[OTlist] Aging in place

2009-06-10 Thread angela jones
Hello all, Can anyone give me info concerning becoming an aging in place specialist...as an OT? I found the course requirements, CEU requirements etc but would like more specifically to know if we need M.D. orders in order to provide this service and what items I would need to consider if I

[OTlist] Dental Hygienst Knows About OT...

2009-06-10 Thread Ron Carson
Today at 8:00 AM, I dad the utterly "ucky" duty of visiting the dentist. The hygienist saw my name tag and actually recognized that I was an occupational therapist. She then kindly proceeds to tell me of her ONE experience with OT. She says: While taking my friend to a PT appoint

[OTlist] picture cook book

2009-06-10 Thread Sherry Franchi
Re: Picture Cook Book Sarah, I do not know of a published cookbook as you are describing however, I created my own for a similar population using Google Images to locate pics of food and food products. I then pasted the pics into simplified recipes based on the food preferences of the person

Re: [OTlist] W/C evals

2009-06-10 Thread Ron Carson
Lots of good questions. I'll answer to the best of my ability: JT> I read somewhere that we needed some type of credentials At one time, Medicare was going to require that all w/c evals be done only by people holding an ATP credential. This never came to fruition, so no

Re: [OTlist] Welcome to Our Newest Member(s)

2009-06-10 Thread Ron Carson
Hey Ed: To me, functional therapist is even more generic than an occupational therapist. As we've discussed, OCCUPATION has much more meaning and depth. Of course, the problem is that people, even OT's, don't understand that. I'm for staying with occupational therapist but having

[OTlist] W/C evals

2009-06-10 Thread Juan Turcios
Hello all, I have more medicare questions for you. Are there any requirements that we (OT's) must have to perform w/c evaluations? I read somewhere that we needed some type of credentials. When I use to do the evals (more than 8yrs ago) I remember that I spent about 45-60 minutes doing the measure

Re: [OTlist] Welcome to Our Newest Member(s)

2009-06-10 Thread pat
Wow... that's a lot of new members! A very warm welcome to all of you, and I hope that you will jump in with any topics or questions you have on your mind, as well as answers. Pat -Original Message- >From: Ron Carson >Sent: Jun 8, 2009 4:43 AM >To: OTlist@OTnow.com >Subject: [OTlist]