Substitute Care Providers

Designed for child welfare staff & provides the foundation for serving abused & neglected children who are in family foster care & adoption. Also intended for professionals involved in child protection: law enforcement, education, mental health, health care, & early childhood professionals. Provides information of value to foster & adoptive parents. Glossary & bibliography.

Humboldt County Child Welfare Services uses a variety of placement options to meet the needs of the children who are taken into care. These placements require an assortment of services to be successful. It is important for the stability of these children that the care providers have their needs met. This research was conducted through surveys of care providers in Humboldt County and through interviews with ongoing social workers in order to determine how placements are supported locally. It was found in this research that placements face some unique challenges depending on placement type. It was also found that some challenges, such as respite care, are faced by all placement types. It is important for Humboldt County Child Welfare Services to address these needs in order to maintain placement stability.

Because communication among health care professionals can mean the difference between patient life and death, clear and effective patient care documentation is as important as the delivery of care itself. The rehabilitation professional faces formidable documentation responsibilities. Patient care documentation created by the rehabilitation professional must be accurate, comprehensive, concise, objective, and timely. In an interdisciplinary health care environment, documentation must also be expeditiously communicated to other professionals on the health care team.

Archival snapshot of entire looseleaf Code of Massachusetts Regulations held by the Social Law Library of Massachusetts as of January 2020.

This Second Edition Of Our Easy-To-Use Reference Takes A Risk Management Approach To Patient Care Documentation. It Shows Clinicians From A Wide Variety Of Disciplines How To Be Objective, Precise, Unambiguous, And Timely When Documenting Treatment-Related Matters. The Content Is Written In Straightforward Lay Language And Includes Sample Documentation Forms. The New Edition Includes Information On Computerized Documentation; Coverage Of Telehealth Issues; Updates On JCAHO, CARF, And NCQA Accreditation; And Documentation Problems Specific To Non-Hospital And Managed Care Settings.