I really like the concept of "becoming the door"!!!!!! Ron
~~~ Ron Carson MHS, OT www.OTnow.com ----- Original Message ----- From: cmnahrw...@aol.com <cmnahrw...@aol.com> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 To: OTlist@OTnow.com <OTlist@OTnow.com> Subj: [OTlist] Standing cac> I bet if you get a string of people like Shirley, they would have to cac> listen. Really dumb not to. Easy for me to say though. All of my cac> bosses and even the higher ups are OTs, so we have a major advantage. cac> Perhaps that is another way to get our foot in the door. Become the cac> door. cac> -----Original Message----- cac> From: Ron Carson <rdcar...@otnow.com> cac> To: cmnahrw...@aol.com <OTlist@OTnow.com> cac> Sent: Sun, Aug 30, 2009 3:18 pm cac> Subject: Re: [OTlist] Standing cac> As a rule, people are resistant to change. And even worse than cac> people, cac> institutions are VERY resistant to change. cac> Shirley, the mother of a home health patient, wrote an e-mail to the cac> CEO of cac> my home health company explaining how difficult it was for the cac> patient to cac> get OT started. Personally, I have heard nothing from my company about cac> this cac> situation. I wonder why? cac> ----- Original Message ----- cac> From: cmnahrw...@aol.com <cmnahrw...@aol.com> cac> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 cac> To: OTlist@OTnow.com <OTlist@OTnow.com> cac> Subj: [OTlist] Standing cac>> Because some people do not understand what we truly do. The only cac> way cac>> they will see the contribution is through the voice of the patient. cac> -- cac> Options? cac> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com cac> Archive? cac> www.mail-archive.com/otlist@otnow.com cac> -- cac> Options? cac> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com cac> Archive? cac> www.mail-archive.com/otlist@otnow.com -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/otlist@otnow.com