Occupational therapy practice for post-acute COVID-19 inpatients requiring rehabilitation.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of people got very sick. Some of these people needed more time and support to get better. Occupational therapists were important during this time because they helped these people to do their daily activities again. Because there were not many resources on how to do this, we looked into what occupational therapists were doing to help these people. We looked at patient hospital files and also talked to them to understand this better. We found that occupational therapists focused on three main areas: helping patients do activities that were important to them, teaching them about COVID-19 and helping them plan to leave the hospital. This study shows that occupational therapists are skilled at helping people with COVID-19. But more research is needed to make resources and also help with changing the healthcare system to further help people get better from COVID-19.