- VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, TELERAHABILITATION TOOLKIT - Download Full Document
- VETERANS ADMINISTRATION PHYSICAL THERAPIST QUALIFICATION STANDARDS SHOULD BE UPDATED TO BETTER SERVE VETERANS
- ALEXANDRIA, VA, Oct 19, 2007 - The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) should update physical therapist qualification standards to encourage more physical therapists to serve aging and injured veterans, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) told the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health on Thursday, Oct 18. Current VA standards, which have not been updated in nearly 25 years, are preventing many physical therapists (PTs) from joining the VA, which is facing a growing population of veterans who require physical therapist services. Download Full Document
Due to the importance of documentation in patient/client care, and in response to many of the current issues related to physical therapy documentation, APTA has developed the "Defensible Documentation for Patient/Client Management" resource based on APTA's Guidelines: Physical Therapy Documentation of Patient/Client Management. Click Here
- APTA's OPTIMAL SYSTEM -
APTA's Outpatient Physical Therapy Improvement in Movement Assessment Log (OPTIMAL) is an instrument that measures difficulty and self-confidence in performing 21 movements that a patient/client needs to accomplish in order to do various functional activities. Click Here
- Serve, Support, Simplify
Report of the President's Commission on Care
for America's Returning Wounded Warriors
July 2007
- Executive Order: Establishing a Commission on Care
for America's Returning Wounded Warriors
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- POLYTRAUMA REHABILITATION CENTERS
- Recent combat has resulted in new patterns of polytraumatic injuries and disability requiring specialized intensive rehabilitation processes and coordination of care throughout the course of recovery and rehabilitation. While serving in Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom, military service members are sustaining multiple severe injuries as a result of explosions and blasts. Improvised explosive devices, blasts, landmines and fragments account for 65 percent of combat injuries. Congress recognized this newly emerging pattern of military injuries with the passage of Public Law 108-422, Section 302, and Public Law108-447.
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