Joan Riches wrote:
Hi All
Back to this thread.
Ron wrote > >From my experience and in my opinion, the person most 'right'
for OT is the person whose focus is not on their impairment, but on
their
disability or handicap. Occasionally, I run across patients like this
and they are a true occupational joy to work with.
I think he is absolutely right. Who are these people? I'm remembering a
lecture from OT school when we were told that most of the people we would
see would be those who had more than one problem and whose medical condition
would lead to a permanent or protracted change in physical and/or mental
abilities. Others would be those disabled from birth.
An observation that I have made re OT/PT is that most able, generally
healthy people have had some contact themselves or through people close to
them with a PT re temporary impairments especially athletic injuries. They
are usually productive, tax paying citizens or their children. ie the valued
powerful members of our society.
We are more likely to see people who are disadvantaged for a whole host of
reasons.
Is this a reason for our lower visibility?
Joan
Yes, I truly believe it is. The standard PT client/patient can
advertize, support and cheer on the PT's effectiveness - The majority of
our professions's clients/patients really can't.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Ron Carson
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 6:02 AM
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Subject: [OTlist] Characteristics of the "right" person for OT
Hello Eveyone:
Recently Joan mentioned that we might want to discuss the
characteristics of patients who right for OT. I think this is an
interesting topic and may be worthy of discussion, so I'll try and start
it off.
From my experience and in my opinion, the person most 'right' for OT is
the person whose focus is not on their impairment, but on their
disability or handicap. Occasionally, I run across patients like this
and they are a true occupational joy to work with.
But, these types of patients/referrals are few and far between. I think
that if there existed in this country a network of healthcare providers
whose primary focus was improving patients occupation, then OT would
have a great role. But for now, most of us don't work in such a model
but there are exceptions, I'm sure.
Ron
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