by julie bing January 23, 2005
A profession that involves using occupations for bettering health. Occupations are considered anything that someone likes to do or has to do, ranging from hobbies to self-care. It is believed that doing things, increasing one's independence and sense of self-worth, promotes health and will help people rehabilitating from a disease or illness, as well as those living with chronic medical conditions. Becoming an Occupational Therapist in the United States recently moved to an entry-level master's degree.
1. My grandmother broke her hip and the occupational therapist helped her learn to transfer and take care of herself to continue living at home as it healed.
2. A child receives occupational therapy because he has trouble paying attention and sitting still and they work on how he can better succeed as a student.
3. An occupational therapist was referred to me after I lost two my fingers in a boating accident to help me regain functional use of my hand.
2. A child receives occupational therapy because he has trouble paying attention and sitting still and they work on how he can better succeed as a student.
3. An occupational therapist was referred to me after I lost two my fingers in a boating accident to help me regain functional use of my hand.
by xMarie August 22, 2010
by Bruh101001 November 21, 2019
Taking a job that is beneath a person's education or skill level as a means of retreat from adult responsibilities and/or avoiding possible failure in one's true occupation.
Although he was trained to be an architect, Hank took a job at Burger King instead because he didn't believe he'd be able to design a building that anyone would be interested in financing. His parents were disappointed by Hank's obvious occupational slumming.
by Johnny Z. Styles May 28, 2010
To stop caring about your job so much that you no longer care if you get fired or not. Occasionally leads to hilarity in the workplace.
Billy had so much Occupational Nihilism that, for no reason, he didn't go into work one day. He did not tell anyone at the workplace that he wasn't going to come into work the day before, or the day that he failed to show up either.
Patsy's occupational nihilism gave him courage to show up to work in a cowboy hat.
Patsy's occupational nihilism gave him courage to show up to work in a cowboy hat.
by DoctorAwkward March 26, 2008
Nobody really knows what an occupational therapist does, even the therapists themselves are not altogether clear.
It may involve prescribing over toilet aids to old people, cajoling unco-ordinated children into completing sensory-motor activities, fighting off physical therapists who also claim to treat upper limb injuries and dealing with cranky night-shift nurses who are jealous they did not choose an alllied health profession.
Among the most over-worked and beleaguered of the helping professions, occupational therapists tend to get stuck dealing with the problems that even the social workers can't solve.
It may involve prescribing over toilet aids to old people, cajoling unco-ordinated children into completing sensory-motor activities, fighting off physical therapists who also claim to treat upper limb injuries and dealing with cranky night-shift nurses who are jealous they did not choose an alllied health profession.
Among the most over-worked and beleaguered of the helping professions, occupational therapists tend to get stuck dealing with the problems that even the social workers can't solve.
1. The occupational therapist just gave me this long handled toe wiper because my beer gut prevents me from reaching my own feet
2. I told the occupational therapist that Johnny was at risk of losing his subsidised accommodation if he keeps flushing newspaper down the toilet
3. The infection control committee are having kittens about the spread of germs from theraputty in the occupational therapy department
2. I told the occupational therapist that Johnny was at risk of losing his subsidised accommodation if he keeps flushing newspaper down the toilet
3. The infection control committee are having kittens about the spread of germs from theraputty in the occupational therapy department
by kit8625 February 14, 2010
My private occupation is working as a blackberry picker on the Top-secret "Oklahoma Blackberry Plantation."
by Spiritual-Master December 27, 2022