Deficits or Abilities?

re: Deficits or Abilities?

Tim Banish — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:52:21 GMT

Thanks for the comments Gary-

Just as a follow up to this story this person will be returning home this week to a well designed suite attached to a family members home. The large suite includes a separate living room, bedroom, and bathroom. There are security alarms on all doors, and a camera with audio which can be monitored from the master bedroom. The bathroom includes a raised toilet with a versa-frame, grab bars and hydraulic bath bench. It's really the ultimate set up!

re: Deficits or Abilities?

Gary Markum — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:01:26 GMT

Tim: WOW. What a great experience, and a wonderful teaching tool for all OT's. It speaks to all of us in this field how we can adapt to patients needs no matter the trauma. I love this experience. Keep up the good work. Gary

re: Deficits or Abilities?

Gary — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:53:13 GMT

I have been a COTA 14 years. It seems to me with the changes in healthcare we need to address almost daily, the last thing we need to consider is changing our credentials. Let us focus on the positave impact we have on our patients and our profession. I love what I do and cant imagine doing anything else.

re: Deficits or Abilities?

Tim Banish — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:07:00 GMT

Matt-

Thanks for your nice comments on my blog. I truly enjoy sharing and commenting on the COTA world.

I have done one blog on the challenges of being a male COTA in a female dominated profession. (see the Sept. 18, 2008 post) Although it deals more with the treatment of female clients, it does touch on the fact that as a male sometimes we do get rejections when asked to do personal care with a female.

BTW- the current percentages of female/male COTA's is 95%/5%.

Good Luck with your studies-

re: Deficits or Abilities?

Matt Williams — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:06:47 GMT

Tim,

Just wanted to drop you a line and say how much I've enjoyed reading your blog over the last few months--especially this one (3/12-Deficits or Abilities?)

I'm most likely going to be applying to the COTA program here at Austin Community College in a few months.

You're a good writer, and your blogs are a nice blend of reporting and commenting. The length of your blogs is just right. I like the positive way you end, too, with the "Hope all your thoughts are good" line.

I would be interested if sometime you might do a blog about being a male COTA in a female-dominated profession. Are there any particular challenges and/or advantages? How does that effect your work with your patients and fellow therapists? Just wondering . . .

Just wanted to let you know that someone, somewhere out there in cyberworld, is learning something from your sharing.

All the best,

Matt W.

Austin, TX