Our tech team has been hard at work building new features and improving the FieldWorker platform to make it even easier for you to manage your cases. Let’s take a look at what these changes will mean for you and your team.

COVID-19, two syllables synonymous with a lot of heartache in the last year alone. For the most part, the elderly and vulnerable took the brunt of the impact. Now, however, more information has come to light over the challenges caregivers face daily.
Countless families across the country have decided to turn to in-home care services as a substitute to nursing homes. Owing to the fact nursing homes had become a magnet for the virus, along with many cases revolving nursing homes.

Medicaid, is the main source of financing for low-income residents to cover their long-term and health care needs. It represents one out of every six dollars spent for health care in the country. Together with the federal government, it is both funded and administered by the state government.

There’s no denying that burnout is a buzzword right now – especially for those in social care, it has become a hot topic since COVID began, with many existing challenges amplified by the pandemic situation.

However, with burnout being mentioned so often, it can be all too easy to lose sight of what it actually means and how it impacts us.

Intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) can significantly impact an individual's physical, intellectual and/or emotional development.
Before they reach 18, patients identified with IDD are more than likely to suffer long-term effects in major life activities.

For anyone unfamiliar with the definition, a Support Coordinator is someone who has the right knowledge to help individuals living with disability, planning ahead with their family, the process of coordinating and more.

Social work case management software is a Case Management Software tailored to meet the needs of social workers. The primary goal is to enable social workers to execute service programs efficiently while accurately viewing client information.

Recently, the Developmental disability service providers revealed that people who initially left their jobs because of health-concerns wouldn’t return because of low wages.
Valerie Been, Executive Director of the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, also said people were leaving their jobs because of the low pay. Considering the nature of their work, such as delivering one-on-one care to individuals with special needs, they can get a much easier job for more pay.

HIPAA – or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act – sets a precedent in sensitive data protection for patients. It is a series of supervisory regulations outlining the lawful disclosure and use of protected health information or (PHI).

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities or IDDs are conditions affecting the trajectory of an individual's intellectual, physical, and emotional development.

IDD is severe in some cases and is so primarily because of physical and mental impairments. Symptoms of IDD can start at any time in a person's life, lasting a lifetime for most people.

The influence of technology in the healthcare industry is all in all a step forward, though there have been several mishaps along the way. In fact, supporters of technology have mixed concerns about its reliability because of its unpredictable nature.

The 30th September deadline for EVV compliance is approaching! Is your agency ready? Read below to learn more about EVV and how FieldWorker can help…

The pandemic has shone a spotlight on the lack of community care given to seniors in care facilities - and this is true across the world, not just in the US. Data collected from 21 countries suggests almost half of all COVID-19 related deaths have occurred in long-term care facilities.

The Better Care Better Jobs Act was introduced in June this year by President Biden and the vote is expected to impact disability services everywhere in the country.

We have been hearing a lot about Britney Spears, the 90s pop icon, because of all the scandal around her guardianship.
Britney believes she no longer requires assistance from her family and wants the terms of the guardianship to be lifted. However, this appears to be a lot harder than expected.

“Mental disorders are responsible for about 12 – 15% of the world’s total disability – more than cardiovascular diseases, and twice as much as cancer.”

Social Workers, along with agency personnel have to deal with a great deal of documentation on each client they serve.
Read more to learn about how to get ahead of this process.

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