Under Medicare guidelines, Occupational Therapy may only be started in conjunction with one or more of the following services:  skilled nursing, physical therapy or speech therapy.  

• Increase abilities in daily living with bathing, eating,
  dressing, grooming and hygiene.
• Increase ability in cooking, housekeeping, safety issues
  or money management after an illness or injury.
  
• Teach techniques to simplify work and save energy
  to help manage fatigue.   
  
• Increase abilities to distinguish and respond to sensation
  including pressure, temperature or touch.  
  
• Increase recognition of location, people, time of year,
  month or day.
  
• Improve body and environment awareness.
  
• Provide splints to correct or prevent deformities.
  
• Correct or improve positioning in a wheelchair to allow
  greater movement.
  
• Increase sitting or standing balance to allow greater
  freedom to perform daily tasks safely.
  
• Increase ability to perform small hand movements such
  as fastening buttons, hooks, using utensils and zipping zippers.
  
• Increase movement in limbs affected by stroke.
  
• Restore abilities to sequence for those who may forget
  what activity comes next.
  
• Increase ability to maneuver a wheelchair for greater mobility
  and independence.