URDANETA CITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

UNIVERSITY
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Bachelor of Science in Nursing

VIJUNGCO, ARISA MAE D. | 20182797 | BSN 3 BLOCK V

COMPONENTS OF AN ACT PROGRAM

Activity 1. What are the Components of ACT program?

Having a multidisciplinary team that includes a psychiatrist, psychiatric–mental health nurse,

vocational rehabilitation specialist, and social worker for each 100 clients (low staff-to-client

ratio)

Identifying a fixed point of responsibility for clients with a primary provider of services

Ameliorating or eliminating the debilitating symptoms of mental illness

Improving client functioning in adult social and employment roles and activities

Decreasing the family’s burden of care by providing opportunities for clients to learn skills in real-

life situations

Implementing an individualized, ongoing treatment program defined by clients’ needs

Involving all needed support systems for holistic treatment of clients

Promoting mental health through the use of a vast array of resources and treatment modalities

Emphasizing and promoting client independence

Using daily team meetings to discuss strategies to improve the care of clients

Providing services 24 hours a day that would include respite care to deflect unnecessary

hospitalization and crisis intervention to prevent destabilization with unnecessary emergency

department visits

Measuring client outcomes on the following aspects: symptomatology; social, psychological, and

familial functioning; gainful employment; client independence; client empowerment; use of

ancillary services; client, family, and societal satisfaction; hospital use; agency use;

rehospitalization; quality of life; and costs

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