eprintid: 10142463 rev_number: 12 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/14/24/63 datestamp: 2022-01-24 15:14:09 lastmod: 2022-01-24 15:14:09 status_changed: 2022-01-24 15:14:09 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Swinson, T creators_name: Wenborn, J creators_name: Hynes, S creators_name: Orrell, M creators_name: Stansfeld, J creators_name: Rooks, S creators_name: Ledgerd, R title: Community occupational therapy for people with dementia and their family carers: A national survey of United Kingdom occupational therapy practice ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C07 divisions: D79 keywords: Dementia, community, occupational therapy note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Introduction: A national survey was conducted with United Kingdom (UK) occupational therapists to scope occupational therapy service provision for people with dementia and their family carers in the community. / Method: This was an online questionnaire with topics on occupational therapists’ roles, service provision, referral, assistive technology and assessment tools. Recruitment was through direct invitation, and promotion via occupational therapy networks, websites and newsletters. / Results: A total of 197 responded. Occupational therapy referrals most commonly came from the multidisciplinary team. Over half primarily undertook profession-specific work, with occupational therapy assessments the most common profession-specific task. Two-thirds of referrals for initial assessments were for people with mild-to-moderate dementia. A median of 2.5 hours for assessment/intervention was spent for each person with dementia. Almost two-thirds used the Model of Human Occupation Screening Tool. Most could prescribe personal activities of daily living equipment and Telecare, with few able to prescribe equipment for reminiscence or leisure. / Conclusion: This national survey increases knowledge of UK community occupational therapy practice and service provision for people with dementia and their family carers. It informs occupational therapists about national trends within this practice area, and development of the community occupational therapy intervention (COTiD-UK) as part of the Valuing Active Life in Dementia research programme. date: 2016-02-01 date_type: published publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD official_url: https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022615624447 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1119247 doi: 10.1177/0308022615624447 lyricists_name: Orrell, Martin William lyricists_name: Wenborn, Jennifer lyricists_id: MWORR48 lyricists_id: JLWEN32 actors_name: Allington-Smith, Dominic actors_id: DAALL44 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: British Journal of Occupational Therapy volume: 79 number: 2 pagerange: 85-91 pages: 7 citation: Swinson, T; Wenborn, J; Hynes, S; Orrell, M; Stansfeld, J; Rooks, S; Ledgerd, R; (2016) Community occupational therapy for people with dementia and their family carers: A national survey of United Kingdom occupational therapy practice. British Journal of Occupational Therapy , 79 (2) pp. 85-91. 10.1177/0308022615624447 <https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022615624447>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10142463/1/Wenborn_Swinson%20et%20al%202016%20pre%20published%20version.pdf