Direct Support Workers Newsletters
H-CARDD frequently contributes to other community service or health care agency newsletters. Please check this page regularly for updates. These newsletters for Direct Support Workers by Vita Community Services and HANDS thefamilyhelpnetwork.ca provide information on health and developmental disabilities:
- My COVID Check-in: A new tool to support people with developmental disabilities to live their best and healthiest lives during a pandemic
- HELP during COVID-19: Thoughts about meeting the mental health needs of adults with developmental disabilities and those that support them
- The Nuts and Bolts of Health Care Project
- Risks and Responses: HIV and AIDS and People with Developmental Disabilities
- Supporting People with IDD as They Age
- Not Skirting the Issue: Discovering Ways to End Poor Health Care for Women with Developmental Disabilities
- Medication, Education and Advocacy: Improving How People With Developmental Disabilities Use Medication
- Movember and Men's Health: What You Should Know!
- The Scoop on Poop
- Let's Talk... About Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
- The Health Check: What is it and what do staff need to know?
- In Case of Emergency, Please Read: Ideas and Strategies for Supporting with Developmental Disabilities Receiving Emergency Care
- OUCH! How understanding pain can lead to gain when it comes to supporting those with developmental disabilities
- Speaking Out: Understanding Sexuality and Diversity in LGBTQ+ Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
- Hurry Up and Wait Your Turn: How to win at waiting game
- Sepsis: What is it? How bad is it? What can DSPs do?
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