This webinar will discuss admission criteria for Adult
Residential Facilities (ARF’s) and Residential Care Facilities
for the Elderly (RCFE’s). As resources become more and more
scarce every day we find ourselves at a crisis point in our
efforts to serve the diverse population of Behavioral Health
patients. The most recent closure of a large, well established
program that offered crisis residential services for patients
transitioning from an acute care setting is one such example of
the rapid dwindling of resources and options for care teams.
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs,) including
Postpartum Depression, are the most common complications
associated with pregnancy and childbirth, affecting, at minimum,
one in five pregnant and postpartum women, as documented in the
2017 Report of the California Task Force on the Status of
Maternal Mental Health. If left undetected and untreated,
these conditions may lead to serious health risks for the mother,
negatively affect the mother/child bond, and the child’s
long-term physical, emotional and developmental health, and can
be devastating for families.
Interested counsel may join a discussion group that offers
support and an opportunity to learn about the new legal
privileges and challenges of the Patient Safety and Quality
Improvement Act of 2005. You can request to join the
group by following this link: eepurl.com/rKJaf. This group
generally holds conference calls quarterly.
