We understand and are experienced working within Ontario’s motor vehicle accident benefits insurance system.

We provide assessment and treatment services at all stages of recovery from motor vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian accidents.

Referrals are accepted from clients, doctors, medical and rehabilitation specialists, lawyers, and insurance representatives. We can complete the necessary claims forms for assessment and treatment plans and disability certificates.

Our experience involves handling complex files where individuals are facing physical, cognitive, and psychosocial challenges in their lives as a result of their impairment and/or disability, including concussion and traumatic brain injuries, musculoskeletal and orthopaedic injuries, spinal cord injury, amputation, chronic pain, and mental illness.

In addition to assessing and working to improve the individual’s function at various stages of their recovery, we also provide services in home modification and accessibility, ergonomics, and return to work issues.

Please contact us for more information and click here to submit an online referral today.

Assessments

Insurance companies often require assessments to understand the impact that injuries have on your daily life following a motor vehicle accident.  Our occupational therapists understand the need for thorough assessment, and provide a complete report outlining recommendations for assistance, assistive devices, and therapy to help your recovery.

The normal life activities that the occupational therapist can assess include personal care, housekeeping, caregiving, work /school activity and leisure. The occupational therapist will address the individual’s physical, cognitive/perceptual and emotional status, and determine barriers preventing participation in normal life activities.

Standardized assessments as well as interview and observation take place. The assessments can occur in the home, the community, or in our clinic setting.

Assessments include:

• Home Safety
• Home Accessibility
• Attendant Care Needs
• Housekeeping and Home Maintenance Assessments
• Situational Assessments
• Functional Capacity Evaluations
• Vocational Assessment
• Ergonomic Assessments
• Cognitive Assessments
• Job Analysis / Physical and Cognitive Demands Analysis

Assessments are often completed at the outset of occupational therapy involvement for treatment planning purposes.  Assessments can also be administered as a mid-therapy and end of treatment evaluation to measure progress, or for a status report prepared for legal or insurance purposes.

Situational Functional Assessments

A situational functional assessment takes place with the client in their home and/or community. The client participates in specifically selected situations wherein their ability to manage the challenges of the situation is assessed by the therapist. Physical, cognitive, and emotional domains of function are assessed in various environments that the individual may encounter over the course of their daily life.

The occupational therapy assessment includes a review of medical documentation provided, and an extensive functional assessment with the individual, conducted over two days, which includes an in depth interview, objective evaluation, as well as observations of the individual performing functional tasks in varying environments, such as home, work, and/or community. Communication with family members and/or members of a treatment team may also be required in gathering a complete picture of the client’s function when preparing the report.

Following the assessment, the occupational therapist prepares a report to summarize the findings. The report can also include recommendations for accommodations, support, and further therapy that may be needed to assist the client with challenges encountered in therapy.

The situational assessments may occur as part of a multi-disciplinary assessment, to determine whether the individual has sustained a catastrophic impairment as defined under the automobile legislation (SABS).

Treatment

Treatment can be provided in the home, community, workplace, and in our clinics located in Ottawa, Kingston and Pembroke.  Following an initial assessment, functional goals are set, and the occupational therapist works with the client through the stages of recovery. The occupational therapist is often part of a multidisciplinary team, communicating with physicians, physiotherapists, psychologists, and other professionals involved to ensure a cohesive approach to rehabilitation.

Case management services are also available and typically accessed by individuals who have sustained catastrophic injuries.  The case manager’s role is to coordinate all necessary services for individuals to facilitate optimal recovery. The case manager works closely with individuals and their families to communicate the individual’s needs and progress among medical and rehabilitation professionals.

Please contact us for more information and click here to submit an online referral today.