It is a waste of energy to engage in this kind of venting with no pro-active solutions to offer. I hope sharing your frustrations will help you re-charge and move on... Carmen ----- Original Message ----- From: Caryn Carson<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 5:32 AM Subject: Re: [OTlist] my own long winded non sensical rant
Sounds kinda polyannaish to me...everythings fine, just don't complain...just because someone doesn't like the way things are at AOTA totally and expresses it, doesn't mean they aren't active in change themselves. You don't have to like everything AOTA does and still be a supporter overall and financially. Sharing frustrations with other OT's can be therapeutic (OT) in itself. When you hear someone come across a difficult or frustrating situation you know you aren't alone. It seems to me to give a sense of community with OT. Ignoring the difficulties and frustrations is like the white elephant. Everyone knows it's there, but doesn't want to say anything so they don't have to do anything about it. When you tackle the tough issues, you really are not sitting on the couch!! Calling the Dr and case manager to explain and straighten things out is not being passive and just complaining. Carmen Aguirre wrote: >How can we help you find the motivation to take action/ share ideas with AOTA and feel adequately represented? We sit in a comfortable couch and complaint. What actions can you take to solve the situation.. We need to make choices in our careers that actually help us improve and deliver excellence...I don't see how attacking AOTA, and not be active participant in the solutions would ever help us >Carmen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Caryn Carson<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 4:27 AM > Subject: Re: [OTlist] my own long winded non sensical rant > > > Aren't "those AOTA people" supposed to be the the practitioners voices? > Identification comes from the top. How about OT awareness instead of > backpack awareness. > > Carmen Aguirre wrote: > > >What can you do to help solve the problem? > >It is really easy for all of us to sit and complaint about the endless disappointments we have encountered in our practice. I am sure there are more coming... > >The question is: What can we do to help solve the problem? Cont Ed in Occupational Based intervention?, Study groups with our peers re: Occupational Based assessments/interventions?, Contact a local shelter and have patients collect/make/ help with need?. Collect and box coats for the local homeless shelters ? > >volunteer with our state associations? Mentor a student? Mentor a peer?, continue to do a dis-service to our clients and pretend/wish we were P.T's? ... > >How can we, the very practitioners affected by this lack of identity, produce the change in our daily practice? Each one of us has the answer, not "...those AOTA people..." > >Carmen > > > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > From: Joe Wells<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> > > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>> > > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 4:21 PM > > Subject: Re: [OTlist] my own long winded non sensical rant > > > > > > Chris: > > > > A moratorium on Part B caps is expected hopefully before Jan 1. > > > > This is what was posted on the AOTA website today: > > Cap Moratorium in Jeopardy; Action Needed Now > > Congress may not pass a bill on Medicare by January 1, so grassroots action > > is needed NOW to pressure members to address the cap in December. > > > > Joe Wells, OT > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chris Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>> > > To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>>> > > Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 2:18 PM > > Subject: Re: [OTlist] my own long winded non sensical rant > > > > > > > Well it's really easy to tell someone to snap out of it. Sounds like > > > common OT depression to me and you are far from alone. I have beeen in the > > > profession for 8 years--five in school based. I left because I couldn't > > > please the teachers who wanted one thing and I couldn't please the > > > parents. They were either in denial (the lower incomes ones) since I was > > > working with preschoolers and I was the first one to tell them their kids > > > weren't perfect. The middle class parents always wanted endless therapy > > > and nothing satisfied them. I had a great time with the kids who always > > > enjoyedworking with me. Now I have been in long term care at a number of > > > facilites and done a great deal of PRN as well and once again I found > > > myself discouraged. I too have seen 99% exercise based therapy. I have > > > done some activities when I was in a small facility and the only OT. But > > > when I work with other OTs they don't want to do anything but exercise and > > > minimum adls. I want to go to a facility that uses > > > occupation to see what they do, I am sick and tired of AOTA people and > > > educators saying basically just do occupation without telling us what to > > > do specifically. I just started doing homehealth and find once again. > > > Everyone wants a HH aide to bath them or they are very happy with sponge > > > bathing. Most are elderly and unmotivated. Most days I wish I had the > > > money to go back to school to become a PT. OT looks great on paper just > > > like you said. Funny I just came to the same realization a few weeks ago > > > and was talking about the same thing to a friend who works at a SNF with > > > lots of modalities. She said if it wasn;tfor using all these treatments > > > she would feel like a fraud, too.Gee, I guess I didn't provide much > > > encouragement either. I think therapists need to get together and brain > > > storm. 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