by Gina Elkins | Tuesday, November 13, 2018 | Clinical, Compliance, Culture
Post-Acute Care is in a season of change. In the Skilled Nursing Facility, we are facing a lot of change in the next year.First, while we are all preparing for PDPM, we need to take some time to review the Final Policy, Payment, and Quality Provisions Changes to the...
by Functional Pathways | Thursday, October 25, 2018 | Clinical, Compliance, Regulatory, Wellness
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) recently shared recommendations for providing evidence-based OT solutions. As we begin to set up our treatment sessions, we should always consider the client’s deficits and goals for achieving functional...
by Gina Elkins | Tuesday, October 23, 2018 | Clinical, Wellness
On June 18, 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a new International Classification of Diseases, Version 1.1 (ICD-11) but it won’t be until after 2022 that we will be expected to begin using the new codes. On the WHO website, the announcement states,...
by Functional Pathways | Thursday, October 18, 2018 | Clinical, Culture, Featured, Uncategorized
Erica Holt graduated from college with a degree as an occupational therapy assistant degree knowing she wanted to make a difference in long term care. After several years working as a staff clinician, she wanted to learn about operational and clinical management. At...
by Functional Pathways | Tuesday, October 16, 2018 | Clinical, Culture, Wellness
As occupational therapists, each of us has encountered a person who insisted on doing things “their way.” We’ve all seen the patient that rushes through a treatment stating, “The faster I get this done, the sooner I can get back to my room and lie down; I’m tired you...
by Jennifer Callahan | Thursday, October 4, 2018 | Clinical, Compliance, Wellness
Have you heard of IDDSI? It stands for International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative. It is a framework to standardize terminology and definitions for food textures and liquid thicknesses in order to avoid confusion often created by different names used to...
