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Members in the Media – June 8, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Tracy Fooks is a member of NASW-NJ: Fooks Named Administrator At Angelic Health Hospice Care SNJ Today Tracy Fooks, MSW, LCSW , has been named the administrator for the West Atlantic City office of Angelic Health Hospice Care. Knowing that we are not the only ones who have lost someone can bring solace.

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Members in the Media – June 8, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Tracy Fooks is a member of NASW-NJ: Fooks Named Administrator At Angelic Health Hospice Care SNJ Today Tracy Fooks, MSW, LCSW , has been named the administrator for the West Atlantic City office of Angelic Health Hospice Care. Knowing that we are not the only ones who have lost someone can bring solace.

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Connecting to People Living With Dementia

Relias

Understanding how to communicate effectively with people with dementia is vital for healthcare professionals in various settings, including home care, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and hospices. Supportive communication techniques Listening to the person and offering empathy with the situation is essential.

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Connecting to People With Dementia

Relias

Understanding how to communicate effectively with people with dementia is vital for healthcare professionals in various settings, including home care, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and hospices. Supportive communication techniques Listening to the person and offering empathy with the situation is essential.

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Members in the Media – June 1, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Kara Carter and Mercedes Bern-Klug are members of NASW-IA: A new mindset on mental health University of Iowa When Kara Carter started out as a practitioner of social work in southern Colorado , she quickly found that her expertise in mental health was badly needed—not just by the hospice agency that hired her, but by the community she lived in. “I

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Members in the Media – June 1, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Kara Carter and Mercedes Bern-Klug are members of NASW-IA: A new mindset on mental health University of Iowa When Kara Carter started out as a practitioner of social work in southern Colorado , she quickly found that her expertise in mental health was badly needed—not just by the hospice agency that hired her, but by the community she lived in. “I

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Love in the Present Tense by Nina Praske

The Critical Blog

Every single person we met in the hospice and the hospital was kind to all of us. For the whole time James was ill, with the exception of his time in the hospice, I felt like a ‘non person’. James was in hospital for a couple of weeks before he went to the hospice. went to the hospice the next day. It was dehumanising.

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