Community Care

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) is certain to be delayed again, with the government yet to consult on how to put the scheme into practice. “We were given a realistic expectation of consultation. Spring to summer consultation – it’s now winter. Regulations can then take up to 40 days to become law.

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Community Care

APRIL 13, 2023

This was on the grounds that it would weaken the existing safeguards provided by the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), within care homes and hospitals, and Court of Protection authorisations in other settings. By reducing the number of assessments required from six under DoLS to three under LPS.

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Gary Direnfeld

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In more recent years I consulted with a person whose adult sibling was languishing in hospital. As I thought about the problem I had to think that the cost of maintaining this person in hospital, not needing such a level of care, was enormous. She received the care she needed.

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Community Care

AUGUST 18, 2023

Section 117 places a duty on health authorities and local social services authorities to provide aftercare services for people who have left hospital following compulsory detention for treatment for mental disorder under the MHA (for example, under section 3). What does section 117 say?

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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. The organisation’s 2021 census found that about a tenth of consultant psychiatrist posts were not filled.

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The Guardian

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Digital monitoring of patients at home eases the pressure on hospitals. But it has some serious drawbacks Virtual wards may sound like something out of a dystopian sci-fi book, but they’re a very real policy initiative being expanded by the government to ease demands on critical care in UK hospitals.

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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.

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Foster Care Hospitals Human Services Child Welfare 119

Community Care

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The government’s response to the consultation on the draft revised Mental Capacity Act code of practice, including provisions for implementing the Liberty Protection Safeguards , the successor to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In return for £400m in additional cash for 2023-24, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) expects councils to take action in relation to any one of reducing waiting times, addressing workforce shortages, tackling delayed discharges from hospital or improving fee rates for providers.

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Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

“It is the worst case of child abuse and neglect that I have ever seen,” said a hospital consultant who treated Victoria in her final days.

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Social Worker Government Interviewing Social Services 340

Gary Direnfeld

MAY 27, 2022

It came on the heels of a day that began with a call to go to hospital at 7:00 am. I again can get the call to go to hospital at anytime. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. Recovery another 2.5 No driving.

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Recovery Private Practice Hospitals Mental Health 147

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. Learn more about our leadership , direct services , consulting and training , and more! KVC is a great place to work!

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Community Care

APRIL 28, 2023

While ADASS is not signed up to every dot and comma of the report – produced by policy consultants Anna Dixon and Kate Jopling – it supports the broad thrust of its agenda of a shift to a more personalised, accessible and fair adult social care system. We want a shift from the dominant narrative around hospital discharge.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In several cases, these were carried out by external consultants, who validated the provider data against existing models for calculating the costs of care. per hour for home care; A southern county identified a potential gap of £223 to £290 in care home rates though suggested this might be an overestimate.

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Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 23, 2022

Over the course of 7 years as a Certified Therapy Dog, Kugle has made some 350 visits to senior’s residences, colleges and universities and a few hospitals. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice.

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 25, 2022

That can be work, mental illness, hospitalizations, the distraction of life events. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. That sense of abandonment doesn’t mean someone left you intentionally.

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Private Practice Mental Health Counseling Social Worker 147

Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 21, 2022

There may have been hospitalizations. That means using police and possible involuntary hospitalization for management. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. There may have been some episodes of violence.

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Self-harm Disability Private Practice Hospitals 147

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.

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Community Care

MARCH 18, 2022

The draft updated Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice, was published for public consultation on 17 March. Consultation ends on 4 July. The arrangements provide for the person to receive care or treatment mainly in an independent hospital. By Tim Spencer-Lane, legal editor, CC Inform. The meaning of deprivation of liberty.

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The Guardian

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Astonishingly, I was contacted a week later by my local hospital offering the surgery using the same surgeon and private hospital in an attempt to shift the backlog. I would suggest that all NHS-trained doctors, nurses and consultants be salaried state employees and not allowed to moonlight.

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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. Emphasis added.]

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Hospitals Child Welfare Interviewing Foster Care 98

Gary Direnfeld

MAY 20, 2023

There may be suicidal thoughts, actions, hospitalization, medications, even electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. The changes feel personal to others. It is not understood.

