...Work 30 (2008) 311–316 IOS Press 311 Disclosure of mental health Kathy Hatchard∗ Hatchard Rehabilitation, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada Abstract. As today’s workplaces strive toward a climate of inclusiveness for persons with disabilities, much work remains for employers in developing a process to achieve this ideal. While survivors of mental illness are encouraged to disclose related concerns to their employer, such sharing of personal information remains daunting. Similarly, employers attempting to assist the process are often awed by the extent of collaborations involved in integrating employees with mental health issues back to work as well as concern about compliance with human rights legislation. Needed accommodations in terms of approach to the work itself are often simple; however substantiating the need for adjustments is more complex. This case study introduces a model to support the development of shared goals and shared understandings for return to work (RTW) among workers with mental health concerns, employers, co-workers and therapists. The model of occupational competence is used as a basis to guide dialogue, identify challenges and generate solutions that take into consideration a worker’s preferences, sensitivities, culture and capacities in relationship to the occupational demands in a given workplace environment. A case study is used to demonstrate the potential utility of the model in assisting stakeholders to strengthen collaborations and...
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...and sizes and are found throughout the earth. There are three commonly available types of asbestos; chrysotile (white asbestos) comes mainly from Canada, and has been very widely used in the US, amosite (brown asbestos) comes from southern Africa, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) comes from southern Africa or Australia. All three have been associated with cancerous and non-cancerous lung disease. Asbestos has been used often in a variety of building materials for insulation and as a fire retardant. Asbestos is usually found in older homes in pipes, furnaces, roof shingles, millboard, textured paints, coating materials, and floor tiles. However, the presences of asbestos containing products in the area in which you live, work, or go to school at is not necessarily a hazardous condition. It is only hazardous when asbestos containing products break down and become airborne then a hazardous condition is created. The clinical symptoms usually include pain in chest or abdomen, coughing up blood, difficulty swallowing, bone pain or tenderness, weight loss, slowly progressing shortness of breath and cough, often 20 to 40 years after exposure to asbestos(Medicine net). Currently about 125 million people in the world are exposed to asbestos at the workplace. In 2004, asbestos-related lung cancer, mesothelioma and asbestosis from occupational exposures resulted in 107,000 deaths and 1,523,000 Disability Adjusted Life Years (World Health Organization). All industrial countries now regulate...
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...under the supervision of Professor Roderick E. White solely to provide material for class discussion. The authors do not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The authors may have disguised certain names and other identifying information to protect confidentiality. Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation prohibits any form of reproduction, storage or transmission without its written permission. Reproduction of this material is not covered under authorization by any reproduction rights organization. To order copies or request permission to reproduce materials, contact Ivey Publishing, Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 3K7; phone (519) 661-3208; fax (519) 661-3882; e-mail cases@ivey.uwo.ca. Copyright © 2010, Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation Version: (A) 2010-07-09 It was nearing the end of another busy day, and Connie Clerici’s last appointment had been cancelled. Clerici was glad to have some time to reflect on both her business and her personal situation before the meeting with her advisory board, scheduled for the next day, September 25, 2009. She knew the business environment of her company, Closing the Gap (CTG), continued to change, presenting opportunities and challenges. She wanted to be prepared for a productive discussion with her board about how she and her company should address the changing home care environment...
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...How to Approach Staffing for the Practice Credentials/Licensure/Requirements Debra Sawyer AUI Credentialing for physicians and nurses and other non medical providers Physicians Credentials The role of a physician is to diagnose and treat the illnesses of their patients. When a physician sees a patient who has an injury or is ill, the physician must first identify the problem or diagnosis the illness. A physician’s credential is a personal qualification of achievement and trustworthiness that can be used to substantiate and verify competence and licensure. These documents represent evidence of a provider’s training, licensure, expertise and experience. Why credential providers? • To protect patients. • To verify that doctors meet accreditation and state licensing standards. • To verify that doctors are who they represent themselves to be. • To confirm clinical competence. Non-Physician Credentials by state law, must complete an accredited, formal education program. The majority holds a bachelor’s degree. Although they are employable with an Associates. Are licensure requirements different form state to state In each state, the State Board of Nursing specifies what educational, clinical, and licensure requirements are necessary to practice in the state. Nurse Practice Act (state legislation that sets out the requirements for nurse licensure in the state) contains the states requirements for the practice. All 50 states require that...
