Allied Health Services

Occupational Therapy

Introduction

Occupation therapy is the design and use of purpose activities (Occupations)for individuals who are limited by injury or illness, psychosocial dysfunction, developmental or learning disabilities, to maximize independent functions in daily activities of self-care, work and leisure, prevent disability and enhance quality of life.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital is the largest hospital under the management of the Hospital Authority. The Department of Occupational Therapy is the member of the Allied Health Team of Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Owing to the nature of our hospital, the Department of Occupational Therapy offers a full spectrum of services which covers the rehabilitation service from in patient, day patient and outpatient services; and the client type range from infants to elderly.

In Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Occupation Therapy's scope of service is broadly divided into two categories:

• Physiological and Pathological conditions: vascular disease (stroke), traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's disease, cancer, spinal cord injury, burn injury, sports injury, hand trauma, fracture, degenerative disease, neurological disease, amputation.


• Learning and Developmental delay: high risk infant, cerebral palsy, Down's syndrome, developmental delay, mentally handicapped, autism, heredity disease, emotional barrier, sensory integration impairment, and learning disability.

In general, occupational therapy provides activities of daily living (ADL) training, social skills training, and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) training, community re- integrated service, vocational counselling and training, design and fabrication of splint, and pressure garment therapy.

In collaboration with the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the Department of Occupational Therapy also provides clinical education to local and oversea students. In addition, we routinely conduct exchange program to educate mainland therapist on the latest occupational therapy service development in Hong Kong.

In areas of research, we offer our expertise to doctors working in Queen Elizabeth Hospital and collaborate with other University to conduct related rehabilitation researches.

Scope of Services

Scope of Services
Orthopedics Rehabilitation	Hand Rehabilitation Foot Rehabilitation Scar management & Pressure therapy
Vocational Rehabilitation	Work Capacity Evaluation Work Hardening Patient Retraining and Vocational Resettlement Service Work Safety & Health
Neuro-rehabilitation	Parkinson's disease and rehabilitation Cognitive assessment and rehabilitation for TBI
Stroke Rehabilitation	Pre-discharge Program Occupational Lifestyle Redesign Program
Medical Rehabilitation Service	People living with HIV Renal Rehabilitation Services Community Occupational Therapy
Geriatric Services	Memory and Cognitive Rehabilitation Service Geriatric Home Safety Management Service Integrated Care and Discharge Support for Elderly Patients
Cancer Rehabilitation Services	Palliative Care Services
Occupational Therapy for Paediatric clients	High Risk Infant Program Hospital Play Service Developmental training Cognitive Rehabilitation Oro-motor skills, feeding and swallowing assessment & training Fine motor training Integration to home, school and community
Primary Healthcare	Enhancement of Public Primary Health Care Services (EPPS) Occupational Therapy in Respiratory Disease Management Integrated Mental Health Service
Specialized Service	Prescription and Use of Assistive Devices Chronic Pain Management Program

Services Hours

Mon - Fri

8:30 am – 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Sat

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Contact Us

	Address	Telephone	Fax No.
Block P, QEH	1/F, Block P, Queen Elizabeth Hospital	3506 5888	3506 6719
Ambulatory Care Center	1/F, Ambulatory Care Center, Queen Elizabeth Hospital	3506 6077	3506 5889
Jockey Club Center, YMT	8/F, Yau Ma Tei Jockey Club Clinic, 145 Battery Street, Yau Ma Tei	2272 2427
Employees Retraining Board	4/F, Male Nursing Quarter, Queen Elizabeth Hospital	2781 0027
Geriatric Day Hospital	4/F, Block T, Queen Elizabeth Hospital	3506 4132