For Professionals Committed to Safe and Caring Workplaces.
If you’re faced with violence in your organization, understanding behaviors is the first step toward knowing how to respond effectively and safely. All behaviors, from discourtesy to retaliation to physical aggression, can have a staggering impact on your workplace culture, whether they’re exhibited by customers or coworkers.
Read more: How Do You Define Workplace Violence?…
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If you work with persons with behavioral health conditions, you need to know how extensively traumatic experiences have affected them so you can plan their care effectively.
Join three multidisciplinary practitioners who will help you properly assess trauma, incorporate safe approaches, avoid harmful interventions, and more in the free “Assessing for and Addressing Trauma in Recovery-Oriented Practice” webinar.
Read more: Trauma and Recovery: An Effective Way to Take Action…
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A study in Neurology suggests that the size of different areas of the brain could predict the likelihood of symptoms associated with early Alzheimer’s disease.
The findings were based on three years of research conducted with 159 people with an average age of 76 who did not have Alzheimer’s at the beginning of the study. Researchers used brain imaging to measure the thicknesses of different areas of the brain based on other research that already suggests that certain areas of the brain shrink in those with Alzheimer’s disease.
Read more: Brain Size May Offer Clues About Alzheimer’s Disease…
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CPI’s Dementia Care Specialists (DCS) program has partnered with the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordination (AANAC) to provide training to its members.
According to its website, AANAC is a nonprofit organization that supports clinicians involved in the Resident Assessment Instrument/Minimum Data Set process. It aims to improve the quality of care for individuals by providing information, education, networking, and advocacy opportunities for health care professionals.
Read more: DCS Partners With AANAC…
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Read a list of “10 Ways to Enhance Relationships and Communication for Individuals With Special Needs,” taken from Presuming Intellect: Ten Ways to Enrich Our Relationships Through a Belief in Competence, by William Stillman.
Read more: 10 Ways to Enhance Relationships and Communication for Individuals with Special Needs…
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Read Tony Jace’s latest entry in the CPI Executive Blog, “Workplace Violence Isn’t Part of the Job for Emergency Room Nurses,” about a report released by the Emergency Nurses Association on emergency room violence.
Read more: Workplace Violence Isn’t Part of the Job for Emergency Room Nurses…
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A new report from Equip for Equality, “National Review of Restraint Related Deaths of Children and Adults with Disabilities: The Lethal Consequences of Restraint,” examines over 60 restraint-related deaths in the US from 1999-2005.
Read more: Report Examines Restraint-Related Deaths…
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