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Hey all,
I have after much deliberation plucked the courage and energy to submit an article to the OT news in the UK. I am an OT based in a supported discharge team. Often we have referrals for people who have recovered medically – perhaps after a total hip replacement as a result of trauma, however have issues with low confidence which therefore has a huge impact on their occupational performance – which is the centre of OT.
After my TS I have often joked with my hubby and my colleagues from work who phone – that I need OT as I am so anxious about going out but also from the fatigue side too. In the UK there is huge emphasis in OT literature on chronic fatigue, dealing with fatigue etc.. I am planning to write a personal based evidence piece with regards to role reversal i.e from clinician to patient. I, however, feel that I want to educate the readers on GD and the impacts it can have on daily chores of life. It is common,particularly in our MDT where we have a limited time to work with patients therefore we narrow our gaze to the reason for hospital admission i.e hip replacement, stroke etc.. and unless they have a really poignant medical history such as cancer or diabetes then there doesn’t seem to be much consideration that other medical diagnosis are having an impact. That isn’t so much the case with OT’s as we are trained to have holistic approach. I visited my work last week with the baby and they were mentioning that they had worked with a patient who had GD and if it hadn’t been for me they would have had to read up on it and also would not have appreciated how disabling it can be with regards to fatigue/concentration/anxiety etc…
I would be interested to hear what others thoughts are on this and also develop a reading list for research.
Thanks M xx
This sounds like an outstanding idea! Would it help to ask people to post specific things that they either needed, or figured out how to manage? If you would give us some guidelines I think you would have lots of ideas.
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