Hello All: I frequently, in fact almost always, let patients make decisions about therapy and I wonder if other therapists do the same. For example, today I explained to a patient that I could continue seeing her 5x/week, 3x/week or whatever else she wanted. To my surprise, the patient elected to decrease OT to 3x/week. Also, a couple weeks ago I left a patient with the statement that OT could only continue if the patient generated goals for himself. On the next visit, the patient told me his only goal was to "walk like a man". I explained that "walking" was a PT goal but that if he had any daily living goals, I could continue. He again stated that his only goal was walking. So, again to my surprise, I was left with no alternative but discharge. Also during evals, I leave the start of therapy up to the patient. I explain that I can see the patient or not, and it's up to them. I explain what I will do as far as general treatment but leave the decision to the patient.
Do others do this same thing? One thing I can say is that this approach does not make my supervisor very happy. I tend to have more than the normal amount of "eval only". Thanks, Ron ~~~ Ron Carson MHS, OT www.OTnow.com -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
