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A few years ago, my husband's father, who was a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin and an advocate for his ill father, shared something he found surprising about physical therapists (PTs). He watched as his father received care from a PT, and then watched as his father's episode of care ended—and that was it.
He asked me, "Why don't PTs follow their patients once they stop caring for them?"
1 Huber GM, Bitzer G, Corazzi C, et al. Access to physical therapy in a medically underserved, urban community. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2019;30(2):768-788.
Date: June 4, 2019
Contact: news@apta.org
Content Type: Perspective
Bill Healey, PT, EdD
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