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Norovirus
… The viruses that cause norovirus are found in the poop or vomit of people who are sick. Someone can get sick if they accidentally consume small amounts of infected poop or vomit. People … then touching their mouth or eating without washing their hands. Having direct contact with someone who is sick with norovirus. Norovirus can easily contaminate food or water because it only takes a very small amount of virus to make someone sick. Signs and symptoms People with norovirus can start to have symptoms one or … -
Naloxone Administration in Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Clinics
… antagonists Executive Order 228 See DHS “Opioids” webpage 1. How to recognize and support someone during an overdose 2. Administering naloxone 3. Call 911 • Standing Order by MD • … antagonists Executive Order 228 See DHS “Opioids” webpage 1. How to recognize and support someone during an overdose 2. Administering naloxone 3. Call 911 • Standing Order by MD • … antagonists Executive Order 228 See DHS “Opioids” webpage 1. How to recognize and support someone during an overdose 2. Administering naloxone 3. Call 911 • Standing Order by MD • … -
Family Health Survey Questionnaire 2021
… C3_30 Is the person you/HH member care/s for your/his/her parent, spouse, son or daughter, or someone else? INTERVIEWER: Parent, step-parent, or parent-in-law and should be coded 1. Spouse, … boy/girlfriend should be coded 2. Step/child, step/son, step/daughter should be coded 3, Someone else: specify 1, PARENT/PARENT IN-LAW 2, SPOUSE, PARTNER, BOY/GIRLFRIEND 3, SON OR DAUGHTER 4. SOMEONE ELSE (SPECIFY) 7, DK 9, REFUSED C3_31 At this time, does the person you/HH member care/s … -
Becoming Desensitized to Overdoses as Helping Professionals
… with fatal overdoses among individuals and communities. 5 What about those who have helped someone ? I Either… Love someone Am someone Lost someone Whose life has been affected by addiction Where this journey began 3 … -
COVID-19 Community Levels: Toolkit for Communicating Public Health Recommendations
… vaccines and booster doses • Get tested for COVID-19 if you have symptoms or were exposed to someone with COVID-19 • Stay home when you are sick and seek treatment if you are at high risk or … vaccines and booster doses. • Get tested for COVID-19 if you have symptoms or were exposed to someone with COVID-19. • Stay home when you are sick and seek treatment if you are at high risk … vaccines and booster doses. • Get tested for COVID-19 if you have symptoms or were exposed to someone with COVID-19. • Stay home when you are sick and seek treatment if you are at high risk … -
IRIS Participant Education Manual
… You must make sure that timesheets and claims do not overlap hours for the same provider. • If someone is applying to be a participant-hired worker and they lie or provide false information to … or need help right away, call 911. Wait until you are safe to report an incident. If you or someone you know is being abused or neglected, you should call your local law enforcement agency … report the incident and tell them what you do know. What Happens when I Report an Incident or Someone Reports an Incident for Me? When your IRIS consultant receives an incident report, they … -
Child Care Coordination Family Questionnaire
… children ever been emotionally or verbally abused by the father of the baby, your partner, or someone close to you? No Yes = (70) 4. Does the father of the baby (or your partner) … (5) 12. How often do you spend time with friends or relatives? Never = (10) 13. Do you have someone you can talk with when you need to? No = (20) Yes 14. Do you find yourself feeling … 15. Is there anyone you can count on in case of an emergency? No = (10) Yes 16. Is there someone who could help you for as long as you needed their help? No Yes 17. Do you or others … -
Building Dementia-Friendly Communities Toolkit: Specific Strategies for Public Services Sector
… they may receive calls from concerned family or Public Services Sector – 48 – friends about someone they feel is at risk of harm. In many APS cases, law enforcement, care facilities, … who can review medications and provide immediate feedback to the crisis team when working with someone they suspect has dementia. Regular attendance at the crisis network and regional crisis … to remember how to get home on foot, using public transportation or driving in a car. When someone with dementia is lost, they may be anxious, afraid, agitated and aggressive toward anyone … -
Family Health Survey Questionnaire 2018
… C3_30 Is the person you/HH member care/s for your/his/her parent, spouse, son or daughter, or someone else? INTERVIEWER: Parent, step-parent, or parent-in-law and should be coded 1. Spouse, … boy/girlfriend should be coded 2. Step/child, step/son, step/daughter should be coded 3, Someone else: specify. 1, PARENT/PARENT IN-LAW 2, SPOUSE, PARTNER, BOY/GIRLFRIEND 3, SON OR DAUGHTER 4. SOMEONE ELSE (SPECIFY) 7, DK 9, REFUSED C3_31 At this time, does the person you/HH member care/s … -
Suspension vs. Termination
… may not pay for health services provided to incarcerated individuals, with the exception of someone who is outside of prison or jail for 24 hours or more (e.g., when admitted as an … BadgerCare Plus and Medicaid have had a longstanding policy of terminating eligibility when someone is incarcerated and requiring a new application upon release. Background • For health … of their families are not eligible for BadgerCare Plus or Medicaid. Process Overview • When someone becomes incarcerated and this information becomes known to the IM agency, their … -
Wisconsin Looks at Stigma and Those Who Use Opioids
