Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy works with patients from birth to end of life to help regain lost function as a result of injury or disability that keeps them from completing daily activities they need and/or want to do.

Our Occupational Therapist at Clarke County Hospital is highly skilled in evaluating, designing, and implementing a treatment plan that is appropriate to each individual's needs in the following areas:

Daily self-care and home management difficulties including:

  • Dressing
  • Bathing
  • Feeding
  • Toileting
  • Cooking
  • Laundry

Hand and upper extremity conditions such as:

  • Shoulder injuries and pain
  • Elbow, forearm and hand injuries
  • Nerve injuries
  • Tendon injuries
  • Repetitive stress injuries
  • Worker's Compensation injuries
  • Arthritis
  • Basic custom splinting needs

Rehabilitation following a neurological event such as:

  • Stroke
  • Spinal cord injury
  • Brain injury
  • Parkinson' disease

Our Occupational Therapist also works with individuals' needs in the following areas:

  • Ergonomics Assessments
  • General strengthening and reconditioning following an injury
  • Low vision
  • Decline in Cognition
  • Pediatrics
  • Developmental delay
  • ADHD

Don't let limitations hold you back. If you or a loved one are facing challenges in completing daily tasks, talk with your primary care provider about a referral to our Occupational Therapist. For more information about Occupational Therapy Services at Clarke County Hospital, please call (641) 342-5340.

Meet our Occupational Therapist

Jenna Hunt, MOT, OTR/L, has been an Occupational Therapist at Clarke County Hospital for about two years. She received her undergraduate and Master’s degrees at the College of Saint Mary in Omaha, NE, for her occupational therapy education. She has been practicing general OT since 2016 but specializes in upper extremity rehabilitation.

Jenna was born and raised in Iowa; however, she moved away for several years to pursue career opportunities in South Dakota and Texas before returning home to work in south central IA. She enjoys spending time with family, especially her son, as well as her two dogs, Kota and Kam.

Jenna’s goal is to serve patients of all ages to get them back to doing what they love to do by removing barriers and fostering independence in all areas. She hopes your time at CCH will be enjoyable and strives to make every patient feel welcome and a top priority.