Community Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Safeguarding teams took no action in response “serious” concerns about the care of disabled people segregated in mental health hospitals, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

When speaking to Elaine James, her passion for upholding the rights of people with learning disabilities is almost infectious. This is also evident in her accomplishments as the head of service for learning disabilities and preparation for adulthood at Bradford council. Can you tell me about your work with Promote the Vote?

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Community Care

MAY 2, 2024

The next government should take forward reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) and implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) in its first 100 days in office, the incoming Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) president has said. Labour’s position on the reform is unclear. .”

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Community Care

JANUARY 19, 2023

By Tim Spencer-Lane The joint committee on the draft Mental Health Bill was appointed in July 2022 to consider the government’s draft bill to reform the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) , which is summarised here. The joint committee received 114 submissions of written evidence and over 100 responses to its online survey.

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Community Care

JANUARY 31, 2025

The BCF policy framework for 2025-26 said such teams were designed to provide “more integrated and proactive care for people with complex needs”, to help them “stay independent for as long as possible” and reduce the likelihood of them being admitted to hospital or care homes. in 2025-26.

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Community Care

JUNE 27, 2024

But before that, her focus was squarely on mental health social work. Having practised in mental health settings after qualifying in the 1980s, she went on to become director of social work in two NHS Trusts. How has mental health social work evolved over recent years? What is its legacy?

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Community Care

OCTOBER 6, 2022

People with learning disabilities and autistic people were “not always protected from abuse or poor care” by insufficiently skilled staff, amid a blame culture in a mental health trust’s inpatient services. Panorama abuse: NHS chief urges mental health leaders to tackle ‘toxic and closed cultures’.

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Community Care

MARCH 3, 2025

However, the CQC found Camden had no waiting lists for care assessments, hospital discharge, care home placements, home care services, reablement, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards assessments and safeguarding cases.

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KVC

APRIL 18, 2024

This made it possible for KVC to meet the needs of any child and family, extending all the way to inpatient children’s mental health hospitals when needed. A few years later, the parent organization KVC Health Systems was created. Read more about KVC’s mental health treatment services here.

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Relias

JANUARY 16, 2023

For those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who have experienced abuse, trauma-informed care can prove very helpful. While many behavioral health and social service organizations have moved toward implementing trauma-informed practices, it is rarely recognized in organizations serving the IDD population.

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Beautiful Voyager

APRIL 30, 2021

I started doing an inventory: I launched my own mental health consulting business, completed a few training sessions, quickly boosted my professional network, got involved in various projects and the list goes on. Not another mental health diagnosis and medication! referring to my worst mental health challenges).

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Community Care

JUNE 14, 2022

The NHS remains “heavily reliant” on inappropriate out-of-area mental health hospital placements despite a government target to eliminate them by March 2021, psychiatrist leaders have warned. Proposed Mental Health Act overhaul included in Queen’s Speech. Placements increasingly far from home.

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Bipolar Bandit

OCTOBER 31, 2022

I had mental illness episodes of extreme anxiety, depression, mania, and psychosis at different times from 1983-1992. I also worked in the mental health field for three years during this time, helping mentally ill patients in hospital settings. I had memories of being mistreated by hospital staff.

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Bipolar Bandit

APRIL 12, 2023

I’ve worked as a lecturer in medical school, a trainer of nurses in rural South Africa, and — since immigrating to Canada — a public health consultant with Indigenous communities. I had zero mental health issues for the first fifty-plus years of my life… Q: When did you first experience bipolar disorder?

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KVC

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Bullying Led My Daughter to Depression & Psychiatric Hospitalization: How She Achieved Mental Health Wellness [VIDEO]. Unaware or unaccepting of their peer’s differences : The reasons for being bullied cited most often by students were physical appearance, race/ethnicity, gender, disability, religion, and sexual orientation.

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Community Care

JULY 5, 2024

From better resourcing of social work and funding of social care, to measures that alleviate poverty, reform mental health provision, protect human rights, and much more. “Only by prioritising the provision of high-quality support for disabled people of all ages, will we have a fairer society where everyone is able to thrive.”

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Community Care

JULY 17, 2024

The long-awaited reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 and action to deliver “fair pay” for staff in adult social care are also included in its first legislative programme since taking office this month. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. ”

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 20, 2024

Since then, this sweeping, groundbreaking law has improved the health of all Americans, including children, women and families, men, older adults, communities of color, those with disabilities, and those who are LGBTQI+. That includes social workers in health institutions and community-based settings.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Counsellor : They provide counselling and emotional support to individuals and families facing a wide range of challenges, including mental health issues, addiction, and crisis situations. Therapist : Clinical social workers provide therapy to individuals, couples, and families, addressing mental health and emotional challenges.

