RE: Outpatient clinic in senior living community

[Guest guest]

, I don't have any experience with this but my opinion is... that

it is a great idea!

You will provide a service to these people that will be very convenient

to them. It may be an incentive for someone who might not otherwise get

the therapy they need because it is too difficult for them to go to an

outpatient clinic elsewhere. You could positively affect the overall

health/wellness of the residents in that community just by having this

available to them, as you will surely be doing some marketing to them

with " prevention " talks, lunches, brochures, screenings, etc. This

increased awareness of how PT can help them, combined with the proximity

of your clinic to the folks, could have a great impact on their

recoveries. Think of all the patients we have seen that finished a

course of HH but then had no ride to an outpatient clinic, or gas costs

were too high, etc. etc.

I wish you all the best,

Sherri Welch, PT

swelch@...

McAlester OK

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From: PTManager [mailto:PTManager ] On

Behalf Of Neira

Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 12:15 PM

To: PTManager

Subject: Outpatient clinic in senior living community

Hi Group. This is another attempt to get your input!

I'm in the process of opening an outpatient clinic in a senior living

community that has independent and assistive living. I'm renting an

apartment in the independent side. There are several home health

agencies visiting patients in this facility that are getting contract

services with me. I can say that the real " outpatients " will be the

one that are not homebound or the one DC by home health agencies that

require more therapy services. Most of my caseload will be patients

from home health agencies that we see in their apartments or will be

transport by their caregiver/aid to the therapy clinic.

Please share with me your experiences-opinions about this matter.

Thank you in advance!!

Neira, PT ruben@...

Amigos Therapy Services, PLLC http://www.amigostherapy.com

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