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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: Thursday, August 13, 2009 8:55 PM To: Ron Carson Subject: Re: [OTlist] Even PT's Think OT's Do Too Much ThereEx... <LOL> This is the response I sent to the PT. It didn't get posted. I thought it was kind of clever, but I'm sure not everyone appreciates the humor. RC> Tell the OT's to stop doing therex. That's the realm of PT. Instead, RC> the OT SHOULD be working on daily occupation and specific barriers RC> inhibiting the patient's goal(s). RC> RC> Therex and OT go together like Obama and healthcare reform - they RC> don't RC> RC> RC> Ron Carson MHS, OT RC> Hope Therapy Services, LLC RC> www.HopeTherapyServices.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Carson <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 To: OTlist <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] Even PT's Think OT's Do Too Much ThereEx... <LOL> RC> Once again, this is taken from another listserve and is written by a RC> PT: >> In the IRF setting, what percentage of your patients' OT services >> are ADL training each day? What are typical staffing schedules for >> your OTs? What do you see happening regularly as functional training >> tasks other than basic dressing/bathing tasks? I have a couple of >> staff that seem to be in a rut. I see my OTs doing what I percieve >> to be too much basic ther ex and too few ADL tasks. I am looking for >> data/statistics from other IRF settings to give them an idea of what >> is typical and expected from an ADL perspective. How much of your >> OTs' time is spent in patient rooms with ADLs vs. in the gym with >> ther ex? RC> Now we have a PT questioning that OT is spending too much time doing RC> EXERCISES..... too funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RC> Not funny at all. Just plain sad! RC> -- RC> Options? RC> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com RC> Archive? RC> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
