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Funeral homes: Where hospice workers forget patient self-determination

Hospice Social Work

I recently surveyed a hospice team about their attitudes and understanding about patient self-determination. Overall, the results were positive. When it came to spiritual care and DNRs, all but a minute minority chose answers that prioritized the patient’s right to choose. All of the 24 respondents answered that they would respect a family’s wishes to decline the chaplain’s service.

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Telehealth is Gaining Traction, but do Mental Health Providers Like It?

Society of Clinical Psychology

It is hard to ignore the growing interest in telemental health care provided via videoconferencing ( TMH-V ). Similar to Skype or Facetime, TMH-V allows providers to deliver psychotherapy, medication management, or assessment to clinics without on-site mental health services or directly to patients’ homes. TMH-V can increase access to mental health care for a wide variety of patients, including those who: Have long commutes to their closest mental health clinic due to distance, traffic, and/or w

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loneliness and therapy

Clinical Philosophy

I recently gave a talk on loneliness and was afterwards struck that I failed to say that which was perhaps somehow too obvious to be said but which, I realised from the Q&A, yet needed to be said. My understanding of loneliness is that it's no registration of being alone - no synonym for a feeling of oneliness - and no simple recognition of current unlovedness - but rather the feeling of being unloved because being unlovable.

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Art Therapy Part 1

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Part 1 and Part 2 teach: Summary • There are endless things you can do with art therapy to: • Express emotions • Enhance mindfulness and self-awareness • Increase happiness • Improve interpersonal communication • Enhance fine and gross motor skills • Develop self-esteem • Teach teamwork Part 1 and Part 2 teach: Summary • There are endless things you can do with art therapy to: • Express emotions • Enhance mindfulness and self-awareness • Increase happiness • Improve interpersonal communication •

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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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The Truth About Why Your Brain Drives Your Behavior and Addiction

Pure Recovery California

Austin Lutz BA, BCN Certified, Deborah Whitney BSBA. Richard 38, had gone to twelve addiction treatment programs and failed every one of them. He really wanted to quit. He went to AA but was so impulsive he was unable to stop himself from drinking. When he had his brainwaves analyzed using Quantitative Electroencephalography (qEEG) it revealed abnormal activity in an area called the prefrontal cortex, which is involved in impulse control.

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Art Therapy Part 2

Counselor Toolbox podcast

This is part 2. Both parts cover: Summary • There are endless things you can do with art therapy to: • Express emotions • Enhance mindfulness and self-awareness • Increase happiness • Improve interpersonal communication • Enhance fine and gross motor skills • Develop self-esteem • Teach teamwork This is part 2.