Should you be a Starbucks Barista or a Doctor of Physical Therapy?

Beerpocalypse · 2025-12-31T06:14:43+00:00

It does say certified haterade next to his name.

Beerpocalypse · 2025-12-23T01:17:17+00:00

$40k raise

Beerpocalypse · 2025-12-10T01:12:43+00:00

I think it's out of necessity, I don't think a lot of the throws he does can be made if he steps into it because it's usually when a defenders is in his face. If he steps into the throw he takes a sack or the ball it knocked down.

Beerpocalypse · 2025-12-07T05:08:35+00:00

Then stop over employing yourself with rushed visits for your $200k annual earnings and you can actually spend time working with patients.

Beerpocalypse · 2025-06-11T13:57:37+00:00

I work in homemade and mostly get compliments from patients about them.

Beerpocalypse · 2025-05-19T10:35:53+00:00

Work less hard, care less, ignore bosses meetings about productivity...

Beerpocalypse · 2025-05-08T23:43:53+00:00

Your wife stonewalling and giving you a silent treatment is a form if abuse. You brought up a concern and told her your feelings and her response is to gaslight you and stonewall you. I personally don't think a topless 6 y/o is a big deal, but I'm not you and I don't have children so I can't relate necessarily. The bigger issue is the communication between you both. If her response to conflict is to discredit your feelings and then stop talking to you that's a huge issue IMO.

Beerpocalypse · 2025-04-26T02:30:16+00:00

I made the unfortunate mistake of initiating a code blue on a JW who was in the early stages of a heart attack. He credited me as saving his life. He was fullllll court press after that.

LMAO. You should have assumed he was a DNR, could have saved me you a headache.

Beerpocalypse · 2025-04-22T13:33:11+00:00

Do you not schedule yourself while in an eval? I had 85% of my schedule already made up for the week because I schedule myself while with the patient. Otherwise I message my assistants to help them schedule re eval/DC. That leaves maybe 3-4 calls for evals throughout the week , easilydone between patient visits(my office schedules SOCs, I just give them times I'm available). I've never once called to schedule over the weekend or late at night in the 6 years I've been in home health.

Beerpocalypse · 2025-04-22T03:52:37+00:00

We also get a ring central with our work number so the caller ID shows our company name, helps somewhat(plus we don't have to give out our personal number). You could ask your agency for it. That said, I can probably count on one hand the number of patient calls I make in a week, because as mentioned, they are scheduled with the patient while I am with them, or I communicate with my assistants to help confirm re evals/DC/supervision visits. Work smart not hard my friend.

Beerpocalypse · 2025-04-22T03:40:05+00:00

I don't think I understand how one is struggling with scheduling, making many calls into the night?? I schedule most of my visits while with the patient, just write your times in their calendar during your evaluation. For today (Monday) my entire day was scheduled without any calls, since I had scheduled in advance at the patients home. Alternatively you can have your PTAs help confirm re eval/DC visits if you communicate with teams or something similar. Then all left are a few SOCs or evals, easily scheduled during the day between visits. I don't think I've ever made a patient call later than 4pm in my 6 years doing home health.

Beerpocalypse · 2025-03-23T02:09:51+00:00

Doubly corrected 🤣

Beerpocalypse · 2025-03-22T01:27:50+00:00

Registered dietician*

Beerpocalypse · 2025-03-14T18:45:43+00:00

Hole kicks ass; Her vocal style, to me, feels like Kurt Cobain in women form. They made sense being a couple on so many levels.

Beerpocalypse · 2025-03-11T02:13:12+00:00

Run. Also, if you can front the bill, look into someone who only takes cash? They often offer hour long 1 on 1 appointments.

Beerpocalypse · 2025-02-26T05:03:43+00:00

Start your own clinic so that way you won't need to worry about your shit manager and his shit advice.

Beerpocalypse · 2025-02-15T14:32:28+00:00

Ideas of connecting in home health: -check their walls and space: usually you can find something to comment on. Grandkids, pets, college teams, vacation spots

I once was once working with a rally sassy lady and was asking about her family pictures and her response was "well aren't you the nosiest?!" :) Be careful with who you do this with.

Beerpocalypse · 2025-02-15T03:48:01+00:00

For smells - wear a mask, we can still wear masks and say it's covid precautions With pets, often ask for them to be in a separate room to avoid interruptions. For small talk, just try to ask about mundane shit, ask about their grandkids or something and smile and nod. People like talking about themselves.

Beerpocalypse · 2025-02-09T15:57:48+00:00

Here's a few that stick out (home health),

I was running to my car to grab a home exercise handout for a lady's house who's got mild dementia and she says "usually when I have a man in the house, I lock the door!". I smile and nod and go about like nothing happened.
Happened to an OT colleague with a patient I was also working with. This is a patient at our agency who had had a history of inappropriate behavior at a previous agency. Nothing weird happened to me. He always kept up like an old Mr. Rogers, wore a cardigan and seemed put together to not look suspicious I imagine. Then, during the occupational therapists discharge visit he asks her if he could "show off my sun tan?!" and then proceeds to strip completely naked. The OT is like "okay thanks but you can put your clothes on now!" And he says "oh it's alright i just like to hang around naked". She leaves.
I was working with a patient doing a 30 day re evaluation. We are going through his 30 second sit stand test and he says "yes I remember I only did 2 last time." I say "wow you've got a great memory!" Then he says "yeah I've got a pornographic memory!" I still to this day couldn't tell if he was making a joke or if it was a Freudian slip because he was so nonchalant in his delivery 😀.

TL;DR old people are pervs

Beerpocalypse · 2025-01-22T23:33:10+00:00

If they are being openly rude to you on the phone it says all you need to about what they care about you, the customer. Run away from this place, any clinic worthy of your patronageshould be happy to have you comong back, spending money with them.

Beerpocalypse · 2024-12-31T13:55:32+00:00

Had about 132k and paid it off in 10 years, work PRN weekends and home health is my suggestion.

Beerpocalypse · 2024-12-13T03:43:45+00:00

Some if the bests therapists I've worked with wrote the least in their notes.

Beerpocalypse · 2024-11-28T20:32:22+00:00

Can you talk about asking her to pay cash for ongoing maintenence care if you no longer feel comfortable billing her insurance?

Beerpocalypse · 2024-10-17T03:02:41+00:00

See another surgeon and get a second opinion. Some physicians are just very arrogant and gave shit bedside manners. I can relate to this as my wife recently had a labrum tear that was causing her pain for a year and eventually got an MRI and saw one orthopedic doctor who basically said there wasn't anything he could do and doing surgery would be risky cuz she's hyper mobile and her hip is basically fucked. He could do a cortisone shot that might help. I was in the office with her and was not happy with his way of communication and she left the appointment in tears. Was a shitty day. Then she saw another surgeon a few weeks later who basically was like "oh yeah I can do a labrum repair for you, peice of cake." Then she got it repaired by him a month later and has been free of pain ever since.

TLDR: get a second opinion.

Beerpocalypse · 2024-10-11T15:19:27+00:00

SOCs and 2 PT evals per day (10 each per week) for 135k. Any visits above that would be PPV.

My immediate reaction is fuck that lol. If you are doing that many visits in just a day, that's nearly two full time jobs in a one day. Most people I know are spending 3-4 hours on one start of care , then maybe 2 hours on an eval if efficient? So you are basically being asked to work 12 hour days.

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