What is the activity card sort format? ----- Original Message ----- From: Carmen Aguirre <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] Empowering Your Patients...
CA> 90% of the time I let the patient pick the goals of treatment ( I CA> follow the COPM or activity card sort format) CA> 10% familiy or caregivers decide what the outcome should be ( SNF-advanced dementia clients) CA> Carmen CA> >> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:48:47 -0400 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [OTlist] Empowering Your Patients... >> >> I essentially do the same with proviso that I have sent communication >> notes to other team members and asking for their assist as to progress >> and if/when it may be appropriate to re-eval. >> >> >> Neal C. Luther,OTR/L >> Advanced Home Care, Burlington Office >> 1-336-538-1194, xt 6672 >> [email protected] >> >> Home Care is our Business...Caring is our Specialty >> >> >> >> P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail >> >> The information contained in this electronic document from Advanced Home >> Care is privileged and confidential information intended for the sole use of >> [email protected]. If the reader of this communication is not the intended >> recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the >> intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, >> distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you >> have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the >> person listed above and discard the original.-----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Ron Carson >> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 10:20 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [OTlist] Empowering Your Patients... >> >> 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] CA> _________________________________________________________________ CA> Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. CA> http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1a_explore_042009 CA> -- CA> Options? CA> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com CA> Archive? CA> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
