Candidate card · Occupational Therapy
You are the occupational therapistEquipment that feels like losing independence
Setting: Home assessment service
Lucia Grant, 67, reports needing to sit after standing through a shower. A home assessment identified seated showering as an option, but the proposed seat has not yet been trialled in her bathroom.
Task
- Explore the seat’s meaning and appearance at home.
- Explain its purpose for the assessed showering task.
- Offer a supervised bathroom fit-and-use trial.
- Discuss alternatives if the trial does not meet the patient’s needs.
Equipment that feels like losing independence consultation plan
- The proposed seat is intended to support the assessed showering task.
- A supervised trial is available before a final equipment decision.
- Fit and safe use must be checked in the person’s bathroom.
- Alternative arrangements can be discussed if the trial does not meet the person’s needs.
- Lucia Grant, 67, reports needing to sit after standing through a shower. A home assessment identified seated showering as an option, but the proposed seat has not yet been trialled in her bathroom.
Fictional scenario information supplied for this examination exercise; not medical guidance for real patients.