At some point in your practice, discharge stops being a checklist

and starts becoming a judgement.

Not a date.

Not a form.

A decision you carry.

In this episode of OT Conversations, we explore what happens when Occupational Therapists move beyond process and begin to own clinical judgement—especially in complex discharge decisions involving frailty, risk, capacity, and uncertainty.

We talk about:

• The difference between difficulty and danger
• Why frailty does not automatically mean dependency
• How capacity shifts responsibility without removing accountability
• The quiet emotional weight clinicians carry after the decision is made
• And the moment you realise you know enough—but haven’t trusted it yet

This is an episode ab ...