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We do need more psych beds, and we are in desperate need of HOUSING as well as Residential Treatment Options, Assertive Community Treatment, & Intensive Case Management.
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Ted-Ed
John Bellaimey "The Hidden Meanings of Yin & Yang" on the Orchid A-Z Index We're going to focus on Mental Health initially, through requests for information from the State, attempts @ resolution, and & complaints, if any, to CMS.
We're focused primarily on Medicaid Network Adequacy, Parity, and Olmstead. We will be seeking additional information on Housing, attempts @ resolution, & file appropriate complaints, if any. |
Orchid's Flower Power Fundraising Page for the Month of April:
http://www.flowerpowerfundraising.com/campaign?campaign_id=26331 List of Hardiness Zones for Colorado Cities and Counties - Plant Maps www.plantmaps.com/list-of-hardiness-zones-for-colorado-cities.php |
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US Dept. of Justice's March 20, 2018 ADA Settlement with Learning Care Group, Inc.
ATUs & Hospitals -- You Better Take a Good Look @ This
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The Learning Care Group, Inc. provides learning services for small children. The were discriminating against children that had Type I Diabetes.
DOJ found that under the ADA, Learning Care Group, Inc. couldn't do that. Well, Colorado has health facilities that discriminate against people with mental illness who also have various physical illnesses or disabilities. Such situations often include diabetes but it can also include people who use a power wheelchair. Further, we would submit that the ADA bar is even higher for health facilities than it is for learning centers. When we first saw this case, we posted on our facebook page that it had application to people with mental illness --- It didn't take long before we heard of someone being denied admittance to an ATU [Acute Treatment Unit] because of diabetes. |
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Integrated Physical & Mental Health: Part 3 Expanded Care Teams & Cross Training
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Integrated Physical & Mental Health:
Part 2 The Immune System & Some of the Latest Research on the Immune System & Mental Health |
Prof Sir Robert Lechler, President of
the Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Professor Ian Hicke with the University of Sydney's Brain and Mind Centre, Australia
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"The Immune System Does Produce Behavior" -----------Prof Sir Robert Lechler, President of the Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom "The key issue . . . is what's driving the mental ill health is not so much a change in the brain, but a change in the immune system, an auto-immune disease that's causing the aberrant behaviour," ------------Professor Ian Hickie of the University of Sydney's Brain and Mind Centre, Australia |
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Top 7 Orchid Resource Pages for -- Mar. 2018
(click pictures to go to referenced pages)
#1 Gravely Disabled
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#2 Val's Blog: "Even A Dog Distinguishes Between Being Stumbled Over and Being Kicked"
#3 Comprehensive Olmstead Planning
#4 New Science is Amazing -- AND it has HUGE Moral Implications for our Society NOW
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#5 Go With The Flow
#6 Risks for Suicidality & Homicidality in Psychiatric Medication
#7 Grieving the Loss of a Spouse: Helping Seniors Move Forward by Caleb Anderson, CO-Executive Director of RecoveryHope.org
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Concerned Community Leaders Speak Out On Colorado Olmstead Frustrations & Needs
 Julie Reiskin (right), Executive Director of the Colorado Cross Disability Coalition (CCDC)
Julie's E-mail to Val "You are not the only one that feels this way. "CCDC is about to launch an initiative #Vote4Medicaid to create a large coalition aimed at getting our new Governor started on the right track." 
E-mail from our Board Member Adam Kippes "I gather the State is being as (politely) evasive and unresponsive as ever. Hang in there." |
 Bob Lawhead, Policy Advisor to the Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council
Bob's E-mail to the State
"Good morning- "I enthusiastically agree with Val on the need for numeric, measurable Olmstead goals. "I have been working with the State for some time now on just producing the data so we could better understand where segregation is occurring and what progress we are making in reducing it. "This particular reference is to HCPF and Colorado's HCBS waivers. Without good data and numeric goals we have no way of documenting the state's intent to become Olmstead compliant. "Rhode Island and Oregon have recently been court-ordered to comply with ten year integration plans resulting from settlement agreements addressing the systemic segregation of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Colorado demographics appear to be quite similar to these states. "It would be preferred to remedy these issues with a reasonable and measurable Olmstead Plan that clearly communicates the state's commitment and progress in this area. "I look forward to learning more about Colorado's Olmstead compliance efforts." Bob Lawhead |
"Oh yes. I have a tbi been to jail numerous times and almost everyone in there has a tbi or mental issues. EVERYONE. Its unbelievably prolific in jails and prisons that [screening for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in the Criminal Justice System] would for a most certain fact help reduce crime or recidivism!!"
---- Orchid Facebook Friend
CO's Mental Health Professionals Raising ALARM Over How the State Treats & Approaches Mental Illness
FOX 31
Heidi Baskfield is among the many health professionals in Colorado raising an alarm over the way the state treats and approaches mental illness. "I think [t]hat we have a crisis with a complete lack of a mental health system," Baskfield said. Baskfield said 75 facilities that provide mental health services in the state have closed in the past year. Four of those facilities are dedicated solely to kids. http://kdvr.com/2018/02/20/colorado-losing-facilities-to-treat-mental-illness/ |
Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock
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Orchid Facebook Friend:
Feb. 17, 2018 "Eagle county had over 20 suicides last year. We just lost a 12 year old to suicide last week. "We have one facility for the valley, and it's not always affordable and they don't usually have appointments readily available. "We do need to work on treating mental illness, before the rates get any higher." NOTE: Eagle County did pass an increase in its Local Marijuana Tax in Nov. 2017 to deal with the Mental Health Crisis. For more on the Eagle County Tax---- |
Below: Selected Topic Centers that can be Accessed from the Homepage
[Click Pictures Below to go to Respective Pages]
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DOJ & Olmstead
US Dept. of Justice selected links relating primarily to the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Olmstead Decision
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Official CMS Guidance on Medicaid Parity
Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 -- State Medicaid Depts. are just getting around to complying with this -- and it looks like States are going to do just as a good a job with Parity as they've done with Olmstead.
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Solitary a/k/a Adseg
The crying need to end solitary confinement a/k/a administrative segregation in Colorado Jails.
CO Medicaid's Too Dangerous To Treat / Too Difficult To Treat Problem -- Psychiatric Abandonment 
Advocates complain of long term problems involving CO Mental Health Centers scary failures to seek certification and/or provide treatment. AND the State knows. When are we going to get to the Root Causes of these Dangerous Problems and Fix Them?
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"For everyone who has been mistreated"
----- Amanda Kearney-Smith 
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