Community Care

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The government has rejected an expert panel’s proposal to “severely curtail” the “inhumane” solitary confinement of people with learning disabilities and autistic people in mental health hospitals. However, she raised concerns about the time-limited nature of resourcing of them.

Disability 63

Disability Hospitals Mental Health Rehabilitation 63

Community Care

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Older people are being unlawfully detained in mental health hospitals “in very many cases” because of poor practice around the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), the Care Quality Commission has warned. It said the issue was exacerbated for people from black and minority groups living in deprived areas.

Mental Health 54

Mental Health Hospitals Patient Safety Government 54

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 7, 2024

As the Des Moines Register explains , the baby was born healthy, but so quickly there wasn’t time to get to a hospital first. State guidelines say hospitals are not supposed to test mothers without their consent, but they can go right ahead and do it to the babies, making the guidelines effectively meaningless. The hospital refused.

Foster Care 116

Foster Care Hospitals Human Services Child Welfare 116

Bipolar Bandit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

I can authorize involuntary transfers of patients to hospitals. When patients with serious mental illness are not in jail or hospitalized, crisis can occur anywhere. I evaluate patients at hospital emergency rooms and inpatient medical units. . My job is to make this happen. What do you mean by “mobile”? It’s very common.

Psychiatry 98

Psychiatry Interviewing Psychiatric Schizophrenia 98

Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

Eligible entities: state, local, and tribal governments; community-based and faith-based organizations; hospitals; and institutions of higher education. Eligible entities: state, local, and tribal governments; community-based and faith-based organizations; hospitals; and institutions of higher education. Applications due: May 6.

Domestic Violence 128

Domestic Violence Administration Disorder Hospitals 128

Bipolar Bandit

MARCH 30, 2022

Inpatient Hospitalization. Partial Hospitalization. Avoid Unhealthy Relationships. No smoking or drugs. Sleep Regularly. Minimize Stress. Support Groups. Therapists. Religious Groups. ECT (Electroconvulsive therapy) Information. TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) Information.

Disorder 111

Disorder Psychotherapy Hospitals Therapist 111

International Federation of Social Workers

MAY 6, 2024

This has resulted in significant loss of life and the destruction of houses, hospitals, transport […] Over the last days we have witnessed devastating floods in many countries around the world.

Hospitals 109

Hospitals 109

KVC

JULY 20, 2021

KVC Health Systems’ local subsidiaries are: KVC Hospitals. KVC Hospitals – Children’s Psychiatric Treatment. Our team implements innovative, neuroscience-based treatment approaches at our inpatient acute psychiatric hospitals and residential psychiatric treatment centers serving Kansas and Missouri. KVC Kansas.

Child Welfare 98

Child Welfare Mental Health Welfare Psychiatric 98

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Department of Psychiatry, Nair Hospital, Mumbai, with support from the Pirojsha Godrej Foundation, has made an effort to develop two short videos (enclosed) for creating awareness on two major mental health issues in adults and children – Mental Depression, and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) respectively.

Mental Health 98

Mental Health Psychiatry Hospitals Depression 98

Bipolar Bandit

OCTOBER 31, 2022

I also worked in the mental health field for three years during this time, helping mentally ill patients in hospital settings. My Hospitalization and Treatment at Home I was in the hospital for six weeks, stabilized on new medications so I could sleep, and given ECT treatments. I was in a psychosis.

Depression 111

Depression Disorder Mental Health Hospitals 111

Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Diana’s first job as a social worker at Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital earned her recognition by Glamour Magazine (September 1965) as being a “Girl with Go Jobs.” Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital. Years later, Diana and her children would care for Arthur as he suffered from, and then succumbed in 1990, to heart disease.

Hospital Discharges 97

Hospital Discharges Hospitals Hospice Schools 97

International Federation of Social Workers

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Association of Social Workers from Bulgaria, represented by Valio Hristov, Diana Petrova, and Ivailo Milanov, together with Ana Rădulescu (President of IFSW Europe) and Herbert Paulischin (Representative of the […]

Social Worker 87

Social Worker Hospitals 87

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Their father is eager to take them in, but at the time of the removal he’s in the hospital. That’s because after he was hit by a drunk driver and confined to a wheelchair it led to medical complications that sometimes require hospitalization. Here’s the detail: Dad’s mobility isn’t compromised because he’s confined to a wheelchair.

