tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23257347383913116882024-03-04T23:32:37.712-08:00Rachel Morton Participation in Occupation BlogThis blog is a part of my second year studies as an Occupational Therapist. The blog comes in to the Participation in Occupation 1 class, and I will be adding variuos blogs based on topics provioded in class lectures.Rachel Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09503315021471521329noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325734738391311688.post-92021444030205027792012-05-16T20:18:00.003-07:002012-05-16T20:18:34.090-07:00Assistive Technology<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Assistive
Technology, as defined by Standards.gov (2011) </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">is “any
item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off
the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or
improve the functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">From this
definition I would interpret that assistive technology is a tool or utensil
used to make every day functioning tasks which able bodied would take for
granted easier for the individual with a condition or disability. These tools
or utensils may be enlarged colourful switches made from a squishy rubbery
material, an electric wheelchair or an iPhone app which speaks what the
individual who cannot speak wants to say.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">NIST (2011). <em>What is Assistive technology?. </em><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Retrieved From: <a href="http://standards.gov/assistivetechnology.cfm"><span style="color: blue;">http://standards.gov/assistivetechnology.cfm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Elec</span><em>tric wheelchair – larger than your
average wheelchair, but normally smaller wheels and sits more upright due to
the motor on the bottom. Cost - $1000 upwards.</em></span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The electric wheelchair enables
individuals with motor functioning abilities in their hands but not the rest of
their body to move around independently. If the user doesn’t have motor
functioning skills in their hands, they can tap their head to pads on either
side of their head which will move the wheelchair for them.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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of an INVACARE electric wheelchair and shows the design, the wheelchairs
capabilities and various different aspects of the chair such as its
variability. This relates to occupational transition as this wheelchair is
allowing those who have previously been in wheelchairs which do not provide
sufficient design features or functions to be able to access difficult terrain
or move in the way that the electric wheelchair does. Therefore showing a
transition from one chair to another which enhances the users’ abilities.</span></i><br />
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<br /><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This blog (Orbit Medical) provides
information regarding different types of electric wheelchairs. For example,
portable electric wheelchairs, folding electric wheelchairs, mid-wheel electric
wheelchairs, rear wheel electric wheelchairs and heavy duty electric
wheelchairs. They also mention that they can help you get one of these
wheelchairs and to contact them today. This relates to occupational justice
as<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>many people including those with
disabilities can access blogs and will be provided with information that others
may be able to get from a shop or seminar, however those with disabilities may
not have the means of accessing the shop or seminar, yet all are equally able
to access the information through the internet, for example the blog provided
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://orbitmedical.blogspot.co.nz/2011/09/types-of-electric-power-wheelchair.html"><span style="color: blue;">http://orbitmedical.blogspot.co.nz/2011/09/types-of-electric-power-wheelchair.html</span></a></span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>Rachel Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09503315021471521329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325734738391311688.post-60520826808383028362012-05-16T20:16:00.004-07:002012-05-16T20:16:49.015-07:00Linking to Blogs of Interest<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This blog
from September 2011 provides the individual with information regarding electric
wheelchairs which I observed the use of in my first placement in an AT&R
ward, where an individual which had had a motorcycle accident used an electric
wheelchair as a means of transportation for a period of time. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://orbitmedical.blogspot.co.nz/2011/09/types-of-electric-power-wheelchair.html"><span style="color: blue;">http://orbitmedical.blogspot.co.nz/2011/09/types-of-electric-power-wheelchair.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This blog is
a fellow class mates from the Dunedin campus – Aimee Foot-McKay. I have found
that her blog has very interesting content, is nicely laid out, and is not too
sore on the eye! – I like the design she has used.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://aimeeparticipationinoccupationone.blogspot.co.nz/"><span style="color: blue;">http://aimeeparticipationinoccupationone.blogspot.co.nz/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This “wiihab
– rehabilitative therapy using the wii by the “wii ot”” is a blog that focusses
on rehabilitation using a WIII – a new technology which I thought was relevant
as we have been learning about different forms of technology and how they will
aid the individual.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://wiihabtherapy.blogspot.co.nz/"><span style="color: blue;">http://wiihabtherapy.blogspot.co.nz/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I found this
stroke survivor’s blog very interesting with heaps of cool stories and content
regarding lots of stories about different individuals who have had strokes,
survived and wished to share the story with the online community of bloggers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.strokesurvivorblog.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.strokesurvivorblog.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This blog is
purely based on kitchen assessments in neuro which I have observed in my first
placement. I found it very interesting seeing other people in the OT practises
view on the assessment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://otstudent24.blogspot.co.nz/2011/08/kitchen-assessment-form-from-auckland.html?showComment=1337132966011"><span style="color: blue;">http://otstudent24.blogspot.co.nz/2011/08/kitchen-assessment-form-from-auckland.html?showComment=1337132966011</span></a></span><br />
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Hi Aimee, great blog! love all those
videos! I was just wandering are probus groups found in most towns/cities of New
Zealand?</div>
