Online Continuing Education Courses

Leisure Participation After Stroke

• Define leisure, types of leisure, and functions of leisure activities
• Discuss the changes in an individual’ s ability to engage in leisure tasks after a stroke
• Describe problems that may interfere with a patient’s participation in leisure tasks
• Present possible solutions to these problems
• Discuss research addressing leisure participation and occupational therapy interventions after stroke
• Outline ways occupational therapists can adapt leisure tasks to allow partial or full participation by someone with a disability caused by a stroke