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DHGE-CommonSpirit Health Social Work Fellowship to Include Hospice, Health Equity Training

Hospice News

As the hospice and palliative care workforce dwindles, some stakeholders are hard at work to develop career paths for staff in related disciplines, including social work. The program is designed to support social workers in the early years of working in the field and develop smooth pathways to licensure.

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National Social Work Month

Adobe Hospice & Home Health

National Social Work Month Some patients can head home after an office visit or hospitalization, pick up their prescriptions, and manage follow-up appointments and care. When they do, medical social workers can provide valuable insight and access to resources. Others may need a lot more help.

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National Social Work Month

AT Home Care & Hospice

National Social Work Month Some patients can head home after an office visit or hospitalization, pick up their prescriptions, and manage follow-up appointments and care. When they do, medical social workers can provide valuable insight and access to resources. Others may need a lot more help.

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Social Work Appreciation Month

High Peaks Hospice

March is National Social Work Appreciation Month! As we celebrate National Social Work Appreciation Month, it’s important to recognize the significant role Hospice Social Workers play in providing compassionate care to patients and their families during end-of-life care. Overnight, everything changed.

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Social Work Month Honors Health Care’s Unsung Heroes

Traditions Health

All the internships were taken, though, and I realized the only one left that would work with my schedule was one with hospice.” Initially, Ketchum wasn’t sure if hospice was for her. In hospice, it’s all big. National Social Work Month Social workers are often called the unsung heroes of health care.

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‘Upgrading’ the Medicare Hospice Benefit

Hospice News

The Medicare Hospice Benefit could use an “upgrade” to ensure greater flexibility that may be necessary to fully support patients’ needs. Wladkowski, the Larry and Patty Benz Professor and an associate professor of social work at Bowling Green State University. This is according to a recent editorial in Health Affairs by Cara L.

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Hospice Social Work in a Pandemic

Hope Hospice

In honor of Social Work Appreciation Month this March, we celebrate our wonderful social work team. Pandemic prevention measures have changed so much of daily life, and that includes how we deliver hospice services. At Hope, we recognize the dedication and empathy social workers deliver while providing services.