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In-Home Occupational Therapy in Fairfax and Northern Virginia

Practice the everyday things again: bathing, dressing, cooking and moving safely around your home. Our occupational therapists also check for fall risks and recommend the right equipment.
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Covered by Medicare for patients who qualify. Care usually starts within 24 to 48 hours of a referral.

Who occupational therapy helps.

Occupational therapy is about the tasks that make up your day. It helps people with:
  • Daily tasks that got harder after a stroke, surgery or illness.
  • Bathing, dressing and using the toilet safely and with less help.
  • Weak or stiff hands and arms, including arthritis.
  • Memory or thinking changes that make routines hard to follow.
  • Falls at home, or rooms that no longer feel safe.
  • Caregivers who want to learn safe ways to help.

What happens at a visit.

Your therapist works on the tasks that matter most to you, in the rooms where you do them.

Practice daily tasks

Bathing, dressing, grooming and simple cooking, with easier ways to do each one.

Home safety check

We also look at the bathroom, bedroom, kitchen and entry for fall risks.

Equipment advice

Shower chairs, grab bars, raised toilet seats and reachers, and how to use them.

Caregiver training

In addition, we show family how to help without hurting themselves or doing too much.

Is it covered by Medicare?

With Original Medicare, covered home health visits cost you nothing. You usually qualify when all four of these are true.

  • Your doctor orders care at home and reviews your plan of care.
  • Leaving home takes a major effort, for example you need a walker, a wheelchair or another person's help.
  • You need skilled nursing or therapy part time, not around the clock.
  • You've seen a doctor about it within 90 days before care starts, or will within 30 days after.

How to start occupational therapy at home.

First, we get the referral

From your doctor, the hospital, a rehab facility or you. We need the order and recent visit notes, and we can request them for you.

Next, we confirm the details

We verify insurance, call you to explain what’s covered, and agree a time that works for the family.

Then, your clinician arrives

Usually within 24 to 48 hours. The first visit sets goals with you and builds the plan your doctor signs.

Occupational therapy questions.

Yes, as part of home health care when you qualify. To start home health under Medicare, you need skilled nursing, physical therapy or speech therapy. Occupational therapy can be part of that plan, and it can continue after the other services end.
Physical therapy focuses on strength, balance and walking. Occupational therapy focuses on daily tasks, such as bathing, dressing and cooking, and on making your home safer. Many patients get both.
Common items include a shower chair, grab bars, a raised toilet seat, a long-handled sponge and a reacher. Medicare usually does not cover bathroom safety items like grab bars. We’ll explain which items are usually covered before you buy anything.
Yes, and we encourage it. Family members learn how to help in a way that keeps you as independent as possible.

Other care we bring home.

Skilled nursing

Physical therapy

Speech therapy

Home health aide

Medical social work

Start occupational therapy at home.

Send a referral online or by fax, or call us to ask whether occupational therapy is right for you.
  • Referral fax 703-659-0281
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