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<cite class="user blog-author"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/17679716501860413452" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #ff9900;">aimeefootmckay</span></a></cite><span class="icon user blog-author"></span><span class="datetime secondary-text"><a href="http://aimeeparticipationinoccupationone.blogspot.com/2012/04/tutorial-five-video-production-part-two.html?showComment=1337140133955#c2599318959256465031" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #ff9900;">15 May 2012 20:48</span></a></span></div>
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Thanks Rachel :) Probus is a very large
organisation withing New Zealand, there are often multiple Probus groups within
the main cities. However, in smaller towns/village I believe that there is not
the appropriate demand for Probus groups - there isn't one where I live in
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</div>Rachel Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09503315021471521329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325734738391311688.post-51605528693970430122012-05-15T18:17:00.001-07:002012-05-15T18:18:53.971-07:00The Inernet and Online Communities<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.stroke.org.nz/">The Stroke Foundation of New Zealand Inc.</a></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.stroketraining.org/">Stroke Training for Health and Social Care Staff</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The s</span>troke
foundations site is based on reducing risks and improving outcomes. The site is
interactive as there are various different campaigns and lots of information on
strokes provided on the page. The site is extremely interactive and has a
section with “the latest news” and encourages the individual to find ‘STROKE’
support near you, and get resources from their website.<o:p></o:p></div>
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encourage the individual to contribute to the foundation rather than the site,
with requests such as donations, bequests, volunteering and fundraising.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p>A link to the site can be found <a href="http://www.stroke.org.nz/">here</a></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke’s site’s purpose is “reducing
the burden of neurological disease.” This site was rather interactive as far as
navigating through various different pages as part of the site, there were
information pages, an A-Z of disorders as well as a News page. People are able
to find program directors through the website to discuss possible research
topics.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Stroke
Training for Health and Social Care Staff is a “<b><span style="color: black;">S</span></b><span style="color: black;">troke <b>T</b>raining and <b>A</b>wareness <b>R</b>esources
(STARs) project, commissioned by the <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/"><span style="color: blue;">Scottish
Government</span></a> to produce an e-learning resource which would enhance the
educational opportunities for health and social care staff working with people
affected by stroke.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The site
provides different modules which can be navigated through to ensure the learner
is learning the module to whichever level is appropriate to them, for example,
stroke core competencies, stroke advancing modules, stroke thrombolysis master
class, and stroke for carers. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The site
allows the users to contribute to the FAQ’s – frequently asked questions.</span></div>
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People choose
to contribute to particular communities due to feeling a sense of community, or
a sense of worth. In other words, they are seeking some sense of belonging to a
community, and an online community is a newer sort of community to belong to,
where they may not need to have a particular appearance about them, as they
might have to in the like of a face to face community. The information shared
in an online community is reciprocal as both the designer of the site and the
user can contribute to the information provided on the site.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">“Occupational
deprivation is a relatively new term which describes a state in which people
are precluded from opportunities to engage in occupations of meaning due to factors
outside their control. As we face the new millennium,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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likely that, due to widespread social and economic change as well as increasing
civil unrest, occupational deprivation will be experienced by increasing
numbers of people globally.” </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(Whiteford,
G., 2000, p.200)<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This relates
to the sites that I have chosen as the clients using the site may feel some
sort of deprivation from their local community due to them having a stroke or
caring for someone which has had a stroke in which case they are gathering
information form the website rather than visiting a local community which can
help them<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Occupational
Justice refers to the idea that any human being is able to partake in
occupational performance as much as any other human being. This relates to my
sites that I have chosen as all of the individuals should have been effected by
a stroke at some point by it being either a family member who has had one, they
may have had one themselves or they may just be researching it, however,
regardless of what extent it has affected them they are all equally as able in
the online world to access the same information as each other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>In the online communities which I have been
looking at, the potential ethical issues which will need to be accounted
include factors such as reposting images from someone’s blog or page without
consent, using people’s names without consent, not knowing exactly who the
people that are blogging are as they may have a different name to what they say
they are using. It can also be hard to tell whether or not the source is
reliable.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Benefits of
these online communities can include aspects such as complimenting real life
communities, and they can provide connections instantly over a large
geographical distance. Limitations can include delusional reliance on virtual
communities, and a digital divide regarding who has access to what sites.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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topic of interest drawn from my fieldwork experience is gardening as a
therapeutic activity or just to fill in time. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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well as the pain relief it can bring to clients who may use it.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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involves a mechanism used to make carrying a pot plant easier for arthritic
