Ste Genevieve County Memorial Hospital provides inpatient and outpatient Occupational Therapy services in partnership with Mid America Rehab. For more information on Mid America Rehab, visit their web site at www.midamericarehab.com.

What is Occupational Therapy?
Occupational therapy is skilled treatment that helps individuals with functional deficits achieve independence in all facets of their lives. It gives people, of all ages, the skills necessary to help them perform their daily activities. Services typically include:

• Customized treatment programs to improve one's ability to perform daily activities
• Comprehensive home and job site evaluations with adaptation recommendations
• Performance skills assessments and treatment
• Adaptive equipment recommendations and usage training
• Guidance to family members and caregivers
• Specialized hand therapy and splinting.

Who Benefits From Occupational Therapy?
A wide variety of people can benefit from occupational therapy, including (but not limited to) those with:

• work-related injuries including lower back problems or repetitive stress injuries
• limitations following a stroke or heart attack
• arthritis, multiple sclerosis, or other serious chronic conditions
• birth injuries, learning problems, or developmental disabilities
• mental health or behavioral problems including Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, and post-traumatic stress
• problems with substance use or eating disorders
• burns, spinal cord injuries, or amputations
• broken bones or other injuries from falls, sports injuries, or accidents
• vision or cognitive problems that threaten their ability to drive
• hand injuries or for treatment after hand surgery
  
  

Occupational therapists at Mid America Rehab work with patients in the hospital, in the outpatient clinic, in the home health setting and on the job at local businesses providing a wide variety of beneficial services.

For more information about OT services at Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital, feel free to call 573-883-9366.