It has been pounded into me daily that we must treat each patient as a distinct individuals with distinct goals for rehab. Each patient is evaluated and asked about their goals for rehab (what is important to them) then we go about making sure that therapy revolves around those goals. If a patient values cooking and has a life role that revolves around that we make every effort to incorporate meaningful experiences into the patients rehab sessions by having them performing some sort of cooking or developing strategies to get a patient to the point that they can return to life roles (ex. cooking) once discharged. Functional therapy is different for each person. The closer we are to a cookie cutter approach to therapy, the farther away we get from functional activity. That is the only way I can explain it.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Ron Carson Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 18:41 To: Diane Randall Subject: Re: [OTlist] The Saddest OT Statement I've Ever Heard Dianne, thanks for your feedback. Will you give us some examples of what you mean by "everything revolves around function"? Thanks, Ron -- Ron Carson MHS, OT www.OTnow.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Diane Randall <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] The Saddest OT Statement I've Ever Heard DR> Wow..I am interning in adult rehab right now and UE therex is only used for DR> people who really need it. Been there six weeks and everything revolves DR> around function. DR> -----Original Message----- DR> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on DR> Behalf Of Ron Carson DR> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 18:40 DR> To: [email protected] DR> Subject: [OTlist] The Saddest OT Statement I've Ever Heard DR> Today, I met a new PT assistant who was just starting with our home DR> health company. He was just finishing with a patient as I was starting DR> my evaluation. The PTA came from 20 years of geriatric rehab and rehab DR> experiences. DR> About 1/2 through my eval he said to me, and I quote: "I'm not use to DR> OT's working on functional things". He went on to say that at his rehab DR> facility, the OT's mainly did UE exercises. DR> "Living life to the fullest". What a crock! DR> Ron DR> -- DR> Ron Carson MHS, OT DR> www.OTnow.com DR> -- DR> Options? DR> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com DR> Archive? DR> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] DR> -- DR> Options? DR> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com DR> Archive? DR> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
