This article discusses the problems experienced by an occupational therapist in working with elderly con fused residents on continuing care wards in a psychiatric hospital. An approach based on sensory Integration therapy and object relations theory, developed by the author, is described. Case examples from group work are used to illustrate this approach and evaluation shows the problem areas and successful features.
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