I just started working with a middle age woman with multiple problems including history of CVA, kidney failure with multiple organ transplants, IDDM. I just evaled her last week. In fact this patient is horror story #933,533, which I earlier posted.
This woman sort of has a disability mindset, so I've been working on empowering and enabling occupations. Part of my approach today was having the patient identify what the next day's treatment session would be. I asked her to tell me in the morning what specifically she wanted to work on. I suggested it could be anything like cooking, car transfers, using the computer, etc. The bottom line was for HER to decide the direction of the tx. The patient was previously active on the computer so I asked her to e-mail me her input. This evening I got her message and here's what it says: "my next goal is to walk" So, what's a good UE therapist going to do with this goal? <LOL> Ron -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
