Hospice Social Work

MARCH 12, 2020

To reduce the risk of spreading the contagion among the elderly, it’s time for hospice social workers to limit our visits to patients. Under normal circumstances, hospice patients benefit from frequent social worker visits even when there isn’t an urgent psychosocial concern.

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Hospice Social Work

JANUARY 5, 2020

How well do you understand hospice philosophy? Patients have the right to choose whether or not to get a DNR, even if they choose hospice care. Hospice team members are responsible to respect and support their decisions, and not try to change their minds. It’s the social worker’s responsibility. What do you do?

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Hospice Social Work

AUGUST 19, 2018

A member of the hospice you’ve hired gently and reverently enters the room. Welcome to Part 2 of “Good lessons from bad hospice,” in which I transform the horrendous experience my family had with Mortem Hospice into good lessons that remind us what’s important when providing hospice care. How would you feel?

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Hospice Social Work

AUGUST 12, 2018

I’m very fortunate to work for a hospice with ethical and supportive leaders who empower us to do good work. Interacting with the hospice that served my grandfather up to his death, unfortunately, reminded me of the importance of helping bring about some change in our field. Hospice failures remind me of two things.

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Hospice Social Work

AUGUST 5, 2018

Last night, after the funeral home arrived and departed, and all family but one individual departed, I found myself glad that I came equipped as a social worker. Social workers should attend deaths. You’re there in case they need a good counselor. I sat with her. She began sharing. I listened. She shared some more.

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Social Work Awards

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The wait is over for social workers across the country as the final shortlist for this year’s Social Worker of the Year Awards has been revealed. And, to all our finalists, congratulations!

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Hospice Social Work

AUGUST 26, 2018

By doing excellent work (which I hope this website helps you to do), and by working for a good hospice (and they do exist!), To illustrate, here’s how NOT to respond, as illustrated by “Mortem Hospice,” the real hospice that served my grandfather (labeled with a generous pseudonym). Let’s talk about patient/family complaints.

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Hospice Social Work

JULY 13, 2018

Now begins a discussion of how to choose a strong hospice. Whether you are looking because you want a hospice job, or because you have a family member who needs service, it’s good to know that hospices are not all equally well run. Some hospices provide amazing care to patients and are great to work for.

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Social Workers Speak

APRIL 20, 2023

DiMario sponsoring two bills to recruit more mental health professionals What’s Up Newport “Social workers are uniquely trained professionals who are very much needed right now, especially in our schools,” said Rebekah Gewirtz with the National Association of Social Workers RI. “It’s too finite.”

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 3, 2024

The NASW Code of Ethics is a set of standards that guide the professional conduct of social workers. Moreover, revisions to the Cultural Competence standard provide more explicit guidance to social workers. All social workers should review the new text and affirm their commitment to abide by the Code of Ethics.

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Social Workers Speak

JUNE 8, 2023

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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Social Workers Speak

JUNE 8, 2023

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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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Fittingly and true to her own final intention, Diana died peacefully at her Leonia, New Jersey home while receiving hospice care. Diana’s first job as a social worker at Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital earned her recognition by Glamour Magazine (September 1965) as being a “Girl with Go Jobs.” She was 88 years old.

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 9, 2023

States put social workers to task in comp Business Insurance Several states are taking steps to address shortages of qualified mental health professionals in workers compensation by making it simpler for licensed clinical social workers to help injured workers.

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Social Workers Speak

APRIL 20, 2023

DiMario sponsoring two bills to recruit more mental health professionals What’s Up Newport “Social workers are uniquely trained professionals who are very much needed right now, especially in our schools,” said Rebekah Gewirtz with the National Association of Social Workers RI. “It’s too finite.”

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

The NASW Code of Ethics is a set of standards that guide the professional conduct of social workers. Moreover, revisions to the Cultural Competence standard provide more explicit guidance to social workers. All social workers should review the new text and affirm their commitment to abide by the Code of Ethics.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is establishing a task force that will revise the NASW Standards for Social Work Practice in Palliative and End of Life Care , which was last published in 2004. January 2022. Active NASW membership.

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Social Workers Speak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Many people suffer from functional PTSD, which is like, ‘Yeah, this stuff has happened, but I’m moving on,’” explains Bhanu Joy Harrison , a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in mindful approaches to trauma resolution. The National Association of Social Workers recommends 1 social worker for every 250 students.

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 9, 2023

States put social workers to task in comp Business Insurance Several states are taking steps to address shortages of qualified mental health professionals in workers compensation by making it simpler for licensed clinical social workers to help injured workers.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Saul Ebema talks with Dr. Cathy Siebold- a legendary social worker, psychotherapist and social movement theorist. Cathy Siebold is also Continue Reading.

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Social Workers Speak

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Melissa Deasy, licensed clinical social worker at the Institute of Living , spoke with Ken Houston on News 8 at Noon to discuss the importance of everyone taking the time to understand the signs and helping others in crisis. Marylanders said the opportunity means everything. “When you want more, you think about having more.

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Social Workers Speak

JUNE 1, 2023

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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Social Work Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

This edition includes updated policy statements on a wide range of topics, including rural social work, voter rights and participation, mental health, hospice care, juvenile justice, foster care and adoption, and the rights of indigenous peoples.

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Social Workers Speak

MAY 20, 2022

These organizations include but are not limited to the American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Education Association, and the National Association of Social Workers. New Jersey Globe. Green Party Nominates Gubernatorial Candidate. CT News Junkie.

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Social Workers Speak

JUNE 1, 2023

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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Hospice Social Work

DECEMBER 30, 2018

It matters to me as a social worker. I’ve worked for a dozen hospice directors of nursing, and I’ve never known any to say, “That’s too fine a point to bother the family over.” I’ve worked for a dozen hospice directors of nursing, and I’ve never known any to say, “That’s too fine a point to bother the family over.”

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inSocialWork

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In today’s episode, physician Dr. Rebecca Calabrese and social worker Amber Hultgren talk with us about their partnership with patients and families as they move together through serious illness and death. Rebecca Calabrese, MD , joined Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo as the Medical Director for Home Connections in 2020.

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Social Workers Speak

JULY 15, 2022

The statement from organizations including Mental Health America, the National Association of Social Workers and dozens of others comes days after a 21-year-old man killed seven people and wounded dozens during a Fourth of July parade in Illinois. Charges Dismissed Against 4 Social Workers in Gabriel Fernandez Case.

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Social Workers Speak

AUGUST 12, 2021

City Funding Inadequate For Human Service Workers To Meet Basic Needs, Report Says. New York City’s nonprofit human services workforce – a sector of 200,000 social workers, case managers, and counselors serving the city’s most vulnerable residents – is, itself, in need. Gotham Gazette. Public News Service.

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Social Workers Speak

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Caseworkers or licensed social workers often become conduitsto the wider social welfare system for individuals on the street, too, said Anthony Estreet, chief executive of the National Association of Social Workers. The more you know yourself, the better your chances of finding someone who fits with yourself.”

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Social Workers Speak

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Caseworkers or licensed social workers often become conduitsto the wider social welfare system for individuals on the street, too, said Anthony Estreet, chief executive of the National Association of Social Workers. The more you know yourself, the better your chances of finding someone who fits with yourself.”

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