Hi Debbie,

In the period following my arm break, I was sent to OT as well as PT. They did indeed work on memory (serious memory testing with cards and stuff), it was all very interesting - I was extremely impressed with the range of challenges they were working on, and in truth I hadn't a clue before I went there quite what they did, apart from teach you to relearn specific motor/physical skills if you were in rehabilitation.

It was through the OT experience that I discovered I responded much better on a lower dose of neurontin than was being prescribed at the time, and my memory scores improved significantly once I'd had the dose adjusted.

Anyway, this is what Wikipedia says about OT:

"Interventions used by occupational therapists to achieve greater independence by clients include rehabilitation of neuropsychological deficits (memory, attention, complex reasoning), motor function, sensory function (vision, perception of touch), interpersonal skills (e.g. social skills). The medium of treatment usually involves the use of purposeful activities, which have some meaning and relevance to clients' lifestyle (these are also called 'occupations' and include routine behaviors associated with work, leisure and self care.) Occupational therapist also work in the field of mental health.

Another important area of intervention is by means of environmental manipulation to maximize ability (such as environments for wheelchair users) or afford the desired behaviors (e.g. set up the environment so that it contains cues to compensate for memory impairment).

Occupational therapists might work in a hospital, skilled nursing facility, school, outpatient clinic, or in the client's home as in home health. Some occupational therapists also conduct research to assess new techniques, rate the effectiveness of existing services and investigate other areas into which occupational therapy might be beneficial. Additionally, there are some non-traditional roles such as consulting with lawmakers and doing home accessibility modification and ergonomic assessments of work environments."

all the best