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Depression Private Practice Counseling Mental Health 100

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

For the past seventy-two hours I had been a guest of Mercy Hospital’s emergency room and both the hospital and I had settled in for the wait. I had my own room, a real hospital bed instead of an ER examination cot, and a menu card for the next day’s meals. I think I need to go to a hospital.” I think…” I started. “I

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The Guardian

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Excess capacity is at a historical low after a decade of underfunding and a dearth of capital investment; even before the pandemic, NHS hospitals were operating close to full capacity during the quieter summer months and there have been several winters now during which elective treatments have had to be cancelled altogether.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

and currently serves as a senior IT consultant and change management specialist for a major health care provider. She stepped into the corporate sector in 2008, taking on a role as a career development program manager for a major technology company, after serving as a hospital-based individual and group therapist.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

This is because the mounting vacancy rate in adult social care is a key driver of delayed discharges from hospital, reducing capacity to admit new patients. This was based on research it carried out with consultancy Box Power.

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Social Worker Government Interviewing Healthcare 252

Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 5, 2022

Married and moved to Hamilton, I took a job at a hospital based brain injury rehabilitation program. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America.

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Rehabilitation Private Practice University Mental Health 147

Social Work Blog

JUNE 1, 2022

Patient is located in their home (which is a location other than a hospital or other facility where the patient receives care in a private residence) when receiving health services or health related services through telecommunication technology. The Place of Service Code Set can also be found on the CMS website.

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Social Care

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Our resources focus on important carers’ rights that are almost universal – including the right to an assessment, eligibility for a free flu jab, asking GP practices to identify them as carers, and the right to be identified and consulted before a relative is discharged from hospital. "We Image created by freepik.com ].

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Adoption Consultation Disability Hospitals 108

Relias

MARCH 4, 2024

Regression in behavioral progress could lead to emergency room visits and hospitalizations – two scenarios that are obviously undesirable. Caregiver Consultations – For caregivers who cannot deliver services directly to clients, they may benefit from training and consultation with a behavior analyst.

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KVC

DECEMBER 8, 2021

But when she came to KVC Hospitals, she received comprehensive medical and psychiatric treatment. KVC Hospitals Commemorates 30 Years of Hope, Healing and Life-Changing Treatment. KVC Hospitals Kansas City is commemorating 30 years of providing compassionate psychiatric treatment to youth to help them heal. Read it now.

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Foster Care Psychiatric Adoption Hospitals 52

Social Work With Adults

MARCH 19, 2024

To mark the day, I’m delighted to present this blog from Jak Savage MBE , social care consultant and individual employer of personal assistants (PAs). Before that I was in a short-stay MDT setting for assessments and reablement for adults following hospital discharge or community referral and other varied roles in the sector.

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Hospital Discharges Social Worker Adoption Disability 70

Save the Social Worker

OCTOBER 9, 2022

One incident that led me to question my role in social work, and subsequently my ideas around how I wanted change to happen, was the time when I found myself in the hospital, on Christmas Eve. The idea that the organization cares and is available for consultation and support is a great help to these social workers.

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Relias

MARCH 15, 2022

“In today’s HR environment, with obstacles in recruitment and retention of staff, as well as the rapid expansion of technology, we will see an increase in outsourcing opportunities,” predicts John Woerly, RHIA, CHAM, FHAM, an Indianapolis-based revenue cycle consultant. There are some caveats, however. Aligning With Revenue Cycle Vendors.

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Hospitals Healthcare Medicaid Consultation 52

Community Care

APRIL 24, 2023

Education secretary Gillian Keegan announced a review of the LADO role , with a view to consulting on “developing a LADO handbook that includes improving handling whistleblowing concerns and complaints in circumstances such as these”.

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Social Worker Disability Schools Government 260

MQ Mental Health

AUGUST 30, 2023

Preventing repeated suicide attempts We know that when someone attempts suicide, and are admitted to hospital, the risk that they will attempt to take their own life again remains very high. He found that the SAFETEL study was both acceptable and feasible.

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Self-harm Mental Health Psychiatry Interventional 52

Relias

JULY 4, 2023

Many hospitals and health systems are facing revenue shortages that threaten their resources and financial stability. These services can include hospital management, healthcare monitoring and improvement, and medical record-keeping. If left unchecked, these issues can create revenue shortages for hospitals and health systems.

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