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...KEY WORDS discriminant analysis handwriting occupational therapy child validation studies In this study we sought to validate the discriminant ability of the Evaluation Tool of Children’s Handwriting– Manuscript in identifying children in Grades 2–3 with handwriting difficulties and to determine the percentage of change in handwriting scores that is consistently detected by occupational therapists. Thirty-four therapists judged and compared 35 pairs of handwriting samples. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses were performed to determine (1) the optimal cutoff values for word and letter legibility scores that identify children with handwriting difficulties who should be seen in rehabilitation and (2) the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) in handwriting scores. Cutoff scores of 75.0% for total word legibility and 76.0% for total letter legibility were found to provide excellent levels of accuracy. A difference of 10.0%–12.5% for total word legibility and 6.0%–7.0% for total letter legibility were found as the MCID. Study findings enable therapists to quantitatively support clinical judgment when evaluating handwriting. Brossard-Racine, M., Mazer, B., Julien, M., & Majnemer, A. (2012). Validating the use of the Evaluation Tool of Children’s Handwriting–Manuscript to identify handwriting difficulties and detect change in school-age children. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66, 414–421. http://dx.doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2012.003558 ...
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...and disorders (e.g., intellectual disability, epilepsy, ADHD, anxiety disorders) and various medical problems," writes Dr. Stephen Scherer, senior scientist and director of The Centre for Applied Genomics at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and director of the McLaughlin Centre at the University of Toronto, with coauthors. "Recent discoveries of underlying genomic factors have shown great complexity and implicate various networks of causal factors." ASD, which includes a variety of traits that range from mild to severe, is estimated to affect about 1% of the population, although it is under-recognized in the developing world. The review, by specialists in pediatrics, psychiatry, epidemiology, neurology and genetics from across Canada, outlines the current understanding of ASD and best practices for pediatricians, family doctors and specialist clinics, and identifies resources for clinicians. Topics include: What causes autism? The causes are thought to be multi-factorial: genetic, epigenetic, and non- genetic factors. How is ASD diagnosed?The diagnostic assessment of ASD allows a physician to determine if a child meets the accepted ASD criteria (usually per Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [DSM] criteria), identify comorbid medical orgenetic syndromes or psychopathology, and identify the patient’s treatment needs. Red flags come from parents...
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...J A Collaborative Approach to Fall Prevention By ANGELA MERRETT, PATRICIA THOMAS, ANNE STEPHENS, ROLA MOGHABGHAB and MARILYN GRUNEIR The four partner organizations formally recognized their commitment and shared vision through a letter of agreement, which specified a framework, definitions and terms for their respective roles and responsibilities. The letter of agreement was intended to foster a sense of belonging among the group and identify leadership and governance for the project. The two site coordinators were responsible for preparing and coordinating the ethical review applications and letters of support. The team decided to use the existing practices of community service providers. To facilitate referrals of participating patients, the team first identified the existing service pathways. The hospital medical director distributed an overview document to inform emergency department physicians of the project, and the clinical nurse specialist reviewed the referral process, protocols and documentation with nursing staff. ore than ever, health-care providers need to communicate with each other to stay informed about the services clients receive. Working in collaboration is essential to the delivery of effective, efficient and timely care (D'Amour, Ferrada-Videla, San Martin Rodriguez, & Beaulieu, 2005; Interprofessional Care Steering Committee, 2007). We all had roles on the Geriatric Emergency ManagementFalls Intervention Team (GEM-FIT) project, which was aimed...
