Occupational Therapy (Macmillan & WL Hospice)
Occupational Therapy
Patient Information
MacMillan Allied Health Professionals Team
- Author ID: AMC
- Leaflet ref: CM 018
- Version: 4
- Leaflet title: Occupational Therapy
- Date Produced: November 2023
- Expiry Date: November 2025
Who we are
The Macmillan Allied Health Professionals Team based at Wigan and Leigh Hospice includes Macmillan Occupational Therapists.
Occupational Therapists are members of a group of health workers called Allied Health Professionals.
Our role
Occupational Therapists will support you to overcome any barriers that are preventing you from doing activities that are important in your daily life.
Our aims
- To enable you to identify realistic goals to maintain or maximise your independence, dignity, and quality of life.
- To equip you with skills, techniques, and equipment to enable you to manage some of your symptoms.
- To continuously reassess and re-evaluate your changing needs.
What we do
We will ask you questions about your needs; these include:
- Physical
- Psychological
- Spiritual
- Social needs.
We may undertake an assessment of your home environment.
We will consider the impact of your current illness and treatment and ask about any past health issues.
We will discuss your day-to-day routines such as self-care, domestic activities, work, and leisure.
All our contact with you will be with your consent.
Our treatments
Together we will agree an individual treatment plan to address your needs.
This may include:
- Management of symptoms like anxiety, breathlessness, fatigue and /or pain
- Assessment of your living environment and recommendations following this assessment
- Offer advice and information on managing your day-to-day routines
- We will involve your carers/family with the treatment plan as appropriate.
How to contact us
If you have any questions or queries, which we have not covered in this leaflet, please contact:
Macmillan Allied Health Professionals Team
Wigan and Leigh Hospice
Kildare Street
Hindley
WN2 3HZ
Telephone number: 01942 525566
Monday to Friday 8am until 4pm.
Useful contacts
Macmillan Cancer Support
Macmillan support line: 0808 808 00 00
Monday to Friday 9am until 8pm
Wigan and Leigh Hospice
Kildare Street
Hindley
WN2 3HZ
Tel: 01942 525566
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