Every child can feel its pull. Every parent is concerned. Social media landed in everyone’s backyard like the spaceship in "Close Encounters". We didn’t know what it was or where it came from, but we couldn’t take our eyes away. We fell under its spell and remain captivated. We still don’t know why it came or what it’s here for. But we have learned that it is not as benign as it first appeared. We now know it can harm us, and it will if we let it.

In the realm of eldercare, nursing homes play a vital role in providing comprehensive support and specialized care to senior residents. With the advancement of technology, nursing home software has emerged as a powerful tool to enhance operational efficiency, improve resident care, and promote overall excellence in nursing home management. This blog delves into the myriad benefits, essential features, real-world applications, and best practices associated with nursing home software, highlighting its transformative impact on the quality of care and resident satisfaction.

In today's complex and fast-paced environments, organizations across various industries rely on efficient management systems to streamline processes, enhance productivity, and achieve better outcomes. One such crucial system is Case Management, which plays a pivotal role in managing workflows, data, and resources effectively. This blog delves into the core concepts, key components, benefits, and best practices of a Case Management System (CMS), shedding light on how it contributes to organizational efficiency and success.

Social workers at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a one-time, online Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey (ABES), during January–June 2021 to assess behaviors and experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic among high school students. An unexpected element of the survey's findings was that the pandemic had severe negative effects on adolescents’ mental health.

A recent study found that "Working for the government" leaves a bad taste in the mouth of eager young social work students. It is not clear how this unwarranted aftertaste got there, but few American citizens realize how much good their government does for society at large. The social changes being driven in today’s society are being powered by younger students wanting to make a change. Change comes about when individuals, working for a collective good, do whatever it takes to make a positive contribution — and moving for positive changes while working at a government job in a socially aware environment is one way to see those changes occur.

Government agencies nowadays are continually adapting to new technologies to better serve their constituents. One significant stride in this journey towards improved efficiency is the adoption of advanced case management software. This revolutionary technology is transforming the way government agencies handle their caseloads, making processes smoother and more streamlined than ever before.

Government agencies, traditionally perceived as bureaucratic and slow-moving, are embracing a significant transformation. This metamorphosis is not through a change in the fundamental purpose of public service but through the intelligent integration of cutting-edge technology. They are doing so with a clear goal in mind: to serve people more efficiently, transparently, and securely.

Social work, a field dedicated to promoting the well-being of individuals and communities, has evolved significantly with the integration of technology. Case management software, in particular, has emerged as a powerful tool that empowers social workers to streamline their processes, enhance client care, and make more informed decisions. This article explores the transformative influence of case management software in social work, highlighting how technology is revolutionizing the delivery of social services.

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• In 1992, the Atlantic cod population on Canada's northeast coast collapsed under fierce fishing pressure to less than 1% of its historic biomass. This collapse was the largest fisheries collapse the world has ever seen.
• Nearly 80% of the world's fisheries are already fully exploited, over-exploited, depleted, or in a state of collapse. Worldwide, 90% of the stocks of large predatory fish, such as sharks, tuna, marlin, and swordfish, are already gone!
• Greenpeace lists: “Atlantic Halibut, Monkfish, all sharks, and Blue Fin Tuna” as overfished species.
• Globally, the share of fish stocks which are overexploited (we catch them faster than they can reproduce to sustain population levels) has more than doubled since the 1980s, and this means that current levels of wild fish catch are unsustainable.

In the article “The Urgency of Social Worker Safety,” National Association of Social Workers (NASW) President James J. Kelly, PhD, ACSW, LCSW, noted, “In the past few years alone, we have witnessed the fatal stabbing of a clinical social worker in Boston, the deadly beating of a social service aide in Kentucky, the sexual assault and murder of a social worker in West Virginia, the shooting of a clinical social worker and Navy Commander at a mental health clinic in Baghdad, and the brutal slaying of social worker Teri Zenner in Kansas. These are only a few of the murders of our colleagues, which, along with numerous assaults and threats of violence, paint a troubling picture for the profession.”

The term "fourth estate" refers to the press and the news media and comes from the traditional European concept of the three estates of the realm: the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners. In our American democracy the three branches of government (Congress, Supreme Court, President) are joined by a free, independent press (our Fourth Estate) that advocates and informs on behalf of the citizens who have granted the power to govern to the other three “estates”. For our "fourth estate" to protect the people from their elected government's impulse to grab more power by governing behind closed doors, our press and news media must maintain its integrity, remaining independent and financially robust. However, since the decline of the industry’s ad-driven business model was hastened by the Great Recession, more than half of newspapers have shuttered across America and the industry has shed more than 20,000 jobs.