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Occupational Therapy Services
The Community Occupational and Physiotherapy Teams can provide equipment and adaptations to support you with everyday tasks at home. This can include daily activities such as preparing meals and hot drinks, going to the toilet, washing or dressing yourself, and generally moving around safely within your own home and community.
Requests for Occupational Therapy assessments from care homes
If you would like to make a referral request to the Occupational Therapy Team for a resident within a care home, our team can assist with the following:
Assessments for:
- Sleep systems
- Specialist hoist slings
- Seating assessments
- Specialist accessories that make a chair unique to a specific resident
Seating assessments
If the referral is for a seating assessments, it is important to refer to the COSLA agreement. This can be accessed here: www.gov.scot/publications/care-home-equipment-protocol/
- Care homes are responsible for funding all seating provision.
- The Occupational Therapy team can assess for the correct chair and provide advice and recommendations to the care home. If the chair requires bespoke items ( lateral supports) the occupational therapy service will fund these specific items .
Please also refer to the guidance on seating in conjunction with the Care Inspectorate and Seating Matters
Contact us
Call: 0300 3690 680 and select option 2 for all requests for Occupational Therapy.