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Abstract The treatment of people with addiction disorders is more effective when families are involved in the process. This is showed by many recent researches and also by our direct experience during the last 10 years. The main purpose of …
Dealing with the loss of a spouse is a painful, oftentimes long process. This grieving process can be complicated by conditions like Alzheimer’s, which causes confusion and forgetfulness. If you’re trying to help a loved one with Alzheimer’s deal with …
Worker’s compensation is a type of insurance that secures compensation and medical assurance for workers and employees. This type of insurance kicks in thecase of an injury at the workplace. There are a lot of injuries and conditions that qualify …
The rain and flooding following Hurricane Harvey continue to hammer a wide swath of Texas. At the center of the damage is Harris County, home to the Houston metro area and the 6.5 million people that live in it. Massive …
I went to work in rural north Florida in 2007. The area is lovely in a formerly prosperous, rural, southern, north-Florida sort of way. Pre-civil war plantation houses still stand, and descendants of slaves still till the soil—now alongside Central …
Book Description: In Journey’s End, we write about death, dying, and end of life issues. We attempt to define and describe these real-life circumstances, and we discuss ways to proactively deal with them. Multiple personal and professional perspectives provide valuable insights. …
In 2000, less than a decade after its founding, the National Family Preservation Network was facing an abrupt demise. The organization came into existence as research began to support Intensive Family Preservation Services (IFPS), commonly known as Homebuilders, the model …
The internet can be a beautiful place where you learn and connect with other people. However, it can also be a dangerous place if you don’t take the necessary precautions. Just like in real life, people benefit from their surroundings, …
California is moving forward with a pair of initiatives designed to increase its supply of foster parents, while grappling with sweeping reforms to its foster care system. A big part of that effort is a bill now under consideration in …
On a recent Tuesday in a brightly lit classroom in the San Francisco Bay Area, a roomful of students began a six-month computer skills course designed to change their lives. Referred by shelters for survivors of commercial sexual exploitation in …
