A little backstory:
Graduated in December, started work a month ago. Got the “perfect job” IMO. I’ve always wanted to work with older adults, loved the idea of home health (in a perfect world), and got a grad certificate to work with older adults. The job I have is at an ALF, so not SNF but a mix of SNF and HH in a sense.
Now, the productivity is slowly killing me already. 92% productivity, no matter what. Resident is sick? Welp, I’m in trouble cause of it cause I lost billing hours. Want to do a chart review? Nope, no time, and can’t work off the clock, go in blind. Among MANY other things.
Point is, I love OT. I love older adults. And I feel like I can’t make it work how I imagined. I hardly have the time to even look at goals before I go into a session, let alone PLAN a session. I feel incompetent, but I know I’m prepared… I just don’t have what I need to make it come together.
How do you all manage? What is the key? I’m not trying to change the world but wow this is crazy already… and it’s a bummer because I am in, what I imagined to be, one of the most perfect scenarios for myself.
Thank you in advance 🤍