… opioid use disorder. Respondents were asked to check one or more boxes as to whether or not “someone with addiction to opioids has…” A majority (94%) believed that opioid use disorder is a … other questions were more open-ended. Who Do You See? One of these asked: “When you imagine someone addicted to opioids, what type of person do you see?” Over 1,100 of the 1,505 respondents … a number of common themes. The most common theme of all (expressed in 518 responses) was that someone addicted to opioids could be “anyone.” Some example responses included: “I cannot [say]. … -
IRIS Participant Education Manual, Large Print
… You must make sure that timesheets and claims do not overlap hours for the same provider. • If someone is applying to be a participant-hired worker and they lie or provide false information to … or need help right away, call 911. Wait until you are safe to report an incident. If you or someone you know is being abused or neglected, you should call your local law enforcement agency … report the incident and tell them what you do know. What Happens when I Report an Incident or Someone Reports an Incident for Me? When your IRIS consultant receives an incident report, they … -
Family Health Survey Questionnaire 2019
… C3_30 Is the person you/HH member care/s for your/his/her parent, spouse, son or daughter, or someone else? INTERVIEWER: Parent, step-parent, or parent-in-law and should be coded 1. Spouse, … boy/girlfriend should be coded 2. Step/child, step/son, step/daughter should be coded 3, Someone else: specify. 1, PARENT/PARENT IN-LAW 2, SPOUSE, PARTNER, BOY/GIRLFRIEND 3, SON OR DAUGHTER 4. SOMEONE ELSE (SPECIFY) 7, DK 9, REFUSED C3_31 At this time, does the person you/HH member care/s … -
Wisconsin County Maternal and Child Health Profiles
… tool8 32.8 35.3 33.1 33.7 Percent of children (0-17 years) living in households where someone smokes8 28.4 25.0 26.8 25.7 Percent of children (0-17 years) without special health care … tool8 32.1 35.3 33.1 33.7 Percent of children (0-17 years) living in households where someone smokes8 30.6 25.0 26.8 25.7 Percent of children (0-17 years) without special health care … tool8 32.7 35.3 33.1 33.7 Percent of children (0-17 years) living in households where someone smokes8 27.5 25.0 26.8 25.7 Percent of children (0-17 years) without special health care … -
School-Based Brain Health Curriculum Poster (11" x 17")
… in the surveys have provided at least supervision, if not additional caregiving duties, for someone with dementia. Providing students with the understanding of dementia necessary to provide appropriate care for someone with dementia will benefit the student, the person with dementia, and the family as a … at Clark Street Community School responded, “Yes, it’s cool to know how to take care of someone in your family with dementia/Alzheimer’s disease.” 10% NO YES 0% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% … -
DHS Expands Eligibility for Monkeypox Vaccination
… the spread.” In Wisconsin, vaccination is now recommended for people who had known exposure to someone with monkeypox and people with certain risk factors who are more likely to be exposed to … who have sex with men, anyone can develop monkeypox infection if they have close contact with someone who is sick. To prevent the spread of monkeypox, DHS encourages all Wisconsinites to: … provider about whether they need to get tested, even if they don’t think they had contact with someone who has monkeypox. Avoid skin-to-skin contact with people who are showing a rash or skin … -
Guardianship of Adults
… XV. RESPONDING TO ABUSE, NEGLECT, EXPOITATION AND VIOLATIONS OF RIGHTS 68 A. How does someone make reports of abuse, neglect, self-neglect or exploitation of a person under … B. What if the guardian is suspected of participating in abuse, or tolerating abuse by someone else? … resident of the United States. Guardianship restricts those rights, and labels the person as someone who does not have the full rights of other adults. The abilities to make decisions … -
CPD Emergency Preparedness Toolkit Manual
… contact person. He or she should live in another town or state. It may be easier to contact someone outside of your local area during a disaster. Write his or her phone number, email, and … your smartphone to keep you informed. If you don’t have access to apps, texts, or emails, ask someone you trust to let you know when something is happening. Items you may need Flashlights: … the out-of-town contact for each family member. After a disaster, it might be easier to reach someone who is out-of-town, as the phone system in your local area may be damaged. Make sure … -
Resources for Supporting Your Loved One in Recovery
… Encourage them to attend and stay in treatment. Set healthy boundaries: To continue to help someone in recovery, you’ll need to set boundaries. Be clear with your loved one about what you … make sure your own mental and physical health are respected. Often, the best way to support someone in recovery is to promise unwavering love but be clear that for you to help them, they … can lead to anxiety and be relentlessly tempting. Get healthy together: You can also help someone in recovery by joining them in getting healthy. Let go: While there are many things you … -
Treatment of Tuberculosis, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
… P. 1 bullets in columns one and two. What is the role of the health department in treating someone with active TB disease? P.1 first paragraph under Organization and Supervision of … months? P. 2 bottom of second column, Table 2 and P. 37 section 5.2.1 last paragraph When can someone with an abnormal chest x-ray for whom TB disease has been ruled out start treatment for … and Section 5.4 second paragraph, P. 38 How frequently should I collect sputum specimens for someone with pulmonary TB? P. 7, 2nd paragraph and Section 5.4 - 3rd paragraph, P. 39 What are …