Ron wrote on Monday, October 20, 2008 2:16 AM:
> Susanne: > > Tell us a little about Denmark's medical system and > your particular practice. Hi Ron! Short answer would be: A lot like Canada, I'm told. And, I wrote the group some weeks ago about my new job - which is in care, in a nursing home. But I worked for several years as an in-home support person/OT for people with TBI - guess that especially strengthened my "look at the whole family" view. It's not really assigned to (most) OT's here to be the ones to coordinate the different kinds of support needed - more often this is assigned to a social worker - but as we are often the (only) ones who can evaluate and describe the needs, and the "total situation", we often do set things in motion for some kind of family support (fx respite care). Can recommend, but usually not prescribe that - unless one is employed as a "visitator" of home health services - and a few OT's are, but still most are nurses. I guess I could tell you more if I got specific questions - finding the words to describe things in English is difficult for me... Medical system - hmmm - I'm not really part of that - only the OT's that work in hospitals are, I think. Aha - that might explain some of the difference, right? Warmly susanne, denmark -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
