Long COVID

Occupational therapy continues to play a vital role in COVID-19 rehabilitation and recovery, especially in navigating the ongoing impairments caused by Long COVID.

April 2023
The Parliamentary Inquiry into long COVID and repeated infections has released the report 'Sick and Tired: Casting a long shadow'

Update 27 January 2023: OTA's Submission to the Long Covid Parliamentary Inquiry is submission number 179 and is available at the webpage here. Alternatively, you can download a copy here. 

OTA Members had the opportunity to attend a Long COVID Hot Topic workshop on 31 August 2022, which provided support on emerging challenges and guidance on current practice.

A multitude of these resources, information and useful links can be found below.

OTA HOT Topic 31^st Aug 2022:

• OTA Members can access the Powerpoint slides from the recent Hot Topic event here.

Resources:

• RCOT Long Covid Quick Guide Adult (2023)
• RCOT Long Covid quick Guide Children and Young People (2023)
• RCOT Guidance: A quick guide for occupational therapists - Rehabilitation for people recovering from COVID-19 (2020)
• RCOT Informed view (2021)
• WHO: Rehabilitation and COVID-19
• WHO Rehabilitation needs of people recovering from COVID-19, Scientific Brief (2021)
• WHO COVID-19 Clinical management Living Guidance (2022)
• Clinical management of patients with COVID-19: Rehabilitation of patients with COVID-19, WHO free training course
• WFOT Public Statement Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation of People Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)
• McMaster University Rehabilitation for Patients with COVID-19 Guidance for Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Assistants (2020)

Evidence:

• Cochrane REH-COVER (Rehabilitation – COVID-19 Evidence-based Response)
• AOTA (Volume 75, Issue Supplement_1) Special Issue on Occupational Therapy’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Guest Editorial (OTA members can access through the OTA webpage )
  • AOTJ  Inpatient Occupational Therapy Management for a Pediatric Patient With COVID-19 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: A Case Report (2021)
  • AOTJ A Framework for Addressing Clients’ Functional Cognitive Deficits After COVID-19 (2021)
  • AOTJ Occupational Therapy for the Long Haul of Post-COVID Syndrome: A Case Report (2021)
• UK National Institute for Health Care Research – Researching Long Covid
• BMJ's Coronavirus (covid-19) Hub (OTA members can access through the OTA webpage )
• The Lancet COVID-19 resource centre
• Medical Journal of Australia - Long COVID sustained and multiplied disadvantage (2022)

Partners

• Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT)
• World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT)
• Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT)

Consumer resources:

• Department of Health Covid-19 and long covid symptoms
• Department of Health Getting help for Long Covid