Tutorial Two - Occupational Engagement, Doing Being, Becoming and Belonging

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Title: Occupations in the Rest Home

The occupations undertaken in the recreation room of a rest home was chosen as this was my placement in Fieldwork 2.  For 13 weeks I attended once a week for the morning helping facilitate the program while participating in and observing the community involved. The residents were informed via a notice board outside the dining room of the days program and were able to choose if they were interested in participating or not.

The session always began with some exercise to music, and then morning tea was enjoyed by all before the session started.

 

Definitions:

Doing – Hammell (1998) states “The concept of doing includes purposeful, goal-oriented activities; doing has been the traditional preoccupation of occupational therapy” (p.301).

Being – “Being has been defined as time taken to reflect, be introspective or meditative, (re)discover the self, savour the moment... and to enjoy being with special people” (Hammell, 1998, p.301).

Become – “Becoming describes the idea that people can envision future selves and possible lives, explore new opportunities and harbour ideas ...how their lives might be experienced as worthwhile” (Hammell, 1998, p.302).

Belong – “Belonging, within a network of social support can underpin both the ability to do and contribute to the pleasure and meaningfulness of doing” (Hammell, 2004, p.302)

Reference:

Hammell, K. W. (2004). Dimensions of meaning in the occupations of daily life. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 71(5), 296-305.

Explanation of images chosen:

Figures 1-5 and 9 show images of knitting performed as group work.

Figures 6-7 show images of morning tea as a daily occupation

Figure 8 shows the communal area that all residents can be occupied in.

Figures 10-16 portray some examples of the occupations chosen.

Figures 17- 18 portray group activities of exercise and participation.

Figures 19-20 depict creative choices and challenges. 

In order to ensure that my work remained ethical, I chose images that were freely available from online sources of the internet; the images taken by myself were of completed projects without residents of the facility featured and I chose inoffensive creative images to portray occupation.

  

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