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...the box of your choice * * Personal Characteristics * Age: ______ * Gender: Male Female * Health Status: Excellent Good Fair Poor * Family Situation: Single Partners without children Partners with children; No. of Children: ____ Single Parent Family Others (Please specify): __________________ * Monthly Income: Php 1001- Php 1500 Php 1501- Php 2000 Php 2001- Php 5000 Php 5001- Php 10000 Above Php 10000 * What type of insurance do you have? Government Insurance Work insurance Others (Please specify): ____________ * What company did you acquire for health insurance? Sun Life of Canada (Philippines) Inc. Pru Life Insurance Corp. of U.K. Philippine American Life & General Ins, Co. Philippine AXA Life Insurance, Corp. BPI Philam Life Assurance Corp., Inc. Others (Please specify): _____________________ * Are you satisfied enough to recommend it (insurance company) to others? Yes No If Yes/No, Why? Coverage Cost Accommodation Others (Please specify): ____________________ * What preference as to: a) Coverage Outpatient care—the kind you get without being admitted to a hospital Trips to the emergency room Treatment in the hospital for inpatient care Care...
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...to be a disorder of the central nervous system that results from the loss of cells in various parts of the brain, including a region called the substantia nigra. The substantia nigra cells produce dopamine, a chemical messenger responsible for transmitting signals within the brain that allow for coordination of movement, learning ability, reward feeling, and placebo effect. Decreased dopamine production causes neurons to fire without normal control, leaving patients less able to direct or control their movement and contributes to mood and cognitive disturbances later in the course of the disease. Parkinson's disease is one of several diseases categorized by clinicians as movement disorders. Parkinson's disease Triggers In Canada alone there is over 100,000 Canadians affected by Parkinson's disease. It is the second most common neurodegenerative disease (after Alzheimer’s disease). Parkinson’s disease is most commonly found in people who are older than 50; the average age at which it occurs is over 60. But some younger people may also get Parkinson's disease younger than 40, it's called early-onset Parkinson's disease. You may develop early-onset Parkinson's disease because someone in your family has it. The total causes of Parkinson’s disease are unknown; there is no scientifically validated preventive course to reduce the...
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...their mid teens and early twenties. It is a genetic condition that occurs as a new mutation, and is rarely inherited. Although the term Progeria applies strictly to all diseases characterized by premature aging symptoms, and is often used as such, it is often applied specifically in reference to Hutchinson-Guilford Progeria Syndrome. At present there are 53 known cases of Progeria around the world and only 2 in the UK. There is a reported incidence of Progeria of approximately 1 in every 4 to 8 million newborns. Both boys and girls run an equal risk of having Progeria. Progeria appears to affect children of all races equally. Over the last 15 years the following countries have had reported cases - Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Cuba, England, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, South Africa, South America, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey, the US, Venezuela, Vietnam and Yugoslavi. Children with Progeria are born looking healthy. When they are about 10 to 24 months old, features of accelerated aging start to appear. Signs of Progeria may include: growth failure, loss of body fat, loss of hair, skin starts to look aged, stiffness in the joints, hip dislocation, generalized atherosclerosis (cardio and heart disease), and stroke. Although they may come from varying ethnic backgrounds, children with...
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...rights reserved/tous droits réservés Published by the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, Ontario Copies may be ordered from Canadian Psychological Association 141, Ave Laurier West, Suite 702 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5J3 Phone: (613) 237-2144 Fax: (613) 237-1674 ISBN N°. 978-1-926793-01-6 Planning a Career in Psychology: A Canadian Perspective for University Bound and Beginning University Students Marvin L. Simner CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Subfields of Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Is Psychology the Right Choice for Me? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 How to Become a Professional Psychologist . . . . . . . . . . 8 Occupational Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 How to Succeed in University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Recommended Readings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 A Canadian Perspective for University Bound and Beginning University Students INTRODUCTION If you are a high school student contemplating university, or a beginning university student with a desire to major in psychology, you are not alone. Psychology is one of the most popular undergraduate majors among Canadian university students. Of the...
