Supporting Adults With Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Major Neurocognitive Disorders and Their Caregivers: Effective Occupational Therapy Interventions

Abstract

Occupational therapy practitioners play a significant role in supporting adults with Alzheimer's disease and related major neurocognitive disorders, as well as their caregivers, through all phases of the disease process. This editorial highlights the systematic reviews completed in collaboration with the American Occupational Therapy Association's Evidence-Based Practice Project that summarize the evidence for the effectiveness of interventions within the scope of occupational therapy practice for this population. Readers are encouraged to translate and integrate this updated knowledge into everyday practice.

Intervenção De Terapia Ocupacional Em Grupo De Comprometimento Cognitivo Leve (CDR0.5)

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Occupational Therapists’ Interactions With Older Adult Caregivers: Negotiating Priorities and Expertise

“…As part of the health care team, OTs share responsibility for care outcomes (Kossaify, Hleihel, & Lahoud, 2017), which includes engaging and training informal caregivers in managing health-related tasks for the patient , or care recipient. Increasing concerns about caregivers’ health and well-being, however, have intensified appeals for attention to the caregiver as an additional service recipient in occupational therapy interventions (Coutinho, Hersch, & Davidson, 2006; Smallfield, 2017). Understanding how occupational therapists negotiate and describe these complex interactions with older adult caregivers is the focus of this study.…”