Child Welfare 130

Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care Disability 130

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 25, 2022

The actual title is “What do Do If You Are Mistakenly Accused of Child Abuse in a Hospital Emergency Room.” Then comes a claim that, for some hospitals, is demonstrably false. The hospital contacts CPS only when staff suspect maltreatment. And these are just the hospitals that will say it out loud.

Hospitals 98

Hospitals Child Welfare Interviewing Foster Care 98

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

AUGUST 20, 2024

Child Welfare Social Worker vs. Social Services Specialist III) Organization Type: (Government, Non-profit, For-profit, Outside social services) Setting: (School, Clinic, Hospital, etc.) However, during my MSW internship at a pediatric hospital, I realized how the resilience of young patients facing serious illnesses deeply moved me.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Psychosocial Hospitals Diversity 130

Bipolar Bandit

OCTOBER 27, 2021

McLean Hospital. While we can try do things to improve our mental health such as exercising, mindfulness, stress management, meditation, etc. Mental illness can’t always be fixed by these. Sources: NIB. More posts from this author can be found at @ameliablackwater. She can be found on Instagram TikTok YouTube Facebook. .

Mental Health 132

Mental Health Schizophrenia Substance Abuse PTSD 132

Relias

MAY 1, 2022

Because the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will not reimburse healthcare organizations for costs associated with hospital- or facility-acquired pressure injuries, appropriate assessment at the time of admission is vital. Those types of complications from hospital-acquired pressure injuries are linked to almost 60,000 U.S.

Healthcare 98

Healthcare Hospitals Communication Medicare 98

Bipolar Bandit

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

My journey included multiple suicide attempts, repeated hospitalizations, and many failed attempts to treat my illness with various medications. Wellness is not limited to physical training but that’s where my journey began. For most of my life I’ve grappled with depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem.

Mental Health 122

Mental Health Anxiety Depression Hospitals 122

The New Social Worker

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The God Committee follows deliberations of a hospital transplant committee making a difficult decision. With all of its flaws, it brings attention to issues that are important in social workers and could be used as a starting point for discussion.

Hospitals 88

Hospitals Social Worker 88

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

And yet, when a jury awarded the family in what is widely known as the “Take Care of Maya” case $261 million in damages for what a Florida hospital did to them, the hospital said it will appeal because it was simply doing what it was required to do – as mandated reporters! And so we continued to struggle. ●

Child Welfare 103

Child Welfare Foster Care Hospitals Welfare 103

The New Social Worker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

If you are a field instructor in a hospital setting, here’s my recommendation: assign The Emergency to your student. If you’re a social work student or a new social worker in the hospital environment, seek this book out.

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Hospitals Social Worker 71

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 31, 2022

When I first considered meditation, my mind was still troubled by an episode of mania that resulted in a hospitalization. Even expert, world-famous teachers have students who have come apart, some requiring hospitalization. You’ll just sit there agitated and ruminate and your condition will likely get worse. Seek help elsewhere.

Anxiety 98

Anxiety Depression Disorder Hospitals 98

Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2024

As we described in our amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief , community-based housing and mental health services are a more effective and less expensive way to address homelessness than incarceration or hospitalization.

Mental Health 104

Mental Health Psychiatric Disability Interventional 104

The New Social Worker

APRIL 27, 2022

Continue Breathing follows the character through his struggles as he develops symptoms, first seeks help, becomes stabilized, becomes hospitalized, and falters along the way. Jordan has a mental illness. Read The New Social Worker’s review.

Hospitals 77

Hospitals 77

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In a move that would have been unheard-of just a few years ago, New Jersey Spotlight News reports that the state Attorney General is suing a chain of hospitals to stop them from performing clandestine drug tests on pregnant women and then reporting the results to the family police. Some even are celebrated.

