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(b) Occupational Therapy - Handicapped
The services continue to operate from the Occupational Therapy Centre
at 104 Westbury Road, New Maiden and classes have been further extended during
the year and they are now held as follows:
Number of persons
attending
Tuesdays (all day) 16-18
Wednesday (morning) Art Class 6
Wednesday (afternoon) 12
Thursday (afternoon) 10
Friday (afternoon) 12
These numbers are the maximum that can be carried at the present
time with only one ambulance, but an additional ambulance which should be
delivered early next year will facilitate expansion of the classes.
A hot meal from the meals on wheels kitchen is provided for those
attending the all day class on Tuesdays.
An additional occupational therapist was appointed during August
and this has made it possible to extend the domiciliary services for the
physically handicapped and introduce an extra class. The addition of further
classes will thus also be more easily achieved.
Many physically handicapped persons continue to produce articles of
high quality, and regular orders from the trade continue to be received.
One of the crafts being taught at one occupational therapy class is
chair caning and this is developing quite well, with orders being received
from firms of repute.
(c) Aids and Adaptations
An assistant technical instructor was appointed in the latter part
of the year with a view to expanding and dealing more speedily with the demand
for aids and adaptations.
At the 31st December 1966 there was a backlog of 28 adaptations and
aids still to be completed and during the present year 124 further applications
were received, making a total of 152 to be dealt with. 130 of these were
completed, leaving a backlog of 22 still to be done. The 130 completed aids