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Have you considered working out in the evenings (or whatever other time) when your husband is home? At least in replacement for that 11:15 class? That would get around the whole problem, too. Evenings is when I get to spend time with my husband! As it is, I already have one regular evening commitment and several things that are one week of the month, of course not on the same evening, so wipe out several evenings for regular commitments. I'm going to have to find another pilates class come September as the current one clashes with preschool pick up, but I doubt it will be an evening I switch to. Anne |
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I just wondered about the letter from the director. Is is possible it was a circular letter sent out to all parents who use the gym daycare? From what the receptionist said, this woman is annoying a lot of parents, and she might have complained to her boss about the number of 'ill' children being left. I had wondered that, as it doesn't mention a specific child or date, so I can't be sure, other than that it does appear to be personally signed and addressed. Either way, a letter from the daycare manager would have been more appropriate. Cheers Anne |
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I suppose I could call up and make a non urgent appointment with the paediatrician - it just seems wrong to me, taking up the time of a doctor I know is busy (when I called to book a well child visit, they gave me an appointment 3 mths away), the my insurance paying out for it (and if they didn't, me paying out for it!). Oh, please. That's what they're there for. I think there may be a huge cultural difference here, back in the UK, there are hardly any reasons you'd go to the doctor when not sick. They will do work or travel related medicals, but you'd have to pay, if something is required for school, chances are a doctor would come into school and work through everyone in a session. Large companies will often have an occupational health department to deal with should this person be at work, do they require adaptations etc. small companies might use another company that just does this kind of thing. So, it really is completely alien to me to take a well child to the doctor to have them certified well. Cheers Anne |
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"Anne Rogers" wrote in message
I think there may be a huge cultural difference here, back in the UK, there are hardly any reasons you'd go to the doctor when not sick. They will do work or travel related medicals, but you'd have to pay, if something is required for school, chances are a doctor would come into school and work through everyone in a session. Large companies will often have an occupational health department to deal with should this person be at work, do they require adaptations etc. small companies might use another company that just does this kind of thing. So, it really is completely alien to me to take a well child to the doctor to have them certified well. That's the beauty of our health care system, you can go to the doctor whenever you feel the need, lol. Many people go for preventative care and check ups/physicals. I definitely would go if I needed some sort of letter, but mostly I would just call the nurse's desk and explain the situation and more than likely (as long as they have seen the child to know what is going on) they would just compose a letter and send it in the mail. -- Sue |
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"Sue" wrote in message ... "Anne Rogers" wrote in message I think there may be a huge cultural difference here, back in the UK, there are hardly any reasons you'd go to the doctor when not sick. They will do work or travel related medicals, but you'd have to pay, if something is required for school, chances are a doctor would come into school and work through everyone in a session. Large companies will often have an occupational health department to deal with should this person be at work, do they require adaptations etc. small companies might use another company that just does this kind of thing. So, it really is completely alien to me to take a well child to the doctor to have them certified well. That's the beauty of our health care system, you can go to the doctor whenever you feel the need, lol. You mean you feel the need when you're well????? ;-P Debbie Many people go for preventative care and check ups/physicals. I definitely would go if I needed some sort of letter, but mostly I would just call the nurse's desk and explain the situation and more than likely (as long as they have seen the child to know what is going on) they would just compose a letter and send it in the mail. -- Sue |
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"Welches" wrote in message
You mean you feel the need when you're well????? Yes, if it is for a yearly check up. That is preventative care. But, for Anne, yes she could go and have the doctor look at the child again and determine that it is going to continue because it may be allergies and then they can write a letter saying as much. -- Sue |
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Anne Rogers wrote:
