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Occupational Therapy Assistant An Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA)
works under the direction of a registered occupational therapist to assist people with
physical or mental disabilities to achieve independence through the use
of everyday Occupational Therapy Assistants help people who have arthritis, stroke or other neurological conditions, hand or upper body injuries and developmental disabilities. Employment of occupational therapist assistants and aides is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through 2010. Federal legislation imposing limits on reimbursement for therapy services may adversely affect the job market for occupational therapist assistants and aides in the near term. However, over the long run, demand for occupational therapist assistants and aides will continue to rise, with growth in the number of individuals with disabilities or limited function. Growth will result from an increasing population in older age groups, including the baby-boom generation, which increasingly needs occupational therapy services as they become older. Demand also will result from advances in medicine that allow more people with critical problems to survive and then need rehabilitative therapy. Third-party payers, concerned with rising health care costs may begin to encourage occupational therapists to delegate more of the hands-on therapy work to occupational therapist assistants and aides. By having assistants and aides work more closely with clients under the guidance of a therapist, the cost of therapy should be more modest than otherwise.Offered by:
Related Fields: Physical Therapist Assistant | Massage Therapy
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activities and skills. OTAs help a patient regain and maintain
independence by providing adaptations and modification of the personal and work
environments. OTAs also educate and train families or caregivers to promote the
patient's well being.