Texas Department of Health-The Case management Newsletter Texas Department of Health Vol. The Case Management Newsletter exists to support communications, education and sharing of experience between you, our Case Management providers, the regions and central office. We appreciate questions or comments about case management services and ideas or articles from our readers. The Violence Chronicles Home visiting has always been a part of the social services delivery system. But today with overt expressions of violence, managed care, court orders and legislative enactments, safety in home visiting has become an issue.
Safety includes the visitor, as well as the person visited.
Nurses and social workers have often thought of the patient before themselves, venturing into multi-problem home situations without concern for their own safety. Now with injuries received by caregivers and the recent murder of a social worker on a home visit, it is time to focus on some violence prevention measures to insure the continuation of quality care. Most experts will agree that the best indication of potential violence is a history of violence. Couple that with anger, either anger that is long standing or provoked by the moment, and you have a potentially dangerous situation. The first step in being safe is to discard your naivet and face the reality of your own emotions about safety.