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Salute Your Graduate with an NASW Press Book Gift

Social Work Blog

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. Ethical Standards in Social Work, Revised 3rd Edition , by Frederic C.

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Religious chauvinism in hospice

Hospice Social Work

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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News Items – March 9, 2023

Social Workers Speak

The Academy is a society that recognizes excellence in the fields of social work and social welfare. Hospice social workers are a key part of the process and should be honored for the work they do. Hospice social workers are a key part of the process and should be honored for the work they do.

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Home Health Agencies Face Financial Burden of Proposed CMS Payment Cut

Relias

“This proposal will add to the myriad challenges facing home health agencies with many shuttering their doors, thus significantly impacting the most vulnerable members of our society by removing the option to receive care in their homes.”. A similar cap was proposed earlier for hospice.

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News Items – March 9, 2023

Social Workers Speak

The Academy is a society that recognizes excellence in the fields of social work and social welfare. Hospice social workers are a key part of the process and should be honored for the work they do. Hospice social workers are a key part of the process and should be honored for the work they do.

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Importance of Image and Respect for Home Health Recruitment and Retention

Relias

The increased pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic has presented never-before-seen growth opportunities for home health agencies and their workforce, as Bill Dombi, President of the National Association of Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), noted in a December 2021 webinar titled The State of Home Health.

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News Items – July 15, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Social Workers Leaving Hospice, Health Care in Record Numbers. Hospice News. Hospices have lost social worker employees at a faster rate than any health care setting in the care continuum. Prosecutors alleged the social workers also falsified documents related to his case.

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