Abstract
This paper introduces the ‘Guidelines for Occupational Therapists working with people with Huntington’s disease’ which is currently being developed by the European Huntington’s Disease Network (EHDN) Standards of Care Occupational Therapists working
group. This article aims to describe the everyday functional problems experienced by people with Huntington’s disease, the role of the occupational therapist, the systematic literature review which preceded the formulation of the guidelines and use excerpts from the guideline to illustrate some of the issues raised.
group. This article aims to describe the everyday functional problems experienced by people with Huntington’s disease, the role of the occupational therapist, the systematic literature review which preceded the formulation of the guidelines and use excerpts from the guideline to illustrate some of the issues raised.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 79-87 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Neurodegenerative Disease Management |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 15 Feb 2012 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2012 |
Bibliographical note
AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to acknowledge the members of
EHDN Standards of Care Occupational Therapist Working Group and Gabriele Stautner for her work on the Standards of Care Diagram.
Financial & competing interests disclosure
The EHDN had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.