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Hi and welcome to my blog. My name is Tara Bolton and I am an Occupational Therapy student, currently in my third year of study. Over my three years I have learnt a number of key concepts regarding occupational therapy and finally feel I have a good understanding of the values and beliefs the occupational therapy profession holds. I have been asked to create this blog as part of a paper from my third year of study and  I hope that the information in this blog will help you out there understand a bit more about occupational therapy and understand what I myself have learnt regarding the topic at hand.

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As you may have already noticed if you've read the title I am using this blog to discuss the use of meaningful occupations as a means to prevent ill health in the older population. I learnt about the use of meaningful occupation  with older people during another third year paper called "Contemporary Occupational Therapy Practice". During this paper I came to understand how our population is gradually becoming more populated with older people and found it quite eye opening to know that we are all living longer which is placing an increasing strain on our economy and on services provided to older people. After a lot of research and lectures attended I could see how occupational therapists unique way of using meaningful occupations with this age group helped them live healthier and more fulfilling lives and consequently improved their overall health. I hope that after reading the posts in this blog you will come to understand the effectiveness of this intervention and enjoy learning about this topic as much as I did!

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