Telehealth Occupational Therapy

Published by
The Malta Business Weekly

Occupational therapy relaxation sessions for all the family on Public Broadcasting Services to assist in helping achieve relaxation during isolation and during stressful periods

Telehealth Occupational Therapy is a new project launched on Monday 11th May 2020 by the Directorate Allied Health Care Services, through the office of the Director General Health Care Services – Mr. Clarence Pace, and the Occupational Therapy Services on an initiative of the OT Department at Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Centre.

The project is aimed at helping individuals including children who are experiencing increased stress and anxiety. Anxiety can manifest both by physical and cognitive effects and include signs that range from sweating and increased heartbeat to poor concentration, irritability and aggression.  Children, more than adults, can be affected by stress caused by the suspension of normal routines, lack of understanding, worries and fear of the unknown and uncertainty.

Stress is also identified as an important factor in meeting the challenges of life positively and constructively and hence, it is important to implement stress management programs at every stage of the life-span in order to facilitate positive utilization of stress from infancy to old age.

As from today relaxation sessions in Maltese are being aired on TVM 2 at 18.20 hours following the daily mass.  The relaxation sessions have been designed to help those individuals including children and their families who during these extraordinary circumstances have been confined in their own home, away from their usual routines, including their social encounters. These short relaxation sessions in Maltese are meant to bring the family members together for a few minutes and experience a positive feeling of tranquillity which has possibly been disrupted in their household due to COVID-19 crisis. 

Dr Rita Micallef – Director Allied Health Care Services has acknowledged the value of the collaboration of the Occupational Therapy Department, specifically the Occupational Therapy unit at SAMOC with the Ministry for Health and has thanked all the stakeholders that have intensely supported this initiative. She added that the expertise of all the stakeholders has given an added value to this information tool which will have a direct positive impact on the Maltese Community. 

Relaxation sessions will be aired on a daily basis on TVM 2 at 18.20 hours after the daily mass. 

AddThis Website Tools
The Malta Business Weekly

In 1994, the Malta Business Weekly became the first newspaper fully dedicated to business. Today this newspaper is a leader in business and financial news. Together with the launch of the MBW newspaper, the company started organising various business breakfasts to discuss various current issues that were targeting the business community in Malta.

Recent Posts

‘Labour migration policy doesn’t mention housing,’ UHM says as unions, employers react to document

Unions and employer bodies have begun providing their initial reactions to the labour migration policy…

15 hours ago

Security and the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU

On 1 January, Poland assumed the presidency of the Council of the EU. What does…

16 hours ago

Italy approves permit for the development of Malta-Sicily second interconnector

Italy's Environment Ministry has given its last and final approval to Malta to develop the…

16 hours ago

TCNs entrance in Maltese labour market to be regulated by new policy

Isaac Saliba The government yesterday presented a labour migration policy which, in the words of…

17 hours ago

How the stock market defied expectations again this year, by the numbers

What a wonderful year 2024 has been for investors. U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried…

2 weeks ago

Editorial: 2024 problems will spill into 2025

The year is approaching its end and it is time to take a look back…

3 weeks ago