Community Care

JANUARY 18, 2023

This called on the government to fund the full implementation of a “recovery model” in health and social care, designed to maximise independence and quality of life and thereby prevent hospital admissions.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

“This investment and support will not only benefit those of us needing care, it will also reduce the number of hospital stays and residential care admissions, help grow our economy and boost jobs.”

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Community Care

JANUARY 26, 2024

Fall in detention numbers NHS England recorded 51,312 detentions under the MHA in 2022-23, with most of these involving people being detained on admission to hospital for assessment under section 2 of the act (30,442). However, the data showed these remained high, with detention rates for black or black British people 3.5 This was down 3.8%

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Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 2, 2022

Almost 21, I was able to apply to York University, turning 21 by the time of admission. He passed me with a B+ so I met criteria for admission to the social work program at U of T. While I found that program basic, I took a psychology course as an elective and fell in love with it. That first year was tough.

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The New Social Worker

JUNE 25, 2023

It’s far more important to show admissions committees that you have the skills and insights they’re looking for. I can tell you with confidence that having more experience doesn’t necessarily mean that you have a better application.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Here, Hayley shares her thoughts on how care staff can provide solutions to hospital discharge pressures and support admission avoidance strategies, including the redesign of traditional residential and nursing care provision, using the lessons from the past to inform the future. "We

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Community Care

MARCH 31, 2023

. “It is intrinsically linked to information and advice and to making sure that people are aware of options and can weigh up the risks, benefits and costs of each of them (after recovery and rehabilitation if the assessment is as a result of a hospital admission) so that if they can plan for the longer term.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

However, unlike them, she will also take responsibility for key aspects of policy on schools – including strategy, qualifications, the curriculum and admissions – which is reflected in her title as minister for schools and childhood.

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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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The Guardian

JANUARY 12, 2022

National Care Forum also finds one in four homes have closed their doors to new admissions Care homes are missing a third of the staff they need and more than one in four have closed their doors to new admissions in a deepening labour crisis that is “putting safety and dignity at risk”.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

With a 6-3 majority decision, SCOTUS declared in Students for Fair Admissions inc. President and Fellows of Harvard College that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina violate the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection.

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Social Care

OCTOBER 5, 2023

We invited Integrated Care Systems, care providers, local authorities, evaluation partners and technology suppliers to submit expressions of interest to apply for funding to support the procurement and implementation of technology solutions that focused on at least one of our three priority areas: To increase care quality and safety To reduce avoidable (..)

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Community Care

MARCH 7, 2023

In evidence, counsel for the regulator told the court that it would be “impossible for [Social Work England] to properly consider any concerns raised about the father’s fitness to practise without disclosure of the judgment” There would be “continuing uncertainty about what admissions had been made during the fact-finding hearing, (..)

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The Guardian

JANUARY 5, 2022

Closure to admissions is increasing pressure on hospitals unable to discharge patients, say health bosses Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Hundreds of care homes are closing their doors to new admissions because of the rapid spread of Omicron, increasing pressure on embattled hospitals that are unable to discharge patients (..)

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The Masked AMHP

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

She knew she was relapsing and had been trying to support her and her relatives and had been striving to avoid a hospital admission for several days. She had been visiting one of her patients, a woman with bipolar affective disorder. The patient had shouted at her. She hurled very

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Michigan Social Work

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The CEW+ scholarship program was established in 1970 to honor the academic performance and potential of women whose education has been interrupted and to commemorate the one-hundredth anniversary of the admissions of women to U-M. This year’s cohort will be honored at the CEW+ award luncheon in November.

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Social Care

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Another resident had been reluctant to come out of their room since admission, and had difficulty understanding colleagues and their families. Nurses in care homes are uniquely positioned to identify areas of practice development that significantly improve quality of life and help reduce non-essential hospital admissions.

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Beyond Advocacy

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Yesterday, the Supreme Court began hearing two cases concerning admissions criteria using affirmative action as one means of determining who gets coveted entry into Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. The suit against UNC was brought in 2014 by Students for Fair Admissions, a conservative legal activist group.

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Michigan Social Work

JULY 6, 2023

Professor Trina Shanks’ research on the long-term implications of the Homestead Act was cited by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in her dissent of last month’s Supreme Court ruling striking down affirmative action in college admissions.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The ombudsman also criticised the level of communication provided by Miss X’s then social worker, who went a month without contacting her, including a week in which she went without overnight care between two of a succession of hospital admissions. Rate of adult social care failings identified by watchdog continues ‘relentless rise’.

