COTA Thoughts : October 2008

OT Job Debate October 27, 2008 3:50 PM by Tim Banish: One of the biggest topics on a couple of the forums I follow has been job availability. One post states jobs are easy to find, then the next post says there are very few jobs out there. Glancing over the job postings on several sites is as confusing as Read More...
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COTA Pay for Part-Time Work October 20, 2008 3:39 PM by Tim Banish: I guess that some COTA's work just part time? I do note that the hourly pay scale for working as a temp, contractor, or a travelling therapist is quite a bit higher than COTA's who work full time or are salaried. I have done contract work for some time, Read More...
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Why Don’t We? October 15, 2008 11:02 AM by Tim Banish: Today I wanted to address the topic of why some people don't get a wake up call when things go wrong. What I mean by this is when you have a major catastrophe in your life, why doesn't it spark us to make some changes? Being humans, we do have the tendency Read More...
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Are Your Patients Set-Up to Fail? October 2, 2008 10:13 AM by Tim Banish: Going along with the increased number of minutes that most companies want to obtain a high RUG category for your patients, do you find that sometimes the evaluating therapist has to include some goals that you know a patient will probably never achieve? Read More...
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