Our services…
Core services and additional specialisms
Everyday Living Therapy has a broad range of specialist skills at its fingertips and over 20 years of rehabilitation experience, working across private, statutory health and social care sectors.
It is our ethos to be holistic. Therefore, to support us and help our clients achieve their aspired therapy goals we actively encourage involvement from friends, relatives, carers and other health professionals.
Everyday Living Therapy believes in and understands the benefits of using purposeful cognitive strategies alongside everyday living tasks, to support people regardless of their illness or disability.
Neuro Rehabilitation
Our team of Neuro Specialist Occupational Therapists have the skills and acquisition to help the individuals we work with to regain or adapt their ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs).
This process works exceptionally well when using a Neurorehabilitation approach as part of an integrated therapy programme. The role of a Neuro Occupational Therapist within the team involves the process of restoring function, improving independence and enhancing the quality of life for individuals with neurological conditions or injuries.
Comprehensive Neuro Specialist Occupational Therapy Assessments
Our assessment takes into account the holistic needs of our clients, from their difficulties with basic activities of daily living right through to re-establishing roles, routines and responsibilities. If there is something you would like us to home in on during our assessment process, we will happily oblige.
Cognitive Assessments for functional difficulties such as driving, cooking, working
We have a variety of standardised and non-standardised methods of understanding an individual’s problem that may be associated with memory, attention and thinking skills. The tools that we use within our practice are selected based on the specific needs of our clients, rather than completed as part of a process.
Cognitive Rehabilitation through the use of purposeful activity
Regardless of an injury, individuals thrive on learning through doing. As such, our team of therapists use this approach throughout their work, homing in on the things that are most meaningful to that particular client.
Integration into your local community
Being in and/or feeling part of your community following injury can be a daunting experience. As part of our team’s approach, we are ready to support our clients to relearn, rehearse and develop to help build confidence. Particularly regarding road safety, personal safety awareness, orientation and integrating the use of cognitive strategies when in the community.
Enhance quality of life, by exploring hobbies and interests
We take the time to get to know the individuals we work with so that we can incorporate their interests and focus as integral elements to their rehabilitation process. We use every day functional based tasks and activity, grading and adjusting tasks depending on the client’s ability.
Energy conservation and fatigue management strategies
Understanding the impact of fatigue on function often forms part of an individual’s rehabilitation process. Our team of occupational therapists are equipped to help clients form a better balance of activities to gain an improved quality of life.
Support and information to allow you to self-manage where appropriate
The focus across our team of occupational therapists is to enable, support and encourage our clients, their support teams and families to learn and adjust. We adapt our approaches and methods to work for them. This way the individuals we work with will in time learn to self-manage, using a small bespoke ‘Occupational Therapy tool kit’ of their very own.
Interval summary reports for both the client and those involved in their care
Our team are great communicators and like to keep the individuals we work with up to date with progress reports within our sessions and/or following a block of treatment. Should you require something more bespoke we would be happy to discuss your needs on a case by case basis.
Vocational Rehabilitation
At Everyday Living Therapy we pride ourselves on the ability to holistically address the vocational rehabilitation needs of our clients following a change in their health condition or because of an injury. We recognise for some individuals a combined Neuro and Vocational Specialist Rehabilitation approach is required, however for others only Vocational Rehabilitation is required.
Within our team we pride ourselves in being able to utilise resources within our team to deliver and support the Vocational Rehabilitation needs of our clients, offering further detailed assessments such as a Functional Capacity Evaluation should this be required, graded work skills, work hardening programmes and advice and guidance to support reasonable adjustments within the work place.
Return to Work Advice and Support
Returning to work following injury or prolonged ill health can feel overwhelming, often individuals feel at a loss when attempting to navigate back to work. Our team are highly skilled and equipped to support employees and employers find their route back to work.
Functional Capacity Evaluation
FCE is not only a useful clinical tool, but also a baseline for industry-standard results that clearly define an individual’s transition from injury to employment, and from disability to deployment. Cited 31st May 2020 https://www.roymatheson.com
Vocational Profiling
This is a structured approach to support the individuals we work with to explore their level of functional identity. In turn, we are able to establish a deeper understanding of the individual’s personal interests, hobbies and motivators in life that will contribute towards the focus and direction of the rehabilitation process.
Transferable Skills Analysis
A careful analysis of an individual’s skill base within and outside of work, to identify skills that may be useful should the individual need to change career path.
Work Demands Analysis
A careful analysis of the physical, cognitive and environmental demands of a work role, to assist with identifying options for reasonable adjustments to support an individual to remain in work, or supporting in finding a suitable match for a client when considering other job roles.
Support and information to allow you to self-manage where appropriate
The focus across our team of occupational therapists is to enable, support and encourage our clients, their support teams and families to learn and adjust. We adapt our approaches and methods to work for them. This way the individuals we work with will in time learn to self-manage, using a small bespoke ‘Occupational Therapy tool kit’ of their very own.
Additional Services
Fitness to Drive
Our assessments and support can be tailored to fit the individual needs of our clients and can include advice and baseline cognitive and physical assessment of clients with a neurological condition, as well as advice on postural management, reasonable vehicle adjustments to support safe and optimal driving seating positioning, as well as theory practice training and 1-1 support.
Moving & Handling
Our assessments and support can be tailored to fit the individual needs of our clients and can include advice and consultation for individuals with a neurological condition, supporting teams, reviewing practice and offering care or support team training sessions specific to the individuals needs. Undertaking bespoke client specific moving and handling risk assessments and addressing equipment requirements and Moving and handling Training needs of support teams or family members.
Neuro Hand Therapy
Our assessments and support can be tailored to fit the individual needs of our clients and can include advice and education, bespoke or prefabricated splinting, swelling management, therapeutic activities, exercise programme, sensory re-education, review of the treatment provided and onward referral where required.
