The role of an occupational therapist is of vital importance in order to ensure safety and promote independence in all aspects of a patient’s life. During this placement I had the opportunity to work with the occupational therapist and also accompany her during a home visit. A few of the health conditions that I came across that benefit from occupational therapy include limitations following a stroke or heart attack, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, or other serious chronic conditions, spinal cord injuries, or amputations, broken bones or other injuries from falls. Occupational therapists provide a service that is customized to improve a person's ability to perform daily activities. Occupational therapists use a variety of interventions including biofeedback, relaxation, goal setting, problem solving, planning in order to rehabilitate patients. During the home visit we visited an 87year-old gentleman with a history of falls, cardiac failure, atrial fibrillation and dementia. The patient felt dizzy when he stood up and at one point burned himself while standing next to the radiator and did not notice the injury, he also struggled to carry out activities of daily living like getting in and out of the bath, in and out of bed and going up the stairs. The occupational therapist played a fundamental role to ensure safety of this patient. The patient was offered a hand rail in the bath to help when standing up, rails along the stairs so he could hold on to when going up and down the stairs. A stool to sit on while in the bath, a mat to prevent slipping. She also offered the patient to raise his arm chair in order to make it easy to stand up and also raise the bed to make it easier so get in and out of the bed. A suggestion that the patient and his wife declined. Although measures can be taken to ensure the safety of such patients, these services cannot be imposed - hence the