Practical, plain-English guides on occupational therapy home visits, adaptations, equipment and independent living - written by the Mobile Occupational Therapist team.
17 September 2026 • 7 min read
ADHD support in the UK is mostly medication and waiting lists. Occupational therapy works on the other half - the everyday systems that make a day possible - for children and adults.
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Online sensory quizzes, standardised questionnaires and a full OT assessment are three very different things. What each one can honestly tell you, and what none of them can.
Read more →17 September 2026 • 7 min read
What an OT does and does not do for autistic children, why the goal is a manageable day rather than a less autistic child, and what a home visit really looks like.
Read more →17 September 2026 • 7 min read
Everyone learns five senses at school. Occupational therapists work with eight - and the three extra ones explain most of what people find confusing about sensory difficulties.
Read more →17 September 2026 • 9 min read
Sensory processing difficulties do not stop at eighteen. What they look like in adult life, why they are so often missed, and the practical changes that make a real difference.
Read more →17 September 2026 • 9 min read
Sleeping a lot is common in dementia, and in the later stages it is expected. Why it happens, what is normal, what needs a GP the same day, and how to make the awake hours count.
Read more →17 September 2026 • 9 min read
The routes into NHS mental health support in plain English: what you can refer yourself to, what needs a GP, what a community mental health team is, and where occupational therapy fits.
Read more →17 September 2026 • 9 min read
An honest map of the grants for disabled people and older adults in the UK: what is real, what is a benefit or a lease rather than a grant, and how to apply without paying anybody to search.
Read more →17 September 2026 • 9 min read
Activity is not entertainment. It is identity, mood and sleep. How to match activities for people with dementia to the person rather than to a list, and where to find free activity packs.
Read more →17 September 2026 • 9 min read
There is no such thing as a standard disabled bathroom. What an accessible bathroom needs depends on one person's transfers and reach, and the small changes usually come first.
Read more →17 September 2026 • 9 min read
What hip precautions mean day to day: how to sleep, how to use the toilet, how to get socks and shoes on, when you can drive, and the equipment that makes it all easier.
Read more →17 September 2026 • 9 min read
Sundowning is the restlessness, confusion and distress that arrives as the afternoon turns into evening. Why it happens, what helps in the difficult hour, and when a sudden change needs a GP the same day.
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