Hello Brent: The question of home health being the best practice setting is complicated.
In a perfect world, I say unequivocally "yes", but in the real world, I say "no". It seems to me that in home health, like other settings, OT has no TRULY unique and HIGHLY valued role. There seems to be very little that OT does which isn't already covered by either PT, nursing or the aide. Ron -- Ron Carson MHS, OT www.OTnow.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Brent Cheyne <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] hello company...it's misery calling! BC> RON: I related so well to your well written response to Ilene (Message BC> 4,2/21/09), I have a similar history to you and worked in the SNFs in BC> the late 1990's, but woe is me... I still do today. As you stated the BC> business model doesn't foster the best that OT can be as a profession. BC> It is very inflexible and stifles innovation, creativity, and quality in BC> favor of effeciency, profit, and bureaucratic compliance to Medicare BC> rules and regs which set the system up to be as lame as it is. Some how BC> I have found a way continue in this practice setting for almost 15 years BC> and have sought out the most high quality employers and facilities with BC> a bit of luck had good results. But I too am growing VERY WEARY BC> of all the issues you so effectively stated. I even spent one week as a BC> Rehab Manager and quit..it made me physically ill, tried o/p hand BC> therapy for 6months and was quite unsatisfied. I have thought of BC> leaving the SNF setting, but every now and then I get a patient or case BC> or two that goes so well and is so satisfying that it draws me back BC> in...it's like trying to leave the Mafia :), Ron do you think home BC> health is the best OT practice setting? -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
