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1 Illness Management and Recovery for Veterans With Severe Mental Illness - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov

Psychiatric symptoms substance abuse hope employment independent living [ Time Frame: 18 ... step to systematically evaluating the effectiveness of a comprehensive manual-based approach to improving recovery outcomes for veterans with severe mental illness. As an implementation package IMR offers mental health providers useful tools that could be widely disseminated across the VA system. ... http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00515671

www.clinicaltrials.gov Aug 17, 2009
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2 How to Support Recovery for People With Mental Illness -- Diamond 60 (9): 1155 -- Psychiatr Serv

Chronically Mentally Ill Patients Recovery Related Article Taking Issue How to Support Recovery for People With Mental Illness Ronald J. Diamond M.D. Department of Psychiatry University of Wisconsin Madison ... First support the attitude of recovery whenever and wherever it occurs. Support hope. ... http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/short/60/9/1155

ps.psychiatryonline.org Sep 1, 2009

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has approved increased deductibility levels for long term care insurance policies purchased in 2010 according to a just-issued report by the American Association for Long Term Care Insurance, the industry trade group……

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IRS Announces Higher Tax Deductions For Long Term Care Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance

Medicaid spending for home- and community-based services (HCBS) skyrocketed by 81.5% between fiscal years 2001 and 2007, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Center for Assisted Living. Meanwhile, spending on nursing homes grew by a modest 9.8% during that time……

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Medicaid spending for home- and community-based care soars, report finds - McKnight's Long Term Care News

A federal judge stopped the state from sending notices to 130,000 elderly and disabled Californians to inform them that their home care supportive services would be reduced — or eliminated entirely — on November 1.

A temporary restraining order — granted the day before the letters were to be dropped in the mail — prohibits the state from sending the notices until a court decides on October 19 whether it should issue a longer preliminary injunction.

The ruling is a win for advocates and unions that filed a federal class-action lawsuit on behalf of California’s home care supportive clients.

California Home Care Cuts Put on Hold | PHInational.org

Disability Protest at CNN World HQ - iReport.com

1328_Stone_supporting_culture_change_smarter_state_nursing_home_reg.pdf (application/pdf Object)

ABSTRACT: The traditional nursing home regulatory approach, which uses survey and enforcement to achieve performance improvement, has created tensions between providers and surveyors. It has had limited success in improving quality overall and not necessarily allowed innovation to flourish. This has been the perception of many homes wanting to undergo transformative “culture change” reforms. To move toward a new model of nursing home regulation, the states and federal government must strike a balance between the traditional regulatory approach to weed out substandard facilities and a partnership model aimed at promoting high performance. This issue brief highlights the importance of how such a model is structured, as well as the need to adequately train and educate regulatory staff and providers about culture change. Regulators, providers, consumer groups, residents, and their families also will need to commit to the principles of person-centered care to ensure the success of the new collaborative approach….

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….."We're here in Atlanta to demand freedom from nursing homes andinstitutions for people with disabilities and who are older," said RandyAlexander, Organizer for Tennessee ADAPT. "Currently, Medicaid law isbiased in favor of forcing people into expensive nursing facilities andother institutions, rather than mandating that people can choose to stayat home with the assistance they need. As a result, hundreds of thousandsof older and disabled Americans have lost their homes and their freedom,and have been virtually locked up for the crime of disability or age. It'sa violation of our civil rights!"……

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he US Food and Drug Administration wants to give the device used for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT or electroshock) a rubber stamp of approval without ever having investigated the device for safety or efficacy. Here's your gateway to the latest info about the campaign to say "no" to reclassification, how to take action, and background information.

Your gateway to info about STOPPING FDA rubber stamp of ECT — MFI Portal

Why Bed Rails Are Not Mobility Aids

…..Many bed falls are mobility related. The most common solutions were to confine the person or restrain them with bed rails, sometimes both. Today’s focus is on individual needs and keeping people mobile without confining or restraining them.

One myth is that the elderly fall out of bed because the bed rails are not raised. Yet we never hear what caused them to “fall out of bed” so informed decisions are rare. Exploring the reasons why the elderly and others fall out of bed will help us make better mobility decisions now, and in the future. Bed fall examples:

1. Accidental, rolled off the bed while reaching for a TV remote or glass of water on a night stand, usually an accident. Is this a balance or mobility issue, both or just an accident?……..

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