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This chapter highlights the role and key features of occupational therapy in the community. It describes some evidence-based interventions that occupational therapists can use in the community. These include individual or group programmes for healthy and frail elderly, people with dementia, and people with Parkinson’s disease. We conclude with a description of the construct and development of dementia friendly communities (DFC).

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  1. Department Occupational Therapy, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Maud J. L. Graff & Ingrid H. W. M. Sturkenboom

  2. Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Maud J. L. Graff & Ingrid H. W. M. Sturkenboom

  3. Department of Rehabilitation, Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare Research, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Maud J. L. Graff & Ingrid H. W. M. Sturkenboom

  4. Center for Cognitive Disorders for Adults and Elderly, Mirandola, Italy

    Lucia Bergamini

  5. Health Local Agency, Modena, Italy

    Lucia Bergamini

  6. Special Care Unit for Dementia and Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, CISA, Mirandola, Italy

    Lucia Bergamini

  7. Boulder, CO, USA

    Mandy Chamberlain

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Graff, M.J.L., Bergamini, L., Chamberlain, M., Sturkenboom, I.H.W.M. (2020). Occupational Therapy in the Community. In: Pozzi, C., Lanzoni, A., Graff, M., Morandi, A. (eds) Occupational Therapy for Older People. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35731-3_3

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