Therapeutic residences and everyday life clinic: occupational therapy contributions

Abstract

The purpose of this experience report is the practice of the Occupational Therapy at the Therapeutic Residences. We aim to systematize this practice from the description and analysis of the work of occupational therapists in these services. For this, we start from the appreciation of the experience level of occupational therapists linked to Therapeutic Residential Services and the approximation of their records. These records were written as field journal and later analyzed. For data analysis, we used the field journal evaluation method proposed by Lourau, starting from the theoretical framework of the Psychosocial Clinic, Institutional Analysis and everyday life references proposed in the Occupational Therapy. As a result, we will present the systematization of the practice of the occupational therapy in residential services from 4 plans: (1) interventions at home; (2) interventions with residents; (3) actions in the territory and in the community; (4) actions with the work team and the intersectoral network. These plans, when interrelated in the discussion and final remarks, point out the power that the particularities of the occupational therapy center can bring to the actions developed in the residential therapeutic services, especially regarding the psychosocial approach with emphasis on everyday life and deinstitutionalization processes.