I would address underlying impairments that impact work, leisure, home/community management. Aspects such as medication management, incontinence management, coping skills and stress management re: injury; AAA has a basic driver-prescreening for seniors; shopping, obvious orthopedic and neuro aspects that limit ADL hand/UE function, continue with mobility retraining as it impacts daily routines/activities. You may find having to use PAm's, cognitive assessments, hand/ue standardized assessments. Tx approaches from biomechanical, Motor control Theory, NDT?PNF, Neuro Stretch type of soft tissue interventions...Suggest you use/provide evidence-based interventions to support validity of approaches. Use some sort of Outcome instrument ... Best wishes! Carmen
----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Carson<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 2:56 PM Subject: [OTlist] Suggestions... Next week, I am meeting with a nationally-known outpatient clinic to discuss the possibility of my company providing OT services at their clinic. I don't really know how to present myself. It seems that I practice in such non-traditional ways, I just can't see where my services will fit in. At the moment, the clinic has no OT services (which is pretty amazing), so I assume (???) that they want an OT to do the traditional OT stuff of UE physical dysfunction. I have not done that type of treatment in many years. Primarily what I have been doing is mobility related daily living skills. Stuff like transfers and ambulation - probably what many people call PT. I have lots of diversity in my practice, including lymphedema treatment, wound care, and dementia care but the mobility stuff is what I have been mostly doing. Now, how can I market THAT to a PT clinic? What can I market? I am just trying to get some ideas before meeting with the clinic director. Ron -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com<http://www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com> Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
