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The Future of the COTA
October 22, 2009 3:46 PM by Tim Banish
Healthcare reform, the economic depression, reduced insurance reimbursements, Medicare and Medicaid cutbacks, how will this affect the future of the COTA? Some people are quite nervous right now, thinking that Obama's healthcare reform will eliminate Read More...
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Change of Heart
October 11, 2009 10:02 PM by Tim Banish
Well, I must admit that talking to others with different experiences and listening to the other side of the story is one good way to learn. This past weekend my thoughts were changed on the health care reform issues, and simply by listening to another Read More...
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Changes in Long Term Care Funding
October 5, 2009 8:26 PM by Tim Banish
Changes in Medicare funding for skilled nursing facilities happened just a few days ago on October 1 st . These changes will cut deeper into the budgets of all Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF's), but the impact will be felt more in smaller SNF's. With Read More...
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Uninformed Families
September 26, 2009 5:14 PM by Tim Banish
Sometimes family members of some of my patients are so clueless it really makes me wonder what they are thinking. Some seem to think therapy is a magic bullet, and we can cure any problem. In the past, there have been a couple of real backward thinking Read More...
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Progress Notes
September 21, 2009 9:30 PM by Tim Banish
Probably one of the hardest things to learn as a therapist is writing progress notes. If you're involved in long term care, then you know these are a requirement from Medicare and insurance companies. Documentation of their patient's progress is normally Read More...
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Why I Love OT
September 13, 2009 8:53 PM by Tim Banish
Actually there are lots of reasons. The people you meet and work with. Those unforgettable moments when a patient is able to complete a task for the first time. Those funny moments. And so many more. Working in OT you get to meet some of the nicest people. Read More...
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Healthcare Reform Issues
August 22, 2009 1:51 PM by Tim Banish
News from some of the town hall meetings that have been happening around the country reminds me of the Vietnam War protests of the late 60's. Large organized groups of people protesting issues with proposed government actions. There were protesters carrying Read More...
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A Day in the Life, Part II
August 9, 2009 10:59 PM by Tim Banish
Well, here is Part Two of the typical day of mine. Sorry there were a few blogs between since I promised this as the next one when I wrote Part One. Issues that I thought were more important than one of my boring days got blogged about first though. The Read More...
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Chicken Wings
August 5, 2009 11:38 PM by Tim Banish
No I'm not thinking about the kind you might find at a restaurant covered with barbeque sauce. What I'm referring to today is a method that many people use to transfer patients. I have always detested the transferring people this way, and swear that some Read More...
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Euthanasia
July 26, 2009 9:34 PM by Tim Banish
I know, kind of a sick topic for a blog, huh? However were you aware that Congress is currently discussing this topic as a part of the Health Care Reform bill? Yes it's true, now the government wants to tell us when we need to end our life and stop being Read More...
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Another Hit on Medicare Funding
July 19, 2009 10:47 PM by Tim Banish
Well, I see that Congress has cut another $40 Billion out of Medicare funding. That is for 2010, and over the next ten years the cuts will total $556 Billion! It sure sounds to me like PPS II is here, and it's hitting just as the baby boomer generation Read More...
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A Day in the Life
July 10, 2009 11:24 PM by Tim Banish
The alarm goes off so you roll over and get out of bed; it's time to head to work. This process, repeated five times per week or more, is the typical American employees' life. We work to earn the money we need to pay the bills we create when we are not Read More...
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Falls in Long Term Care
June 23, 2009 10:41 PM by Tim Banish
I've been sitting here on the side of my bed for ten minutes now. I really got to go. It must have taken me five minutes just to sit up. I've been so weak since my hip surgery and catching pneumonia. I really have to go, bad. I wonder what's taking the Read More...
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1000 Excuses
June 6, 2009 3:40 PM by Tim Banish
Do you ever have those patients that have an excuse for everything? Why they can't do this, why they can't do that. The ones who have more excuses than Fred Sammons has reachers? You probably know the type of person I'm talking about. They are usually Read More...
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What’s Our Job?
June 4, 2009 10:09 PM by Tim Banish
As a COTA, I've always thought my job was to get people better so they can resume their life. What ever they need that I, as an OT, can offer to help them achieve that goal is what I want them to have. Of course with geriatric rehab, most of the patients' Read More...
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