Social Work Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

By Alison Laurio Eighty-eight years ago what was called “The Great Labor Day Hurricane of 1935” hit Florida on August 29. With winds of up to 185 mph, its pressure was the most intense of any Atlantic hurricane to make landfall on record. The Lauderdale Daily News on Sept. 3, 1935, wrote the category 5 storm killed 408 people, and those “caught in the open were blasted by sand with such force that it stripped away their clothing.

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The New Social Worker

MARCH 20, 2023

As part of this World Social Work Day celebration, we consider the key question: How does diversity affect our own self-care and, by extension, our abilities to join others in social action?

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International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 20, 2023

IFSW is delighted to present a new book that explores Ubuntu from a Social Work perspective.

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CAPC

MARCH 20, 2023

Congressional justification language from the National Institutes of Health reiterates commitment to palliative care research.

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The Guardian

MARCH 20, 2023

Anger grows at care homes still restricting visits three years on from start of lockdowns, causing ‘extreme distress’ Families locked out of seeing loved ones in care homes during the Covid crisis have stepped up calls for a new law to prevent it happening again, amid reports of restricted visits still “causing extreme distress”. Before the third anniversary of the UK’s pandemic lockdown, people who missed the last stages of their relatives’ lives voiced anger that some care homes still deny acc

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CAPC

MARCH 20, 2023

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health requested information on current research gaps and promising practices.

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