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PTA are physiotherapist assistant.
Recommendation:
Ensure that roles, responsibilities and expectations for care provided by PTs and PTAs are clearly understood by care coordinators, providers, patients and families.
Where evidence/best practices exist for specific patient populations and the use of PTAs, that these are incorporated appropriately in the delivery of care in the home care environment.
Models of care and funding for allocated patient visits should allow for joint PT/PTA visits for PTs to be able to assess the skills, knowledge and competency of the PTA to provide care and each time they are assigning care in order to meet best practices and the standards of professional practice.
To the extent possible, physiotherapists should be involved in the hiring of PTAs. PTs should also be involved in performance evaluations of the PTAs and ongoing performance management of PTAs (including learning plans and direct training when applicable).
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