patients by lightening the load. </span></div>
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video that I will provide is about a sensory garden constructed by a man who
designed it so that people with disabilities could use it in order to learn
skills or just for enjoyment. This Video is the most relevant to my experience
as I worked in a garden with Intellectually Disabled Adults who gardened all
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(2010). </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Arthritis Therapeutic Gardening Tip.mp4.</span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> Retrieved From:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn7oz1WazEo&feature=relmfu"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn7oz1WazEo&feature=relmfu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(2010). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Therapeutic Garden Tip.mp4.</i>
Retrieved From:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwtaw2hnP54"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwtaw2hnP54</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(2009). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Horticulture as Therapy.</i>
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(2009). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Therapeutic Gardening Helps
Residents with Dementia.</i><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Retrieved
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Education<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This is the
film that was thought up, shot, and edited by myself, along with Madison
Chilton, Jennifer Hooker, Victoria Lindsay, Sarah Hewerdine and Charlotte
Milne. We shot and edited this film over a 2 hour period, which we had planned
out beforehand. The film was indenting to show the occupational transitions of
someone who was going through the various transitions of education. For
example, you will see in the film a short clip of a scenario followed by a still
image which explains what part of the occupational transition the actress is
at. We were instructed to construct a film that went for one minute. <o:p></o:p></span></div>Rachel Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09503315021471521329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325734738391311688.post-13750822362575351982012-05-14T19:15:00.000-07:002012-05-14T19:15:00.787-07:00<div id="__ss_12919904" style="width: 425px;">
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in my image presentation is the event of afternoon tea, focussing mainly on the
tea making and coming together of a group of individuals over the afternoon tea
session. On my first placement, having afternoon tea was a moment where the
able bodied patients in the ward would meet together in the TV lounge for a cup
of tea and some biscuits. Some would chat among each other; others would watch
the television, and some remained silent in their own thoughts. In my second
placement, afternoon tea was something that seemed to happen without question,
and though each member of the service may have had a different way in which
they prefer their tea, it was a ritual in which everybody took part in. It’s
important to the service users because they were able to have a relaxing period
(after a hard day of gardening and chopping wood) just chatting among one
another before they went home, and some of them did not meet again for a few
days. This section of reading from The Taking of Tea a Common Phenomenon
“drinking tea is a habitual, normal and everyday thing to do” provides a good
example of just how natural it is for these service users and patients of the
ward to come together at the afternoon tea sessions and share a cuppa, a
biscuit and some good company.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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definitions are grasped from Hammell (2004). “The concept of doing includes
purposeful, goal-orientated activities.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Being has
been defined as time taken to reflect, be introspective or meditative,
(re)discover the self, savour the moment, appreciate nature, art or music in a
contemplative manner and to enjoy being with special people.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Belonging is
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and friendship, and the sense of being included, to occupational performance
and life satisfaction.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Becoming
describes the idea that people can envision future selves and possible lives,
explore new opportunities and harbour ideas about who or what they wish to
become over the course of their biographies and how their lives might be
experiences as worthwhile.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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images in my slideshow each represent aspects of sharing afternoon tea, for
example:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Image one –
berry and custard tarts and a cup and saucer – fancy afternoon tea<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Image two –
white tea and biscuits<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Image eight –
getting ready to make a cup of tea at home, teabag in mug and a yummy biscuit
of mine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fourteen – different treats to have with a cup of tea, biscotti or homemade
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Hammell, K.W.
(2004). Dimensions of meaning in the occupations of daily life.<i> Canadian
Journal of Occupational Therapy, 71 </i>(5).</span></div>
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images that I have sourced are from the internet however 5 of the photos
(slides 5 to 9) are original images of my own. The images that I have chosen
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first blog posting I will be focussing on Information Technology and Ethical
Issues. <o:p></o:p></span>
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and Communication Technology is described by About.com (2012) as an “entire
industry” However, Information technology is commonly seen as storing,
processing, protecting transmitting and retrieving information, all through
computers and software. For me, Information Technology takes me back to my
year 11 year of high school where the Computer Skills class from year 10
changed to this huge world of organising information technologically which I
had never seen or heard of before, two aspects I strongly remember were using
databases mainly for storing peoples information such as name, age, address
and payment details. Another was spread sheets which were used mainly for
payment details as well as including graphs and recording a business’s
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Technology as described above is prevalent in various aspects of our society.
Most, if not all businesses or companies that work with people should have
some sort of database for recording clients’ information in relation to
contact details, past investments or purchases and other necessary information.
