Famcare

AUGUST 31, 2022

As the twentieth century wore on, social work expanded services to all segments of the less fortunate population, and nonprofits as well as government social agencies began to define their missions by identifying the quality-of-life outcomes their clients achieved. They took in orphans and the homeless and fed the hungry.

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Relias

MARCH 29, 2024

Grantees conduct comprehensive needs assessments, develop a plan to address the needs, and report on their progress and outcomes using a set of national and state-specific performance measures. Many of these causes are worsened by social determinants of health such as poverty, lack of access to quality health care, racism, and discrimination.

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OCTOBER 10, 2023

Patient safety was defined by the Institute of Medicine two decades ago simply as “ the prevention of harm to patients.” Because nurses are directly involved with patients on a day-to-day — and often hourly — basis, improving their ability to provide high-quality care is critical to a successful patient safety strategy.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), care coordination is “the deliberate organization of patient care activities between two or more participants (including the patient) involved in a patient’s care to facilitate the appropriate delivery of health care services.”

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Positive behavior support is a holistic approach to improving a person’s quality of life that can reduce challenging behavior. Grounded in applied behavior analysis , the concept of positive behavior supports emerged in response to deinstitutionalization and the move toward person centered supports and services. What happened?

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MQ Mental Health

JUNE 14, 2023

If we want to ensure that we acquire good quality data from electronic health records, we need to focus on how we pull data out (rather than how it is put in). clearly defining outcome of interest). In April 2023, the DATAMIND Data Science workshop and conference for researchers to share talks and presentations.

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Relias

MARCH 17, 2022

DEI has been a recent focus for businesses and organizations across the world, but perhaps none stand to make a greater impact than the healthcare industry, as it directly affects patient health outcomes and quality of life in a profound way. Also, hiring and retaining a workforce that is representative of the patient population served.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

insurer) and provider that stipulates that payment for services is based upon predetermined measures, such as patient outcomes. Value-based contracts have proven an effective way to make sure patients and clients receive quality care without overburdening payers. Value-based contracts (VBC) are agreements between the payer (i.e.,

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JANUARY 26, 2023

What I have learned over the years is that it takes effort and structure to create a quality assignment that will help students connect what they are learning in the classroom to their field experience and beyond. Answering these questions about your course should help you define your reasons for including assignments as part of your course.

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Relias

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Forbes defines four types of gap analyses: strategic, skills, market , and profit. Forbes defines four types of gap analyses: strategic, skills, market , and profit. The “gap” refers to the difference between business goals and actual performance. Hypothetical scenario: slow pandemic recovery. Imagine the following scenario.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Retaining direct support professionals (DSPs) is a seemingly never-ending challenge for organizations that serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Agencies are always looking for ways to help new hires understand and get excited about the job, engage their employees, and recognize the experience of their veterans.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

Can you feel it? No, not the pumpkin lattes or sprigs of spruce and pine. It’s more like stale coffee and the gentle clicking of keys on the computer. Tis the season for evaluating training programs and checking everything twice to make sure you’re on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ and The Joint Commission’s nice lists.

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JUNE 21, 2023

It defined “accessibility” as the “design, construction, development, and maintenance of facilities, information and communication technology, programs, and services so that all people, including people with disabilities, can fully and independently use them.” Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts across the U.S.

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JUNE 21, 2023

It defined “accessibility” as the “design, construction, development, and maintenance of facilities, information and communication technology, programs, and services so that all people, including people with disabilities, can fully and independently use them.” Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts across the U.S.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

JULY 13, 2020

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes a great deal of mental and physical distress, and can significantly reduce a person’s quality of life. 15%) or a set reduction in scores on an assessment measure (e.g., – 15 points), or set a particular cut-off score on a clinician-rated assessment tool. Discussion Questions.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

APRIL 18, 2022

Climate change, rupturing inequalities, record numbers of people forced from their homes by conflict and crisis – these are the results of societies that value what they measure instead of measuring what they value.”. KZN floods: Climate change and the infra-politics of power. We are, indeed, experiencing a crisis of values.

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MARCH 31, 2023

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” — Jane Goodall Nurses who excel in their clinical practice and gain satisfaction from mentoring others might consider pursuing a nurse leader role. But how do they take that step? What is a nurse leader?

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KVC

JULY 16, 2023

Gallup defines a good job as one with 30+ hours of work a week with a consistent paycheck from an employer,” Clifton elaborates. “A “What everyone in the world wants is a good job,” says Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO of Gallup. His company knows this for a fact; Gallup has surveyed 35 million employees worldwide on work wellbeing.

