Thesis Abstracts
Roles Following Stroke (OP Roles)
Research into rehabilitation outcomes demonstrates that people recovering from stroke experience serious role loss. Despite this, many occupational therapists working in stroke rehabilitation do not allocate time to therapy designed to achieve specific meaningful role resumption or role development. Occupational role performance has been neglected within the profession. In particular, little is known about the use of the concept by the role performer. Therapy is instead focused upon the restoration of function at the performance component level.