Assist healthcare users achieve autonomy in everyday activities

Description

Assist healthcare users to achieve autonomy in all types of activity, like dressing, cooking, eating, and using a computer.

Alternative labels

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Skill type

skill/competence

Skill reusability level

sector-specific

Relationships with occupations

Essential skill

Assist healthcare users achieve autonomy in everyday activities is an essential skill of the following occupations:

Occupational therapist: Occupational therapists assist individuals or groups who have occupational limitations due to diseases, physical disorders, and temporary or permanent mental disabilities, in regaining their ability to perform daily activities. They provide treatment and rehabilitation to enable them to actively participate in society, to live their lives according to their wishes and to perform those activities that are meaningful to them.
Occupational therapy assistant: Occupational therapy assistants support occupational therapists by working with people and communities to enhance their ability to engage in the occupations they want to, need to, or are expected to do, or by modifying the occupation or the environment to better support their occupational engagement. They work under the supervision of an occupational therapist.

 

Optional skill

Assist healthcare users achieve autonomy in everyday activities is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.

 


 

References

  1. Assist healthcare users achieve autonomy in everyday activities – ESCO

 

Last updated on September 20, 2022