8/31/2021
The theme for National Recovery Month 2021 is “Recovery is for Everyone: Every Person, Every Family, Every Community.” Recovery Month celebrates the millions who have found recovery from mental health and substance use disorders and serves as an opportunity for education on the benefits of mental health and substance use treatment. SAMHSA defines recovery as “a process of change through which people improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives, and strive to reach their full potential.”
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5/6/2021
May 6 12, 2021, is Nurses Week. CARF recognizes the profound impact the nursing field has across health and human services.
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8/19/2020
Where regulatory oversight is varied by state and inconsistent, the CARF standards can position assisted living providers to prepare for and respond to a pandemic.
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3/31/2020
March is Social Work Month. This year's theme, Social Workers: Generations Strong, honors the powerful, positive impact the profession has had on society.
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2/27/2020
When an opioid treatment program opens its doors in a residential area, its neighbors may have concerns, but these programs are providing life-saving treatment that will ultimately strengthen the community.
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2/11/2020
In February of 2018, Congress passed the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA), also known as the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, to help children at risk of entering the foster-care system to remain safely with their family members whenever possible.
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11/13/2019
With a growing aging population, many adult children and other loved ones step up to provide care, but family caregivers take on a significant amount of work in addition to regular jobs and family responsibilities, which can lead to extreme burnout.
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7/25/2019
Social determinants of health (SDH) are the conditions in which people live, work, and age and include factors like housing stability, employment status, geographic location, education, and other socioeconomic circumstances. SDH, often determined by distribution of wealth and resources, has proven responsible for inequities in healthcare and has become its biggest cost-driver.
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6/7/2019
Using options like acupuncture, physical
fitness, pottery, and more within an organized community-based program can help
people reduce reliance on opioids
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4/16/2019
In
October, we highlighted some emerging medtech options
that may help reduce reliance on opioids for pain management. Next in our
series on pain management in the context of the current opioid crisis, we examine
the deeper issue of the nature of pain itself.
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