History of Violence, Mental Illness Plagued Hospital Shooting Suspect
History of violence, mental illness plagued hospital shooting suspect He was ordered to reside at the Life Center of Eastern Delaware County on Market Street for as long as his probation officer deems it to be in Plotts' best interest. He was also ordered to participate in mental health and drug treatment programs as … Read more on Delaware County Daily Times Smart On Crime Initiative Intended To Reduce Louisiana's Record Incarceration “We started looking at programs that helped,” Madden says. “We looked at drug treatment. We looked at alcohol treatment. We looked at funding for mental health. We looked at intermediate sanctions. We looked at expansion of specialty courts. All of the … Read more on WWNO Read more... ...
Why Rob Ford's Addiction Is an Explanation, Not an Excuse
... Rob Ford's Addiction is An Explanation, Not An Excuse For example, imagine someone with mild depression, good social support (ex: family and friends) and access to psychological treatment. We might say that the depression is having some influence on decision making, but on a scale from 0 – 100, deciding … Read more on Huffington Post Canada Lack Of Rehab Facilities Hurt Cardiac Patients Researchers from York University in Canada suggest that rehabilitation programs must become an integral part of cardiac care to significantly reduce the burden of living with heart disease, one of the most common chronic diseases and causes of death … Read more on University Herald Read ...
White House Eyes Control of After-Hospital Medicare Costs, Such as Nursing …
White House eyes control of after-hospital Medicare costs, such as nursing … Medicare spends $ 8,800 on each Louisiana patient getting home health care, $ 5,000 more than it spends on the average New Jersey senior. In Chicago, 1 out of 4 Medicare beneficiaries … In 2012, $ 62 billion — 1 out of every 6 dollars Medicare spent in … Read more on Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Heard a big bang? It was all part of power line work It is the same noise that was heard late last week in Hardwick/Stillwater, where crews were using the same technique of using explosives to splice power lines on the new Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line. In a notice to the township, which was … Read more on New Jersey Herald Read more... ...
Alcohol Outpatient Programs: an Introduction to Outpatient Rehabilitation Programs
When a person goes through outpatient rehabilitation from alcohol and/or drugs, it should be accomplished safely and comfortably with the help of medical personnel. Although not every outpatient program will allow it, the best treatment centers will allow patients to remain at the facility and be monitored for several hours a day. They will also be able to quickly arrange hospitalization if it becomes necessary. The safety of every participant must be the first and foremost concern of the staff at rehab centers at all times. Nothing is more important than a participants safety and well being. If you are researching different facilities or programs for yourself or for a loved one, be sure that you are convinced that the staff members all share this belief regarding safety! Read more... ...
Joy Burch's Son on Armed Robbery Charges
... Burch's son on armed robbery charges But he said Lloyd Burch was addressing his drug and alcohol problems, and also planned to study at Canberra Institute of Technology and through a pre-admission university course. Mr Doig told the court the offence had helped to crystallise in his … Read more on The Canberra Times Photo Essay: 10 Hours On A Bus With Newly Released Prisoners Rehabilitation programs are the first to get cut in a budget crisis. I asked if counseling kids … Most of the others were en route to ¾ houses, which are similar to halfway houses, but serve parolees rather than those with drug or alcohol addictions … Read more on Gothamist Read ...