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Social Work With Adults

JULY 27, 2021

Here at the British Association of Social Workers (BASW England), we are taking action to make sure human rights abuses suffered by people with learning disabilities and autistic people are never forgotten and history does not repeat itself. Home not hospitals’ resources. Named social workers – time to expand their role?

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Community Care

OCTOBER 20, 2022

How the sector will manage the coming winter, including how £500m allocated to bolster the workforce and help clear hospital beds should be used. It also appears that the role will not include responsibility for mental health, as was the case under the previous care minister, Gillian Keegan.

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Community Care

JANUARY 13, 2022

“More than 50 million PCR and 142 million LFD kits have been delivered to care homes and we have invested a further £478 million to support safe and timely hospital discharges to get patients into the best place for their care and support to continue.”.

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Relias

APRIL 10, 2025

These include (but are not limited to): Ambulatory surgical centers Community mental health centers Critical access hospitals Federally qualified health centers Home health agencies Hospices Hospitals Intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities Inpatient psychiatric facilities Long-term care facilities and nursing homes (..)

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Relias

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) rely on direct support professionals (DSPs) for assistance in their daily lives and communities. Because of this, high DSP turnover rates have been linked to increased rates of injuries and/or hospitalizations among individuals with IDD.

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Community Care

APRIL 24, 2023

Government safeguarding advisers set out a series of recommendations for improving care, social work practice, commissioning and regulation in residential services for disabled children and those with complex needs, in a report last week. ” .

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Community Care

MAY 12, 2024

Mental Health Act reform: this would reform the 1983 act to lower the thresholds for detention in hospital and community treatment orders and exclude autistic people and people with learning disabilities from being detained for treatment without a co-existing mental health condition.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Contemporary challenges facing social work and the communities it serves, among them: poverty; social exclusion; discrimination and oppression; inequalities, injustice and relationships of power; abuse, trauma, violence and conflict; cultural, political and environmental hazards.

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Community Care

JUNE 14, 2024

Labour will develop local partnership working between the NHS and social care on hospital discharge. We will explore how we best manage and support an ageing population; how integration with the NHS can be secured; how to best support working age disabled adults; and how to move to a more preventative system.”

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The Guardian

JANUARY 2, 2022

Nicola, whose 24-year-old son has been detained under the Mental Health Act since September 2017 at Cheadle Royal hospital in Cheshire, said his care is “worse than being in prison” and “people wouldn’t treat an animal” as badly. Continue reading.

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Community Care

MARCH 19, 2024

These figures are only the tip of the iceberg; for example, they do not cover the numbers in Wales, ‘community deprivation of liberty’ outside hospitals and care homes and cases involving 16- and 17-year-olds. Perhaps the 10-year anniversary will be the trigger for judicial revaluation and clarification of Cheshire West ?

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Bipolar Bandit

APRIL 12, 2023

I’ve worked as a lecturer in medical school, a trainer of nurses in rural South Africa, and — since immigrating to Canada — a public health consultant with Indigenous communities. I had zero mental health issues for the first fifty-plus years of my life… Q: When did you first experience bipolar disorder?

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Bipolar Bandit

APRIL 12, 2023

I’ve worked as a lecturer in medical school, a trainer of nurses in rural South Africa, and — since immigrating to Canada — a public health consultant with Indigenous communities. I had zero mental health issues for the first fifty-plus years of my life… Q: When did you first experience bipolar disorder?

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Community Care

MARCH 12, 2024

Care homes or hospitals (‘managing authorities)’ must apply to councils or Welsh health boards (‘supervisory bodies’) to authorise a prospective or existing deprivation. A cultural shift is required within social care to ensure that older and disabled people’s rights are recognised and protected.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 31, 2023

Social workers can work in different settings, such as schools, hospitals, non-profit organisations, government agencies, and private practice. Case managers focus on physical health needs by ensuring their client receives the necessary medical care, while social workers address psychological and emotional issues through therapy.

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Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

In social work, various articles cover topics such as social work articles on mental health, social work articles on domestic violence, social work articles on learning disabilities, medical social work articles, school social work articles and clinical social work articles. Social Work in Mental Health Settings” by Kevin J.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

“But it’s not nearly enough to turn the curve and free social workers to work with people to support them to live gloriously ordinary lives and safeguard people’s rights when they may be deprived of their liberty, experiencing abuse, neglect or self-neglect, or in mental health crisis and at risk of compulsory admission to hospital. .

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Community Care

MAY 21, 2024

Data showed that 86% of people who received a short-term service in the borough did not require ongoing support, while 84% of older people were still at home 91 days after discharge from hospital to a reablement service, exceeding the England average in both cases.

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