Key Concepts in Rehabilitation, Mental Health, and Occupational Therapy

Adaptive equipment

Special equipment designed to facilitate everyday functioning for patients

Cognitive skills

Competent use of one's intellectual activity (as thinking, reasoning, remembering, imaging, or learning words)

Emotional disorders

Difficulty in competent use of one's intellectual activity (as thinking, reasoning, remembering, imaging, or learning words)

Home health care

Supportive care provided in one's home

Mental health

A state of emotional and psychological well-being

Multidisciplinary team

Medical group composed of several different specialties that evaluate the patient in terms of their individual specialties and work together to develop goals that meet the patient's needs

Occupational therapist

Helps individuals with mental, physical, developmental, or emotional disabilities learn to perform the activities of daily living

Occupational therapy

Treatment for those recuperating from illness that encourages rehabilitation by performing the activities of daily life

Occupational therapy aide

Helps patients develop, recover, and improve skills needed for activities of daily living and for being gainfully employed; works under the supervision of an occupational therapist

Occupational therapy assistant

Helps patients develop, recover, and improve skills needed for activities of daily living and for being gainfully employed; works under the supervision of an occupational therapist

Perceptual skills

Awareness of the elements of environment through physical sensation

Physical disabilities

A limitation on a person's physical functioning, mobility, dexterity, or stamina. Its definition can vary, depending on whether it is a medical, legal, cultural, or other issue

Rehabilitation center

A facility for providing therapy and training for rehabilitating

Wellness and health promotion

Wellness is a healthy balance of the mind, body, and spirit that results in an overall feeling of well-being. Health promotion refers to the improvement of health or wellness. For example, stopping smoking is one means to promote one's health and wellness.