For this blog post I will be writing about sleep and the role
of an occupational therapist. Sleep is an essential part of life, as well as
essential to ones well-being and critical to participating in activities of
daily living. Occupational therapist have long acknowledged the influence of
sleep on occupational performance. Our profession even includes rest and sleep as
a part of the OTPF. Occupational therapists use their knowledge of sleep
physiology, sleep disorders, and evidence based sleep promotion practices to
evaluate and address he functional ramifications of a lack of sleep or sleep
disorders on occupational performance and participation. After an initial
assessment there are multiple interventions the occupational therapist can use
to benefit the client. Something as basic as sleep goes to show that
occupational therapy can truly cover every aspect and area of life.
For class today, we were asked to listen to a podcast before class titled The First Cow. The speaker was Abeny Kucha, a woman from southeastern Africa who has an amazing story. Her village was destroyed by war and for years she bounced from refugee camp to refugee camp walking and traveling for over eight years. Luckily she and her family made it to America. Listening to her story really opened my eyes to just how lucky I am to have the life that I have. When they first arrived they were taken to this apartment and told it was their new home… she expressed that the word home meant more to her than most could understand. Her children had never had a home, they had never been able to sleep in peace without any worry. She spoke of how they had no idea what orange soda was or what a fire alarm was, things that you never even second guess or need to think about can be completely foreign to others. She also mentioned how they had two couches in the living room and how no...
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