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Understanding What Makes Senior Towns in Iowa “Smart” Posted Mar 7, 2023 – Iowa State University.  Ilona Matysiak, Sociology and Criminal Justice, matysiak@iastate.eduDavid Peters, Sociology and Criminal Justice, dpeters@iastate.edu, 515-294-6303 Rachel Cramer, rcramer@iastate.edu, 515-294-6136 AMES, IA — With the youngest baby boomers sliding into retirement, adults aged 65 and older are expected to outnumber children by 2030. The …

Read this article if you are thinking about offering Home Modification or Aging in Place services, are a mobile Med Part B therapist, thinking about becoming one, or why you should if you are not! Read More »

When you have been in the field as long as I have, you have the opportunity to bear witness to burnout among therapists, as well as a professional obligation to discuss it. From my vantage point, burnout was typically synonymous with therapists who have been in the industry for a long time. Therapists whose mantra is …

What Happened to Us – Burnout or Demoralization? You Decide Read More »

If you need help defending why you may need to ask for a fee increase, read this! It’s a good use of data to prove your point about increasing operating costs of running a practice. Here’s a practice that got some publicity from their local news channel discussing this. Reprinted from Spectrum News BY ALEXIS BELL CHARLOTTE …

Increasing Operation Costs Make it Difficult for Some Private Practices to Stay Open Read More »

Dollars for Their Thoughts – More Hospitals and Practices are Charging for Doctors’ Email Responses to Patient Queries Reprinted from the NY Times January 24, 2023 By Benjamin Ryan  Jan. 24, 2023 My two cents and then I encourage everyone to read the article. Practice owners know that their “non direct services” including phone calls, emails responses, video …

Cleveland Clinic Charges for Physician Email Responses – Why Aren’t You??? Read More »

The last 35 days have featured many news stories relating to Occupational Therapy that immediately captured my attention, and others in the field. But my reaction and perspective when reading them may be different, and hopefully, can serve as a wakeup call to the profession.   Instead of “that’s great”, ” how wonderful”, or “how sad”, …

When are OTs Going to Start to Use the News to Showcase themselves to the Public Read More »

At this juncture, the inflection point COVID caused for our industry is behind us. No more rear-view mirror talk to see whether you are back to 2019 levels. No one should want to go back to business as usual, when you can aim for better and more. The need for our services still exists and always will. …

That was Then,This is Now: Looking Ahead to 2023 Read More »

For those familiar with Groucho Marx’ famous line “I don’t want to belong to any club that would accept me as one of its members”, in my case the opposite has happened. I got booted out of 2 therapy Facebook groups within the last 2 years, groups I enjoyed being a member of.  Why go …

Cancel Culture Strikes Home – I Got Booted from 2 Facebook Groups! Read More »

New York State has announced a new refundable tax relief program for small businesses that target COVID-19-related expenses. The funds will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis until depleted. The COVID-19 Capital Costs Tax Credit Program is open to small independently owned businesses in New York State that have 100 employees or less, have …

NYS Practice Owners – Your Practice May Be Eligible for a Tax Credit Read More »

During my recent webinar on Coping Strategies to Overcome the Shortage of Therapists Looking for Work – Hiring, Recruitment, Retention and Engagement, one of the ideas discussed was offering assistance with helping to pay off student loans. The NYTimes recently had a great article by Ann Carrns discussing this. Here is a replay: Employers see …

Help Wanted: Help With Student Loans Given Read More »

Living longer can mean having a longer career, whether by choice or necessity. Stopping and starting isn’t easy, but it might be worth it. Reprinted from the NYTimes by Ron Lieber December 11 2021 You’re probably going to need to work longer than you imagined when you were first starting out. After all, you might live …

You’re Going to Work a Long Time. Here’s How to Build in Breaks. Read More »