I like David's explanation, a lot. It rings true with my thoughts and philosophy as well. And, for what it's worth, Neal, your socialization treatment for that SNF patient was OT.
Not to add fuel to the fire, Ron, but you'll love this one: I arrived at a patient's home yesterday at the agreed time to find the PT already beginning her treatment. The PT has been on the case (s/p right THR secondary to hardware failure of previous ORIF) for about 2 weeks already. The best I could tell from observing her treatment "in the background" as I interviewd the caregivers and began to assess the living spaces, I deduced that she was working on "functional mobility" which I absolutely address as part of my plan, i.e. how can I not address that if we're loooking at safe, independent toileting as a goal? But, when I arrived for my initial OT evaluation, the patient was understandably confused. The PT jumped in and offered the following explanation: "Oh, he's the arm guy." Have a nice day, feelin' your pain.....Bill Maloney, OTR -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
