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Dementia village in Warwick is a pioneer in person-centred care

The Guardian

Woodside is modelled on a Dutch facility that connects residents to normal life and improves wellbeing It is the dementia care complex with the air of The Truman Show. Residents shop in a mini mart, hang out at the Cup Above cafe, get spruced up at Cutters Hair and Beauty. There is even a crazy golf course. Woodside Care Village in Warwick is staged like a town centre in miniature, with benches and a fountain, cafe tables and front doors to homes styled as either “town”, “country” or “classical”

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Omnibus Enacted with Many Health Care Provisions

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Medicare cuts reduced and telehealth flexibilities remain.

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Archbishops’ inquiry to call for better dementia support in community

The Guardian

The church leaders’ commission will recommend more resources to make society ‘welcoming and safe’ for those affected Society must stop treating people with dementia as a burden and provide better care for them in the community, an inquiry into social care commissioned by the archbishops of Canterbury and York will say in the new year. The church leaders’ Reimagining Care Commission will argue: “We are too quick to dismiss people who have dementia as burdens to be managed, failing to recognise th

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Case Management in 2023: Four Tips to Become a Better Caseworker

Famcare

Recent estimates place the number of social workers in the US at around 700,000. Social workers in the US have a lot on their plates working for a variety of social services, such as child welfare, senior services, veteran services, and juvenile justice. Casework in US social services is difficult, whether it is tending to family services difficulties or making sure that foster children have enough support.

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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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Complained about neglect in a care home and faced a visiting ban? This is the new normal | Helen Wildbore

The Guardian

I have worked in the care sector for 20 years and I have never seen it this bad. Many families are too scared to complain Helen Wildbore is the director of the Relatives & Residents Association Dementia patients in England facing ‘national crisis’ in care safety The crisis in dementia care reported by the Guardian this week is deeply upsetting. The fact that half of all residential care homes in England inspected this year were rated inadequate or requiring improvement confirms the very wors

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Autism in the DSM 5 TR

Counselor Toolbox podcast

TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 02:15 Diagnostic Criteria for autism spectrum disorders according to the DSM-5-TR 19:19 Strengths of Autistic people 26:25 Prevalence of ASD 28:00 Development and course of Autism Spectrum Disorders per the DSM-5-TR 30:35 Risk factors for Autism 39:00 Gender differences sex differences in presentation and rate of diagnosis 40:58 Challenges from Social Impairments […] TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 02:15 Diagnostic Criteria for autism spectrum disorders accordin