Expanding the Occupational Therapy Role to Support Transitions From Work to Retirement for People With Progressive Health Conditions

Occupational therapists have an established and important role in helping people work while living with an illness or a disability. Although workplace accommodations and rehabilitation efforts can extend paid work for workers with progressive health conditions, the reality is that these populations...

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Published in:The American journal of occupational therapy 2018-11, Vol.72 (6), p.7206347010p1-7206347010p5
Main Author: Brown, Cara L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Adjustment
Baby boomers
Community Resources
Disability
Disability pensions
Environmental aspects
Handicapped accessibility
Health Conditions
Involuntary
Life Satisfaction
Life transitions
Locus of Control
Low income groups
Midlife
Multiple sclerosis
Occupational therapy
People with disabilities
Professional Identity
Qualitative research
Quality of life
Rehabilitation
Resistance (Psychology)
Retirees
Retirement
Risk factors
Role theory
Roles
Social Integration
Social Planning
Sociocultural Patterns
Systematic review
Therapists
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Summary:Occupational therapists have an established and important role in helping people work while living with an illness or a disability. Although workplace accommodations and rehabilitation efforts can extend paid work for workers with progressive health conditions, the reality is that these populations often cease work earlier in the life trajectory than expected. Evidence suggests that transitioning out of paid work is difficult for people with disabilities. For example, factors such as poor health, low income, and involuntary retirement put people with multiple sclerosis at risk for poor adjustment. Given society's emphasis on paid work, the transition to unpaid work has received little attention. Occupational therapy practitioners are well positioned to contribute to enhancing the quality of life of people in work-cessation transitions who are not of traditional retirement age.
ISSN:0272-9490
1943-7676
DOI:10.5014/ajot.2018.028407