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...1 Occupational Health and Safety Issues of Police Officers in Canada, the United States and Europe: A Review Essay © Jennifer R. L. Parsons June, 2004 2 Introduction Police officers play a pivotal role in North American and European societies. They are involved in many aspects of North American and European life. Officers’ involvement ranges from general, daily, proactive patrol activities to specific criminal activities such as narcotic investigations. Because there is such a wide range of activities involved in police work, there are many health and safety issues surrounding policing as an occupation. Police officers may be exposed to different health and safety risks in their occupation. For example, police officers are at risk of assault and homicide; the dynamics of policing as an occupation creates opportunities for them to experience many psychosocial hazards such as stress, suicide, sexual harassment, and discrimination. It is important that research be completed on the health and safety issues of police officers in order to identify hazards and identify ways to reduce risk. The failure to identify and solve health and safety concerns of officers has potentially serious consequences for the health and well being of officers and their families. These consequences can include depression, divorce, suicide, and disease. Not addressing the health and safety issues associated with policing may also impact the general public. For example, if an officer is...
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...over time that includes implicit versus explicit beliefs, attitudes, values, customs, norms, taboos, arts, and life ways accepted by a community of individuals. Culture is primarily learned and transmitted in the family and other social organizations, is shared by the majority of the group, includes an individualized worldview, guides decision making, and facilitates self worth and self-esteem * “The learned, shared, and transmitted values, beliefs, norms and lifeways of a particular culture that guides thinking, decisions and actions in patterned ways and often intergenerationally” (Leininger, 2006 as cited in Stamler& Yiu, 2012, p. 125) * Culture is more than beliefs, practices, and values (Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada, 2009) * Culture is learned, shared, and changes. It also encompasses all aspects of our lives. What we have learned to value represents our assumptions about how to perceive, think, and behave in acceptable, appropriate, and meaningful way Characteristics Shared by all Cultures Culture is: * socially constructed * an integrated system * shared * largely implicit and tacit * fluid and dynamic * expressed and intersects with other social constructs such as race, gender, ethnicity, class, language, and disability Diversity * Refers to variety and...
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...country's economy. For purpose of finance and management, the health care industry is typically divided into several areas. As a basic framework for defining the sector, the United Nations International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) categorizes the health care industry as generally consisting of: 1. Hospital activities 2. Medical and dental practice activities 3. "Other human health activities". This third class involves activities of, or under the supervision of, nurses, midwives, physiotherapists, scientific or diagnostic laboratories, pathology clinics, residential health facilities, or other allied health professions, e.g. in the field of optometry, hydrotherapy, medical massage, yoga therapy, music therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, chiropody, homeopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture, etc. The Global Industry Classification Standard and the Industry Classification Benchmark further distinguish the industry as two main groups: 1. Health care equipment and services, and...
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...Assignment: Financial Analysis Company Overview HealthSouth Corporation is one largest rehabilitation healthcare providers. Healthsouth was founded in 1983 and the companies headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama. The company has hospitals in 27 states throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico. They employ 22,000 team members. Healthsouth primarily operates inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and long-term acute care hospitals. Their hospitals provide treatment on both an inpatient and outpatient basis. The inpatient rehabilitation hospitals offer services to patients who require institutional rehabilitation care, and patient care is provided by nursing and therapy staff as directed by a physician order. HealthSouth’s hospitals provide a higher level of rehabilitative care to patients who are recovering from conditions such as stroke and other neurological disorders, orthopedic, cardiac and pulmonary conditions, brain and spinal cord injury, and amputations. Healthsouth strives to return patients to full strength in less time. The company operates 97 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, including 68 owned hospitals and 29 jointly owned hospitals; 6 freestanding long-term acute care hospitals; 32 outpatient rehabilitation satellite clinics; 25 licensed hospital-based home health agencies; and managed 4 inpatient rehabilitation units through management contracts. HealthSouth was involved in a corporate accounting scandal in which its Chief Executive...
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