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This
is a YouTube clip labelled “Future Vision of Information Technology and our
Lifestyle.” I am not entirely sure how realistic this is but I thought it
looked pretty cool. One of the comments below the video reads “</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I
believe the advanced technology will improve the "economic"
aspects of life for many people around the world, as well as the healthcare
systems. However, societies also need to be well-prepared to address a lot of
other social problems that will come along as a result of advanced
technology, and also the potential use of this technology to easily kill
people etc.” Some social problems that may come due to these technological
advances could include the fact that only those who can afford these
futuristic technological devices will be the ones using it, and those in
other socio-economic levels around the world will most likely remain in their
poor state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tutor2U states the
following points </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A
good way to think about ICT is to consider all the uses of digital technology
that already exist to help individuals, businesses and organisations use
information. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ICT covers any product that
will store, retrieve, manipulate, transmit or receive information
electronically in a digital form.</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> For example, personal computers, digital television,
email, robots.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So
ICT is concerned with the <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">storage</span></strong>, <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">retrieval</span></strong>, <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">manipulation</span></strong>, <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">transmission</span></strong> or <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">receip</span></strong>t of
digital data. Importantly, it is also concerned with the way these different
uses can work with each other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">These
points give examples of what use Information Technology as well as
Communications have in our everyday lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As far as
Information Technology goes in my life, I am happy to use some sort of
Information Technology given it’s designed for a reasonable use, not
something too far-fetched or idiotic. I use IT to engage in some purposeful
occupation, for example, a spread sheet or a table to keep track of
information important to me. My limit to my use of IT is invisible, I am
willing to give things a try, and figure out whichever option may work best
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As far as
my first placements are concerned, IT was not a huge factor. Most if not all
information about clients was stored on paper and in files, however, other areas
of Occupational Therapy that I have not yet experienced may well be able to
make great use of IT. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Occupational
Therapists need to embrace the use of mainstream technology in their quest to
ensure that therapy remains current and meaningful to their clients.
Technology can be useful to improve both functional independence and
occupational performance.” Verdonck & Ryan (2008)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Science Direct.com (2006) states that “There is evidence
to suggest that health professionals are reluctant to accept and utilise
information and communication technologies (ICT) and concern is growing
within health informatics research that this is contributing to the lag in
adoption and utilisation of ICT across the health sector.”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I can
envisage IT use within Occupational therapy becoming important to a certain
extent. Perhaps it will be a good tool to use in order to enhance current
treatment, as shown in the following image from Verdonck & Ryan (2008)
where various sites are used for improving occupational Performance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">If our goal
as Occupational Therapists is to enable occupation, the understanding and use
of IT will help us in our practise and daily lives to a certain extent. I do
not believe it will make a huge difference to the world of Occupational
therapy, and treating clients; however that is only due to the experiences
that I have had. I do agree that in areas of Occupational Therapy (other than
an A.T&R ward) may need to use IT in order to improve systems or to get
the full potential out of the therapy. Various online sites may be used to
buy equipment, gather data needed, communicate with others in the same
position as the client or perhaps even using a reminder on a mobile phone as
a treatment intervention. Verdonck & Ryan (2008)<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ethical
implications such as confidentiality could easily arise from information
being captured, transferred and shared through IT devices within the
Occupational Therapy scheme. Nobody knows who may see what is put online or
sent in an email as there are continuously viruses floating around the
internet.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">About.com.
(2012). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Information Technology –
Definition and History</i>.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Retrieved
From :<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/careersintechnology/p/ITDefinition.m"><span style="color: blue;">http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/careersintechnology/p/ITDefinition.m</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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information and<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>communication
technology acceptance and utilisation by occupational<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>therapists. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Retrieved From:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S138650560600150X"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S138650560600150X</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tutor2U.
(2012). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What is ICT?</i> Retrieved From:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://tutor2u.net/business/ict/intro_what_is_ict.htm"><span style="color: blue;">http://tutor2u.net/business/ict/intro_what_is_ict.htm</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Verdonck,
V-C., & Ryan, S. (2006). Mainstream Technology as an<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Occupational Therapy Tool: Technophobe or Technogeek? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">British<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Journal
of Occupational Therapy</i> 71(6) Retrieved From:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://moodle.op.ac.nz/file.php/440/Resources/Course_Content_2011%09eading_2011/Week_One_Readings.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">http://moodle.op.ac.nz/file.php/440/Resources/Course_Content_2011<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>eading_2011/Week_One_Readings.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">YouTube.
(2011). </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Future Vision of
Information Technology & Our Life Style.</span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Retrieved From: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URaiVEY9QZU"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URaiVEY9QZU</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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