Carissa Roca

Carissa Roca is a Great Neck, New York based therapist who is specialized in Physical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapy. Active license number of Carissa Roca is 024583 for Occupational Therapy in New York. Her current practice location is 475 Northern Blvd Ste 19, Great Neck. Patients can reach her at 516-829-0030 or can fax her at 516-466-7723. Carissa Roca is OTR/L in Physical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapy and her NPI number (Unique professional ID assigned by NPPES) is 1376179028.
Carissa Roca experts at helping people lead as independent a life as possible. Occupational therapists bring an understanding of the physical and psychological implications of illness and injury and their effects on peoples' ability to perform the tasks of daily living. Occupational therapists provide interventions that can aide a person in completing ADL and IADL tasks, such as dressing, bathing, preparing meals, and driving. They also may fabricate custom orthotics to improve function, evaluate the environment for safety hazards and recommend adaptations to remove those hazards, help a person compensate for cognitive changes, and build a persons' physical endurance and strength. Occupational therapists' knowledge of adapting tasks and modifying the environment to compensate for functional limitations is used to increase the involvement of clients and to promote safety and success.