Occupational therapy and specialist equipment

Occupational therapy helps people live more productive lives. It enables disabled people to carry out essential activities, with the aim of maintaining or improving independence.

What is occupational therapy?

Occupation means any way in which people spend their time. Occupational activities range from personal care (washing, dressing, toileting) to productivity (paid or unpaid work, housework, education) and also include leisure activities (games, sports, hobbies, social activities).

Examples of essential activities may include:

Managing personal care, eg getting to the bathroom and transferring on/off toilet.
Safe mobility around your home to enable you to prepare meals, get in/out of bed, manage the steps and stairs.
Enabling an individual to take up - or stay in - paid or unpaid work.
Enabling your carer to care for you.

How can occupational therapy help you?

Occupational therapists could help, or provide information about:

Raising the height of the bed/chair so that standing is much easier if a person has stiff, painful hips and knees.
Making a home safer for getting around by the installation, for instance, of handrails and ramps.
Reducing anxiety and helping people raise their confidence about getting around or manage their disability.
Information on ways of obtaining appropriate support and helping people to connect to other relevant agencies.
Assisting carers to continue to maintain their caring responsibilities.

To request an occupational therapy assessment please contact us using the details below, or complete the request form (Word - 405KB) at the bottom of this page and return it to the address given.

For people able and wanting to fund their own equipment or adaptations, advice and information is available.

Financially assessed grants may also be obtainable for major adaptations work.

For information/advice regarding the private purchase of equipment or minor contact us on: 024 7678 5252

Contact details

OT/ICES

1A Lamb Street
Coventry

CV1 4AE
Telephone: 024 7678 5252 (advice/information – private purchase of equipment or minor adaptations)
Fax: 024 7647 0426

e-mail occupationaltherapy@coventry.gov.uk
Minicom: 024 7647 1008

For information or advice regarding the funding of your own major adaptations please contact the Housing Grants team on: 024 7683 1816

Downloadable documents

Request form for an Occupational Therapy assessment (Word - 405KB) (415 kb)

Coventry City Council