Child Welfare 107

Child Welfare Welfare Disability Hospitals 107

Relias

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Unfortunately, this leaves many new nurses without the hands-on training and clinical skills necessary for success — contributing to burnout and high turnover rates that can cost a hospital between $55,000 to $85,000 per nurse. Nurse residency programs benefit both nurses and hospitals.

Healthcare 69

Healthcare Hospitals Clinic Administration 69

Social Work Blog

JULY 28, 2023

Johnson’s adolescence was riddled with suicide attempts and hospitalizations, and he ultimately was diagnosed with schizophrenia as early as age 16, according to the Missouri Supreme Court. Johnson’s case is particularly concerning given his extensive documented history of mental illness, learning disabilities, abuse, and trauma.

Schizophrenia 98

Schizophrenia Disability Hospitals Social Worker 98

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Too many people ended up in hospital because of significant underinvestment in community health services, while there had been a slowdown in patient flow through hospitals because of falling productivity. “This means older people have been stuck in acute hospital wards rather than in facilities better suited to their needs.”

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Government Hospitals Mental Health Clinic 58

My Brains Not Broken

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Knowing where a local clinic, mental health facility or psychiatric unit of a hospital could be life-saving, especially when you don’t have to do that research during a crisis. If you’re looking to connect with local resources, I would also research helplines and local facilities in your area.

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Confidentiality Substance Abuse Mental Health Psychiatric 147

Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

When Sharma worked for a hospital in Nepal, a tragic event triggered her future path. I was the only social worker working at the hospital. After the tragedy, Sharma stressed to hospital administrators the importance of setting up a volunteer counseling and testing center. That really disturbed me,” Sharma reflects. “I

Hospitals 70

Hospitals Administration Counseling Social Worker 70

Relias

APRIL 28, 2023

Guidance on CMS websites includes quality measures focused on preventing pressure injuries and maintaining skin integrity in various settings such as hospitals , nursing homes , inpatient rehabilitation facilities , home health , and more.

Medicare 98

Medicare Healthcare Patient Safety Rehabilitation 98

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

The focus is on false allegations by child abuse pediatricians, and a Texas mother, Holly Simonton, whose own experience led her to found a group called Parents Behind the Pinwheels : In April, children's hospitals across the country display pinwheels for National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The consequences go beyond the jailhouse.

Child Welfare 72

Child Welfare Welfare Hospitals Foster Care 72

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 6, 2022

The hospital apparently didn’t believe the infant was abused but “submitted a Hotline Referral to the County as required when an infant is injured and admitted to the hospital.” The infant was first institutionalized at the county’s parking place shelter, then placed with strangers – all while relatives were available.

Foster Care 76

Foster Care Child Welfare Hospitals Welfare 76

Nnatasha Tracy

MARCH 28, 2023

The idea here is to get help as soon as possible to prevent the crisis from becoming an acute psychiatric emergency that does require hospitalization. While an acute psychiatric emergency almost always requires a stay in a treatment facility, an ongoing psychiatric crisis doesn't necessarily.

Psychiatric 76

Psychiatric Hospitals 76

Community Care

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Raising thresholds for detention The bill, which is yet to be published, is expected to raise thresholds for detention in hospital, both for assessment (section 2) and for treatment (section 3). ” He said that, alongside the bill, the government needed to invest in community alternatives to long-stay hospitals. .

Mental Health 66

Mental Health Disability Hospitals Treatment Planning 66

Community Care

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Integrating local authority social workers within NHS mental health trusts can help reduce the number of “harmful” out of area hospital placements (OAPs), a report has found. This had had the unintended consequence of social workers who lacked mental health experience being assigned to support a patient.

Mental Health 51

Mental Health Social Worker Patient Safety Hospitals 51

Relias

JUNE 6, 2024

Greatest impact on nurse success While it’s common to focus leadership efforts at the highest levels of a hospital or health system, nurse leaders are key to an organization’s success. They often have the most direct impact on frontline healthcare workers — yet these middle managers are often overlooked.

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Patient Safety Healthcare Hospitals Empathy 98