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The Guardian

JANUARY 11, 2024

I looked after my own wife, who was diagnosed with dementia when she was only 56 years old, for eight years prior to her admission into a nursing home. For most people, the upheaval caused by caring for someone with dementia can be extremely testing, time-consuming and highly stressful. The whole experience was ultimately life-changing.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

New data from the university admissions service Ucas shows that this year more than 25,000 students who accepted places on social care degrees or subjects allied to medicine had studied a BTec, a qualification the government intends to drop as part of its new skills and post-16 education bill, to be debated in the House of Commons on Monday.

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The Guardian

APRIL 5, 2022

Of all the overnight admissions to the hospital, he looks the worst and the daughter’s cry pierces our heart. The involved care needed to wean elders like this man off harmful sedatives is simply unavailable in nursing homes “Doctor, what did they do to him? Dad just doesn’t look the same. Please help him!” Continue reading.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Tuesday, 27th February, 2024 , Time: 9:45 am – 5:00 pm (Japan Standard Time) , Venue: ARCADIA ICHIGAYA SHIGAKU KAIKAN (4-2-25 Kudankita, Chiyoda City, Tokyo JAPAN, partially online via ZOOM) Admission free Simultaneous interpretation(Japanese/English) is available!!

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

These changes include investing in the right support so that people can live better lives and addressing the critical shortage of community-based crisis resources to prevent admission in the first place.

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Michigan Social Work

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management Tim Colenback has received the National Deans and Directors of Social Work Admissions (NDDSWA) 2021 Years of Service Award. They also recognized his creative and innovative approach to admissions, the ongoing support and mentorship that he has provided to colleagues, and his lasting impact on NDDSWA.

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Social Care

MAY 25, 2023

We are seeing strong evidence around the role these technologies play in keeping people safe and preventing hospital admissions, but there’s a lot to think through. Solutions supporting delivery of care include vital signs monitoring, falls prevention and detection technologies.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

They may consent to short-term or emergency hospital admissions for people who are unable to consent, and may also apply to Scotland’s Mental Health Tribunal Service for compulsory treatment orders, allowing up to six months’ detention in hospital.

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The Guardian

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The idea was that an algorithm would use available patient data – such as age, medications, long-term conditions, previous admissions etc – to identify those most likely to be admitted to hospital in an emergency. In 2012, I was responsible for setting up one of these “wards” in the Midlands.

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MQ Mental Health

JUNE 8, 2023

In other words, being in the ICU itself, regardless of the specific reason for admission, carries risks for long-term neuropsychiatric issues, and COVID-19 infection does not further elevate these risks. COVID is associated with elevated risks of a wide range of neurological and psychiatric sequelae. Says Maxime. “

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As well as making new admissions impossible, unnecessarily long stays can make it harder for people to regain their independence after leaving. As analysis by the Guardian showed this week, logjams created by delayed discharges appear to be getting worse.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

What the standards say.

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Social Work With Adults

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The NIHR funded project, ImprovE-ACT , is new research aiming to reduce compulsory admissions for Black African and Caribbean (BAC) men with mental health conditions. Dr Caroline Leah: Since the Mental Health Act came into force, rates of compulsory detention in mental health hospitals have more than doubled.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Trauma was usually the root cause of admission to hospital and subsequent confinement, but people were then being further traumatised by inappropriate hospital environments that did not provide for their sensory and communication needs.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Robert Latham, associate director at the Children & Youth Law Clinic of the University of Miami Law School, who wrote this on his excellent Blog: And lest you think this law has no teeth, the law prevents admission of any statement made by a parent without the notice being given. That’s a full Miranda.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

paragraph 19.64) “There are several provisions in the Care Act (section 39(1)-(3) and (5)-(7) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 1) which deem a person to be ordinarily resident in a particular local authority’s area in specified circumstances for the purposes of Part 1 of the Act.

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Social Care

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We’ve also been looking at how digital innovation supports quality and safety of care, prevents avoidable hospital admissions and supports independence. The Better Security Better Care programme has made great strides. 65% of providers have now achieved Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) compliance.

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