I suppose I could call up and make a non urgent appointment with the paediatrician - it just seems wrong to me, taking up the time of a doctor I know is busy (when I called to book a well child visit, they gave me an appointment 3 mths away), the my insurance paying out for it (and if they didn't, me paying out for it!). Oh, please. That's what they're there for. I think there may be a huge cultural difference here, back in the UK, there are hardly any reasons you'd go to the doctor when not sick. Yes, there are significant differences and expectations. They will do work or travel related medicals, but you'd have to pay, Many doctor's offices have started to charge for these things, but the fee is usually fairly nominal. They do expect to have to do them, though, as there's no one else to do it. if something is required for school, chances are a doctor would come into school and work through everyone in a session. Large companies will often have an occupational health department to deal with should this person be at work, do they require adaptations etc. small companies might use another company that just does this kind of thing. So, it really is completely alien to me to take a well child to the doctor to have them certified well. I have rarely encountered anything like that here--never at a primary or secondary school (sometimes they have a nurse, but the nurse doesn't do anything like that), and only rarely at a workplace. Best wishes, Ericka |
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if something is required for school, chances are a doctor would come
into school and work through everyone in a session. Large companies will often have an occupational health department to deal with should this person be at work, do they require adaptations etc. small companies might use another company that just does this kind of thing. So, it really is completely alien to me to take a well child to the doctor to have them certified well. I have rarely encountered anything like that here--never at a primary or secondary school (sometimes they have a nurse, but the nurse doesn't do anything like that), and only rarely at a workplace. Well when the workplace is having to pay for whether indirectly or directly, it doesn't make sense to have in house facilities when you can just see your regular doctor. Whereas in the UK, the work place isn't paying for it, other than indirectly through tax, but if they need services that aren't available on the NHS, if they are big enough, it's going to be more cost effective to have them in house than to pay for them, the last company I worked for (actually an academic institution) had several different health departments, such as a dentist (dental care being something that can be hard to get in the UK), they also did flu shots annually (actually DH's company does this here too). There was a counselling service for both students and staff (again, something you can only get in very limited quantities on the NHS). The only thing that they paid for which was external was an annual eye test (if you wanted it) which is something easily available on the high street, so you just turned in the receipt. Cheers Anne |
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Sue wrote:
"Anne Rogers" wrote in message I think there may be a huge cultural difference here, back in the UK, there are hardly any reasons you'd go to the doctor when not sick. Oh, boy, do I wish that was true. Actually, we're seeing more and more of this kind of crud, and it seems to be becoming increasingly acceptable. They will do work or travel related medicals, but you'd have to pay, if something is required for school, chances are a doctor would come into school and work through everyone in a session. Large companies will often have an occupational health department to deal with should this person be at work, do they require adaptations etc. small companies might use another company that just does this kind of thing. So, it really is completely alien to me to take a well child to the doctor to have them certified well. That's the beauty of our health care system, you can go to the doctor whenever you feel the need, lol. People in our health care system can also go to the doctor whenever they feel the need. In this case, it's Anne's gym who are feeling the need, not Anne. ;-) (And, yes, in such a situation someone would still be able to go to the doctor here and ask for a note. It's just something you'd be expected to pay for.) All the best, Sarah -- http://www.goodenoughmummy.typepad.com "That which can be destroyed by the truth, should be" - P. C. Hodgell |
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Ericka Kammerer wrote:
I suppose I could call up and make a non urgent appointment with the paediatrician - it just seems wrong to me, taking up the time of a doctor I know is busy (when I called to book a well child visit, they gave me an appointment 3 mths away), the my insurance paying out for it (and if they didn't, me paying out for it!). Oh, please. That's what they're there for. Well, actually, what we're here for is to cure and/or prevent illness. The bureaucratic crap is just a by-product of the job that we're stuck with. I've never yet heard of anyone going for an interview at medical school and answering the question "So why do you want to become a doctor?" with "Because it's my life's ambition to spend my time writing permission notes..." Of course, in this case I don't think Anne's got a lot of choice. This is what her gym are requesting (and there may even be some justification for it in rare cases - most of the time this sort of stuff is a complete waste of time, but I do appreciate that there are some rare immune problems that might make it genuinely dangerous for a child to be in contact with someone with a cold). And, as she says, she'll be paying the doctor for his or her time - that's what the fee is for. However, having seen some of the results of this whole growing 'get a note from your doctor' culture, I'd like to see people a *little* less cavalier about assuming that it's just part of the job so nobody needs to think twice about whether or not it's appropriate. All the best, Sarah -- http://www.goodenoughmummy.typepad.com "That which can be destroyed by the truth, should be" - P. C. Hodgell |
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