Occupational therapy

Occupational therapists help find solutions when there is a gap between your health and the demands of daily life. An occupational therapist enables you to perform activities that are important in your life.

The occupational therapist:

• Focuses more on solutions than problems
• Always starts by asking what is important in your life
• Assesses your abilities, what you want to do, and your surroundings
• Provides and adapts assistive devices and welfare technology
• Adapts physical environments at home, in kindergartens, schools, and workplaces

An occupational therapist helps you live as active a life as possible.

This service is part of the municipality’s interdisciplinary habilitation and rehabilitation program, available both in nursing homes and private homes.

Anyone who, due to a disability, experiences challenges with daily activities.

The municipality will conduct a professional assessment to determine your need for occupational therapy.

The service is free of charge.

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Patient and interpreter. A brochure about interpretation in the health services

Occupational therapy is part of both the municipal healthcare service and the specialist healthcare service. See also Pasient- og brukerrettighetsloven § 1-3 and Kapittel 7.

Helsepersonelloven
Pasient- og brukerrettighetsloven
Forskrift om habilitering, rehabilitering og koordinator

If you believe you are not receiving the necessary help or are dissatisfied with how the service is provided, you can file a complaint with the municipality or directly with the service provider. Explain what you are dissatisfied with and what changes you would like to see.