Ron: You been a busy man!
Well, as I said- you will have to choose your own battle. It could be- 1. Brand- recognition/ true autonomous "professional" status equal to others, second to none 2. Direct access under Medicare/ Medicaid 3. Home health qualifying service under Medicare 4. Justifying the "occupation" in occupational therapy (if you truly believe that "occupation-based" therapy is the answer) 5. Making occupational therapy scientific/ evidence-based 6. Make OT the preferred hab & rehab services provider under the medical model or otherwise 7. Have the OT logo on the 'backpack' or, may be even the 'walker basket' 8. Establish OT as a holistic health service serving all age groups 9. Or, even re-name the profession- I personally feel had we gone with Ergo-therapy, it would have saved a lot of confusion today So, Ron, as your fellow soldier, I truly hope you will not quit the battlefield even though you can not see eye-to-eye with some of the commanders, and though the army may seem to be on the losing end and we are currently under heavy fire. So, which battle did you choose? We have to win the war. Joe Wells, OTR/L www.americare-health.com www.f-cot.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Carson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Joe Wells" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:40 PM Subject: Re: [OTlist] questions > Joe, this is toooooo good!!! > > What is the battle? > > =============================================== > Monday, April 17, 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Choose your battle, select your general, gather your logistics, >> declare war and.....fight! If you lose, at least you lose trying. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Change options? > www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com > > Archive? > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > Help? > [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]
