Sounds to me like you're facility is RUGG'ing everyone at high/very high. Is that appropriate for your averagae 91 yo?
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 Brent Cheyne Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 6:53 AM To: Ron Carson Subject: [OTlist] A Typical Day, Is this Normal? There have been some very excellent and insightful posts recently and I need to go back and read them a second time before I respond..very thought provoking.... Over the past "busy season" at my place of work I've been having a very challenging caseload. Please review the circumstances and decide if it is a normal/comfortable work condition In an 8 hour day I have to treat and do daily notes, 1 weekly note, attend 1 weekly staff meeting and attend 1-2 care plan meetings. 1. 91 yo female, femur fx nwb-max assist ADL, wants to go home alone-60min 2 91 yo female, sternal fx max assist ADL, want to go home alone-60 min (Eval today) 3 85 yo female, total knee replacement ADL with supervision but encouragement 45min 4 82 yo female, distal radial fracture-ADL with minimal assit-home alone-60 min 5 81 yo male, total hip revision-ADL with minimal assist and encourge- to live alone 60 min 6 77 you female, CVA Aphasic right hemi- max assist self care- to live with spouse -60 min 7 63 yo female, Multiple sclerosis, max assist ADL, home with spouse, 60 min 8 74 yo femal, CVA right hemi-max assist ADL, r/oSNF placement , 60 minutes 9 65 yo male, Parkinson stand by assist ADL, home with spouse who works, 60 min So I'm scheduled to see these people today... about 465 minutes of treatment,5/9 patiens are maximal assist, all this week, did this all last week Does this sound like a reasonable and appropriate schedule? Am I going to be able to get through it and still provide that meaningful and effective, individualized treatment that will create a great public relations image? Give me some feedback Brent -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
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