles provide a clinical application of systematic reviews developed in conjunction with the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Evidence-Based Practice Project. In this Evidence Connection article, I describe a clinical case report of an older adult with a chronic condition and his daughter who received home health occupational therapy services. I discuss the occupational therapy evaluation and intervention processes with these clients to support chronic condition self-management, coping skills, and problem solving, drawing on findings from the systematic review on the effectiveness of interventions for care partners of people with chronic conditions published in the July/August 2021 issue of the American Journal of Occupational Therapy. It is my hope that this Evidence Connection article can be used to inform and guide clinical decision making when working with older adults with chronic conditions and their care partners.