Addressing Occupational Participation at the End of Life and Development of Restorative Therapy Program

The purpose of this capstone project was to create intervention suggestions and guidelines that can be used by occupational therapists, other paid or unpaid personnel, and/or care providers working with patients approaching the end of their lives. This included general suggestions based on common areas of need that may be found when evaluating a client who is facing the end of their life. The student also created a guide for restorative therapy with easy-to-follow guidelines and suggestions for nurse aides to help patients maintain therapy gains after discharge.