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JANUARY 12, 2022

By moving toward a true learning culture, your organization will position itself to increase staff retention, create quality outcomes, and build organizational resilience. By moving toward a true learning culture, your organization will position itself to increase staff retention, create quality outcomes, and build organizational resilience.

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Social Workers Speak

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Molly Alvord is a member of NASW-PA: How to Handle an Emotionally Immature Parent Yahoo Controlling parents tend to set unrealistic standards for their children, and can be punitive when they don’t measure up. Emotional parents tend to have very volatile mood swings, vacillating from one extreme to another.

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Social Workers Speak

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Molly Alvord is a member of NASW-PA: How to Handle an Emotionally Immature Parent Yahoo Controlling parents tend to set unrealistic standards for their children, and can be punitive when they don’t measure up. Emotional parents tend to have very volatile mood swings, vacillating from one extreme to another.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

DECEMBER 6, 2020

There is an abundance of research on what defines resilience (e.g., Similar to meta-analyses conducted with other interventions, the effects were largely variable, with diversities observed across types of outcomes measured, intervention approaches employed, and targeted population characteristics. 2013; White et al.,

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 1, 2024

This is just one reason why language around mental health is so important, for example calling someone ‘an anorexic’ is unhelpful as it not only does it sees the condition before the person, but it defines the person by one condition. Some people might think a mental illness gets diagnosed and then remains one condition for a person’s life.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 1, 2024

This is just one reason why language around mental health is so important, for example calling someone ‘an anorexic’ is unhelpful as it not only does it sees the condition before the person, but it defines the person by one condition. Some people might think a mental illness gets diagnosed and then remains one condition for a person’s life.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

According to Davies (2012) social work refers to an area of theoretical discipline with a focus on how to help improve the quality of life of individuals in the society. It uses research, evidence based practice, practice knowledge and theories to help improve individual quality of life.

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The Critical Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

However, we also know that too many pupils still fall between the cracks and are denied this opportunity for lots of different reasons, some to do with the variability in the quality of education they receive in their schools and others to do with ingrained structural inequalities perpetuated by society at large. It takes ingenuity.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

JANUARY 30, 2024

Alzheimer’s stigma is a known barrier to early diagnosis, leading people to postpone seeking the care they need, and lowers the quality of life for persons living with the disease and their family members (Corner & Bond, 2004; Werner & Giveon, 2008). Stites, Milne, et al., 2001; Link et al., 2001; Link et al., Stites, Rubright, et al.,

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Social Work Haven

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) is one of the most important aspects of your social work career. The ASYE social work programme gives Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) extra support during their first year in employment. Newly qualified social workers often ask whether the ASYE is compulsory. Consider this quote.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

MARCH 7, 2020

During that time, she had been having several panic attacks per day and met criteria for multiple anxiety disorders. She had dropped out of school, had increasing depression symptoms, and had been hospitalized several times for suicidality. These early reviews concluded that self-study (e.g., There are several key takeaways.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Life has its ups and downs, and sometimes, it’s our dear friends who need a little extra support and encouragement during the tough moments. Words of encouragement to a friend feeling down quotes can be handy in such situations. If you have a friend who’s feeling down, remember that your words can be a source of strength and comfort.

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The Critical Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Unfortunately, professional reports too often miss their mark, losing sight of their intended audience while ‘feeding a system’ – in other words, completing a task as a matter of compliance, rather than to achieve a purpose in someone’s life. These reports are about form, not substance. Listening goes beyond ‘sitting quietly in a living room’.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

2011; Stack, Serbin, Enns, Ruttle, & Barrieau, 2010). EBPPs are programs that have been rigorously evaluated through randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and show increased positive parenting practices and reduced ineffective disciplinary practices (Sanders & Kirby, 2014). Two concepts that provide such a basis are mindfulness and compassion.

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Relias

MARCH 16, 2022

As a leader, whether you lead a single team or an entire organization, you set the tone for the local culture, influencing values and defining goals. Patient Safety Awareness Week is March 13-19, 2022, so it’s a good time to ask this question and make an honest assessment of where you stand. What is Patient Safety Awareness Week?

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed the way behavioral health and other human services organizations conduct their operations. Providers have struggled with how to properly care for?persons?served served while also ensuring their own safety. These struggles have led many organizations to embrace digital transformation? taking but?will

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Many consider it to be the style that best enables healthcare organizations to respond quickly to change and continuously improve. These attributes (and others) can translate to greater improvements in patient safety. What is transformational leadership? Motivates people to take ownership of their roles.

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