Kumi Oya
Licensed Occupational Therapist, USA
Biography
Kumi is a licensed occupational therapist, a creative arts therapist and a consultant. She has worked in hospitals and dementia care facilities both in Japan and the United States for many years. She has provided socio-emotional support and rehabilitation to those living with mental/cognitive challenges due to dementia, stroke, traumatic brain injury, and so on, through therapeutic and creative modalities. As a consultant, Kumi has also supported family members of people living with dementia and organizations in implementing and integrating cultural humility and creative arts into their systems and standard of care practices.
Abstract
Abstract : Cultural humility in healthcare: Finding cultural humility in ourselves