Sue, it's give me a 'warm' feeling to see you rant!!!! I wonder how your former classmates feel about what you say. Do you have any contact with them? What are their experiences?
----- Original Message ----- From: Sue Hossack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] Marketing Results SH> Hi Ron SH> Your experience with the in-patient rehab makes me frustrated too. The SH> whole time I was working in such a facility I argued against this sort SH> of thing. I do not do arm strengthening unless they need it!. If some SH> one has a hip fx, or THA, or even TKA, then I will work on SH> dressing/bathing techniques, walker management, energy conservation, SH> work simplification: or whatever they need to do. e.g. how to put SH> groceries away without bending over or falling I educated my COTA's on SH> this too, there was a tendency to do blanket treatment: arm exercises SH> and/or peg boards, rice etc. WHY???? The patients appreciated it too, SH> few of them could understand why they had to pull things out of rice, or SH> use the pulley system. Now that I am in home -health I see patients who SH> have come out of in-patient rehab and have no idea how to get into their SH> tub, but ask me why they had to spend time pulling marbles out of SH> theraputty, or being put on the new-step for 45 minutes when they were SH> in a facility? SH> I never say OT is above the waist, PT below, I emphasis the holistic SH> outlook of OT, I work a lot on seating and positioning; on transferring SH> sit-stand safely, especially from a chair without arm-rests; that is not SH> 'above the waist' therapy. Moving around the house safely with a walker, SH> making a meal and getting it to the table when you have a walker, these SH> are not 'above the waist issues'. I also emphasis cognitive and SH> visual-perception issues are in the realm of OT. SH> As for d/cing patients without OT, that is SO ridiculous! Now that they SH> are in their own home, with a typical tiny bathroom, the commode is too SH> low, they cannot get into the tub, they have a walker in a cramped SH> space, that is when OT is needed! SH> OK, that is my vent for the day SH> Sue SH> -- SH> Sue Hossack MOT, OTR/L, ATP SH> Occupational Therapist SH> http://www.ot-care.com -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ************************************************************************************** Enroll in Boston University's post-professional Master of Science for OTs Online. Gain the skills and credentials to propel your career. www.otdegree.com/otn **************************************************************************************
