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Employment: Therapeutic Recreation Therapist Recreational therapists held about 27,000 jobs in 2002. About a third of salaried jobs for therapists were in nursing care facilities and almost another third were in hospitals. Others worked in State and local government agencies and in community care facilities for the elderly, including assisted-living facilities. The rest worked primarily in residential mental retardation, mental health, and substance abuse facilities; individual and family services; Federal government agencies; educational services; and outpatient care centers. Only a small number of therapists were self-employed, generally contracting with long-term care facilities or community agencies to develop and oversee programs. Next Topic: Recreation Therapist Training |
