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National Report Addresses Nursing Home Quality & Promotes Value of Social Work

Social Work Blog

On April 6, 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a report entitled The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality: Honoring Our Commitment to Residents , Families, and Staff. Posted April 22, 2022. Study sponsors included the Commonwealth Fund and the John A Hartford Foundation.

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It’s time to suspend hospice social work visits (COVID-19)

Hospice Social Work

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. Risks associated with hospice visits.

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How to choose a good hospice (whether you’re looking for a job or signing up a relative)

Hospice Social Work

Through the most intense psychosocial challenges, social workers benefit from knowing that we are not acting alone. As independently as social workers operate, it’s good to know that we are on the same page with our bosses as we do so. Collaborative hospice leadership in action.

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