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I saw my mum forced to fight and cajole as a carer. When will politicians end the conspiracy of silence on adult social care? | Rory Kinnear

The Guardian

There are millions of carers, exhausted and sick of broken promises, yet neither Labour nor the Tories seem serious about reform My sister, Karina, suffered a lack of oxygen at birth causing her to have multiple complex health problems. For most of her life, after my father’s death, my mother was her sole carer. During that time, Mum argued and fought and shouted and cajoled and wrote and championed and filled-in-forms and coerced and harassed and endured and chivvied and filled-in-different-for

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Mental Health Organizations Decry Supreme Court Decision Upholding the Criminalization People who are Unhoused

Social Work Blog

PRESS RELEASE: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, American Psychiatric Association, National Alliance on Mental Illness, National Association for Rural Mental Health, and National Association of Social Workers on June 28 released the following statement responding to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v. Grants Pass : Today the Supreme Court held that laws that criminalize sleeping in public when no safe and accessible shelter options are available are not cru

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Migrant nurse wins legal boost in unfair dismissal claim against UK firm

The Guardian

Exclusive: ‘Vital’ recognition of migrant care worker’s plight may pave way for more cases, says union leader A migrant nurse could be eligible for a significant payout from a British healthcare company after an employment judge ruled he was likely to win his case for unfair dismissal, in a judgment that could pave the way for dozens of other such cases.

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American Heart Association's Releases Scientific Statement about Palliative Care

CAPC

The American Heart Association states that palliative care is beneficial for people living with cardiovascular disease in managing symptoms and improving their quality of life.

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5 Must Haves for Case Management

Thousands of nonprofits rely on case management software to help collect data, manage programs, coordinate with agencies, and provide life-changing health and human services. Adopting a cloud-based case management platform is essential for nonprofits and government agencies to operate more efficiently and make better use of their funding and budget.

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We’re Listening: Tell Us About Your Work with Clients on COVID-19 Vaccines

NASW Foundation

Do you have eight minutes to help your fellow social workers? We want to know your thoughts on discussing COVID-19 vaccines with clients, and your experience with NASW’s Connect to End COVID-19.

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We’re Listening: Tell Us About Your Work with Clients on COVID-19 Vaccines

Social Work Blog

Do you have eight minutes to help your fellow social workers? We want to know your thoughts on discussing COVID-19 vaccines with clients, and your experience with NASW’s Connect to End COVID-19 initiative. Eight minutes is all it takes to help us better train and educate social workers to have informed conversations with clients about COVID-19 vaccination.

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Episode 28 – Forensic Social Work: A specialised social work practice – in conversation with Dimi Lattas

Social Work Discoveries

Hi Listeners, Welcome back to the Social Work Discoveries Podcast. Today’s guest is Dimi Lattas from the University of the Sunshine Coast, in Queensland Australia. Dimi is a qualified social worker and family therapist. Her research focuses on forensic social work and, specifically, forensic social work education. Dimi is specifically interested in forensic social work pedagogy and developing educational practices that support student learning and professional expectations.

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Why Palliative Care Should Be Included in Anorexia Treatment

CAPC

An article discusses the benefits of offering palliative care for patients with anorexia nervosa to improve health care outcomes.

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NCCPR in The Imprint: Don’t Forget: Nonprofit Residential Treatment Also Stinks

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Long ago, in the early years o f my career as a reporter, I worked in the original nonprofit sector of journalism — public broadcasting. Public television stations are known for their incessant pledge breaks begging for money — after all, they’re nonprofits, dedicated solely to the public good, right? How else are they going to stay on the air? That explains what happened, at least twice, at a station where I had worked, during pledge breaks in the middle of “Sesame Street.