I N T E R O F F I C E   M E M O R A N D U M

                        Date: 09-Apr-1998 02:57pn GMT

                        From: Richard Dorsey

                              DORSEY

                        Dept: Administration

Tel No:

(TO): Deborah Johnson             ( JOHNSON_D )

 

(CC): Michael Ellis                 ( COUNSEL )

(CC): Patients’ Rights            ( PATIENTS )

(CC): JAN GARDNER                 ( GARDNER_J )

(CC): Larry Ogilvie                ( OGILVIE )

 

Subject: K STRINGER TREATMENT PLAN, FINAL DRAFT

 

...s make following changes in original draft, then obtain signatures as indicated and forward to Mike Ellis.

INDENT INFO

Change current legal status to 5250, not t—con.

SOURCES OF INFO

...d following paragraph:

Petition by Public Defender #M—17990 dated 04/09/98 was also reviewed, Reconsidered and addressed in the treatment plan. The assertions under reading #11 thereof are incorrect, as the following treatment plan indicates, that...

The right to keep and use her own personal property has been denied only for good cause and on the order of a psychiatrist, as provided by law.
The right to have ready access to letter writing material has not been denied, except for good cause (as to writing instruments which might used for self-harm).

The treatment currently being implemented, which the plan below clarifies and amplifies, has the goal and result of promoting her potential function independently and supporting her right to dignity, privacy and humane care, with the positive results to date.

She has never been subject to unnecessary or excessive physical restraint, isolation or medication, all instances of seclusion, restraint and emergency medication have been justified on the basis of clearly-documented indications of DS, DO.

DURATION OF TREATMENT

Subacute...: . . .about six months. During this time she will receive milieu, psychosocial and pharmaco therapy similar to that noted for the acute hospital phase, of longer duration and with greater emphasis on rehabilitation as distinguished from immediate symptom control, and including psychosocial program components addressing independent living, coping skills, medication compliance, and similar issues.

Outpatient treatment: After release from MHRC following demonstrated sustained improvement to a level compatible with the functioning in an unlocked setting, patient will likely enter an Intensive Management or Active Community Treatment program involving contacts with a psychiatrist on a weekly basis, and with a case manager/therapist several times per week, emphasizing independent functioning, medication compliance, relapse avoidance, and effective community adaptation.

SUMMARY

All treatment modalities, at all stages, are expected to (a) preserve patient’s physical health and safety, (b) foster movement toward a more mature, stable level of functioning, (c) avoid regression and destabilization and (d) eventually permit placement and retention in community living.

REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY;

Gary Voorman, MD
Attending Psychiatrist
 		 John Cápsavage, RN
Charge Nurse, Unit A
 		 Jan Gardner, LCSW
Chief, Social Service
 
Richard Dorsey, MD
Chief of Psychiatry		 Deborah Johnson, LCSW
Inpatient Program Manager
 Theresa Galvez
Patients Rights Advocate