I am with you about the UE problem in rehab but I really need to know how we can fix this...I have 14 patients to see within 6 hours, some are ADL's but I cannot have one on one treatments most of the time. I cannot do a shower transfer and have 6 patients waiting in the gym. I am kind of at a loss and wondering what a typical gym SNF would look like in ideal circumstances. I think a lot of blame is one therapists when we are the ones in the trenches just trying to get the minutes in and figuring out how to do it and it is the corporate structure that has forced UE rehab into the SNFs as a majority treatment by packing the gym full of patients each day. Home health is totally different. There is so much you can do one on one especially within the home. I am doing my best and frankly...I am Peds is my first love and I will be dong outpatient one on one in a a clinic full-time by sept. I will continue PRN in the SNF but it is overwhelming at times.
-----Original Message----- From: otlist-boun...@otnow.com [mailto:otlist-boun...@otnow.com]on Behalf Of cmnahrw...@aol.com Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 18:02 To: OTlist@OTnow.com Subject: Re: [OTlist] Vision ~vs~ Reality Well put Shirley! I wish all OTs would have an understanding of their own profession. You seem to understand the concept, and you are not even in the profession. What has Ron done in his treatment sessions with your daughter that has made the most impact for her well being and her independence? Thank you so much for sharing your insight. Chris Nahrwold -----Original Message----- From: shirley roberson <lrih...@yahoo.com> To: OTlist@OTnow.com Sent: Thu, Jul 23, 2009 7:40 am Subject: Re: [OTlist] Vision ~vs~ Reality Unfortunatly I probably would not have been inpressed. I say that because we had OT's in the hospital and in rehab, they did just what you explained....focused on the upper extremities and it did not help my daughter very much. By that I mean it did not help her to get back to the normal way of doing things, it did not put her whole body together. I know that sounds a little unprofessional, but that's the way I see it. Seems when a patient, especially like my daughter, has been in bed for so long, they have forgotten how everything works together. Shirley --- On Thu, 7/23/09, Ron Carson <rdcar...@otnow.com> wrote: From: Ron Carson <rdcar...@otnow.com> Subject: Re: [OTlist] Vision ~vs~ Reality To: "shirley roberson" <OTlist@OTnow.com> Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 7:41 AM Shirley, what if I did OT the way past20OT's had done? If I focused treatment on the upper extremity would you still say "we are beginning to see how well OT works for our loved ones"? Just to remind everyone, Shirley is the mother of a patient that I'm seeing. She has been exposed to a LOT a therapy. ----- Original Message ----- From: shirley roberson <lrih...@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 To: OTlist@OTnow.com <OTlist@OTnow.com> Subj: [OTlist] Vision ~vs~ Reality sr> Ron, sr> sr> Maybe somehow you could inform the public..? I sure have learned sr> about OT this past year. I know this week when I told my sr> son-in-law to contact the agency and ask for you, he was given first sr> a CNA and then a PT, but I had to have him call again to get you, sr> the OT. It seems that as patients and family we are beginning to sr> see how well OT works for our loved ones, but for whatever reason, sr> the agencies want to send out personnel as ie: 1,2,3 and the OT seems to be 3. sr> Shirley -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/otlist@otnow.com -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/otlist@otnow.com -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/otlist@otnow.com -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/otlist@otnow.com
