Is it possible to care for a patient when you know they really do not need occupational therapy services? Unfortunately, this is a common ethical dilemma occupational therapists face on the job. There are times where you will find yourself torn between advocating for a patient but you know they are not appropriate for therapy. Typically […]
Ethics: We all remember taking an ethics course in school, and we talk about it on a regular basis. Most of us who decided to become occupational therapists are intrinsically “good” people, so it’s really tough to think we may be faced with difficult situations that could blur our ethical boundaries. Our field is seeming to […]
You always want to be sure that what you’re working on with your patients requires truly skilled occupational therapy and also provides them with the best possible outcome. We also need to ensure our services are skilled and medically necessary; that they require an OT to complete the intervention (we want to avoid a denial at all costs!). […]
If you’re looking for advice for achieving occupational therapy productivity targets, you’re in the right place. Having worked as an OT in geriatrics, inpatient rehab, and SNF’s, I wanted to give this topic the attention it deserves. I feel it is SUCH a hard aspect of being an OT (maybe the hardest aspect!) and really seems […]