Deb, Please take these questions not as a personal attack, but as an attempt to explore the issue further. I am not trying to hurt anyone's feelings, but I don't want to be called a functional therapist. I think the term is ambiguous and sacrifices the founding principles of a profession for an easy attempt at definition.
Based on your previous post would you answer the following: How then do you differentiate your self from other rehab disciplines? When a PT works on the mechanics of gait is this not functional? When an ST works on swallowing is this not functional? What makes OT a distinct profession in your view? Jimmie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Deb Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 1:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [OTlist] Long Rant about OT I have wished that occupational therapy COULD be called functional therapy. After over 25 years of practice this IS the term that means something to the patients, physicians, other healthcare providers, employers, human service agencies, and general public with whom I have been involved. In a two part television program that I helped make for our local community channel, the public feedback supported this also. Deb (Experience in nursing homes, a visiting nurse service, a community support program, for profit and non-profit home health, day treatment, establishment of an OT program in a half-way house, industrial rehabilitation, in-patient rehab., and out-patient services in various capacities including staff therapist and director (full, part-time, on-call, fill-in in Arizona, Minnesota, and Wisconsin). Also child of the 70's. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jimmie Arceneaux Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 8:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [OTlist] Long Rant about OT Hey Ron, An equally long and possibly offensive rant: I hate the term function! What exactly does that denote? You see a multitude of people now harping on such terms as "functional ambulation", "functional memory", functional mobility". functional range of motion, etc. It is silly. If there is such a thing as functional ambulation, would someone care to take a stab at defining non-functional ambulation? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.4 - Release Date: 3/7/2005 -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** NOTICE--The attached communication contains privileged and confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, DO NOT read, copy, or disseminate this communication. Non-intended recipients are hereby placed on notice that any unauthorized disclosure, duplication, distribution, or taking of any action in reliance on the contents of these materials is expressly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please delete this information in its entirety and contact the Amedisys Privacy Hotline at 1-866-518-6684. Also, please immediately notify the sender via e-mail that you have received this communication in error. *** -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
