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Back to School Tips for Students in Out-of-Home Care

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Back to Blogs Parent Partner Blog Back to School Tips for Students in Out-of-Home Care School’s back in session and the transition can be tough for students in out-of-home care, caregivers and others that support them. Communicate. or lindsey.tapp@state.co.us

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National Patient Safety Goals Depend on Good Communication

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Each year, the Joint Commission issues a list of top national patient safety goals for healthcare settings, including hospitals, nursing care centers, behavioral health care and human services, ambulatory healthcare, home care, and more. Improve staff communication. Use medicines safely. Use alarms safely.

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Social workers could join neighbourhood teams for people with complex needs

Community Care

Best practice would be for the team to include a core group of staff responsible for complex case management, with a care co-ordinator assigned to each person, and an extended team who could be drawn upon for specialist support.

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Connecting to People Living With Dementia

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Understanding how to communicate effectively with people with dementia is vital for healthcare professionals in various settings, including home care, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and hospices. A patient’s ability to communicate affects care outcomes in multiple ways. Often, they repeat themselves.

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Connecting to People With Dementia

Relias

Understanding how to communicate effectively with people with dementia is vital for healthcare professionals in various settings, including home care, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and hospices. A patient’s ability to communicate affects care outcomes in multiple ways. Often, they repeat themselves.

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Importance of Image and Respect for Home Health Recruitment and Retention

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The increased pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic has presented never-before-seen growth opportunities for home health agencies and their workforce, as Bill Dombi, President of the National Association of Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), noted in a December 2021 webinar titled The State of Home Health.

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Care Act duties ‘permanently undermined’ by widespread breaches during Covid, argues study

Community Care

In relation to home care, a third who previously received it were now getting no support. ” It added: “In all likelihood, local authorities temporarily rationed social care out of necessity, but the majority did so without legal protection.” ” Differences in legal advice.