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6 PT 2012 Daily News TAMPA or generator. The sail handling will be done manually, and the only power generated will be through solar, wind, and hydro regeneration. The Kiwi Spirit is scheduled to leave its construction site of Thomaston, Maine, mid September, at which time it will go through a year of testing and trials before it sets off on its voyage from St Augustine on November 23, 2013. If you would like to be a part of this historic occasion and “sail around the Wrap-up E-dition world with Stanley Paris,” you can by making a donation in support of the Foundation. With a gift of $100 ($150 per couple and $200 per family or business) your name will be listed on the exterior of the Kiwi Spirit, and then you too will be circumnavigating the globe! To donate or to learn more about adding your name to the Kiwi Spirit, please visit the Foundation’s website, foundation4pt.org, or call 800/875-1378. he Bermuda within 150 days. Paris believes he can do it in 120 days. Dodge » from page 1 Morgan also broke the last record of himself and $70,000 in matching being the oldest person to attempt gift contributions from other gala at- this task, at age 54—Stanley Paris will tendees. break Morgan’s record at age 76. AdNo stranger to extreme sports and en- ditionally, Paris aims to set a couple of durance challenges, the New Zealand- new records, including departing from born Paris has completed the Ironman and returning to St Augustine, Florida, triathlon in Hawaii and has swum the to commemorate that city’s 450th anEnglish Channel twice. The efforts of niversary, and then traveling by way of the 2009 English Channel swim raised Bermuda, as did Morgan. He also plans over $52,000 for the Foundation. “I to use an entirely “green” boat for the always look for physical challenges,” circumnavigation. he said. “That’s why people climb and Recognizing the fact that his age will ski and all of that – you push it to the present some difficulties, Paris was inlimit.” Now at 74, Paris maintains his strumental in helping to develop a boat adventurous lifestyle by continuing to specifically designed for comfort and stay physically active and practicing ease of handling during the long durawhat he taught for years as a physical tion and inevitable rough seas. “With therapist and educator at the University appropriate preparation and training, of St Augustine, the physical therapy athletes of my age can restore, mainersation he founded. conversation school tain, and enhance physical functioning, With this latest adventure, Paris provided they get the advice they need hopes to break or set a number of dif- from a professional,” Paris emphasized. ferent records. The previous individual The sailing yacht, Kiwi Spirit, a to complete a similar feat was Dodge Paris 63 design, is currently under Morgan completed construction. OF THE ND EXPOSITION OF THE in 1986. Morgan ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITIONOnce completed it will ERAPY ASSOCIATION AMERICAN PHYSICAL environmentally the circumnavigation solo in a sailing beTHERAPY ASSOCIATION friendly, allowing yacht traveling nonstop and unassisted, Paris to circumnavigate the globe with originating from and returning to no gas, diesel, propane/butane engine, Around the World join the 26-29 JUNE 26-29 Last caLL for proposaLs and abstracts for pt 2013! PT2013 PT2013 013PT2013 2013PT2013 013 13PT2013 EXPOSITION OF THE RAPY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION The proposal submission deadline is July 9. APTA welcomes your submissions for educational sessions, preconference courses, and Oxford Debate topics. Abstract submissions for poster presentations are due September 14. For more information visit www.apta.org/AnnualConference/Programming therapists are focused on practice models for the 21st century. Are we » from page 2 “ready for models such as accountdata as a regular part of practice able care organizations, medical at all levels to determine what homes … that are focused on interventions best improve the more coordinated, interdisciplinhealth of individuals and society, ary, cost-contained care? Are we to identify and emulate the posi- playing a leadership role in creattive deviants within our clinical ing and evaluating these models? conversation communities. If not, why not?” • That the physical therapy proTo lead and participate in these fession is a central player with models, Jette called for a shift from other professions in devising, merely “optimizing parts” to achievevaluating, and implementing ing excellence in the entire system. ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION OF THE cost-effective health-care innova- “Do physical therapists possess and AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION tions for communities as well as employ critical ‘systems skills’ in our for individuals. clinical practice,” he challenged, Jette chose 3 “societal storms” “such as universal standardized to describe as he expanded on his measurement and data collection, thoughts of a revised vision for widespread quality improvement and implementaphysical therapy. tion techniques, “Lack of access “America continues interprofessional to care, the age to set the pace for coordination and wave in Ameriunmet care needs of care management, can society, and diffusion of pracescalating costs its citizens.” tice innovations are major storms and standardized facing American society,” he said. “How should we practice models, and health policy leadership for widespread change?” be responding as a profession?” Jette said he worried “that we Concerning lack of access to health care, Jette lamented that remain a clinical technique-driven “America continues to set the pace culture.” Turning to the area of research, for unmet care needs of its citizens,” with about one-third of the popu- Jette said our profession’s goal is lation either uninsured or under- “not to ‘prove’ that physical therapy insured. On the “age wave,” Jette works, but to discover what works pointed to the nation’s enormous in physical therapy, for what condemographic shift thatis resulting ditions, and under what circumfrom increasing longevity, declin- stances, to achieve what outcomes, ing fertility, and the aging baby and at what cost.” To focus on ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION boomers. With the age wave, he answering the questions relevant to said, “comes an increase in the in- typical clinician and patient decision cidence and prevalence of chronic, makers, he continued, “will require potentially disabling conditions. a sophisticated understanding of the Such conditions, including heart diversity of communities, cultures, disease, diabetes, and asthma, are patient perspectives, practice setnow the leading cause of illness, dis- tings, and clinical contexts required ability, and death. Yet, today’s health to recruit and retain appropriate setsystem remains overly devoted to tings and participants into relevant dealing with acute, episodic care study networks.” In Jette’s opinion, the profession needs.” Turning to costs, Jette said that America in 2008 spent more should direct resources toward dethan twice the rate of the rest of the veloping “a new cadre of scientists” who can conduct the health services developed world on health care. With these societal changes, and health policy research needed to Jette questioned whether physical address current challenges. McMillan join the JUNE 26-29 Join the conversation! Follow PT12 at twitter.com/APTAannualconf.  http://www.foundation4pt.org http://www.foundation4pt.org http://www.apta.org/AnnualConference/Programming http://www.apta.org/AnnualConference/Programming http://www.twitter.com/APTAannualconf

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