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High Peaks Hospice
MARCH 22, 2023
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.
Comforcare Home Care
MARCH 2, 2023
March is National Social Work month, a time to celebrate the great profession of social work. Comforcare supports and appreciates Social Workers
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Daily Nurse
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Chamberlain University’s Master of Social Work (MSW) degree program receives Initial Accreditation through 2030 by the Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) Commission on Accreditation (COA).
Hope Hospice
MARCH 12, 2021
In honor of Social Work Appreciation Month this March, we celebrate our wonderful social work team. Social work visits, though certainly essential to the hospice experience, are not classified as medically essential in these COVID-19 times.
Hospice Promise
MARCH 28, 2022
National Social Work Month. March is National Social Work Month, which means we’re celebrating all the great work Nick and Ana do for our patients! When asked about their favorite part of Hospice social work, Nick and Ana shared.
Hope Hospice
MARCH 26, 2020
One professional on the team is your medical social worker. What is the role of social work in hospice? Hope Hospice’s Veronica Martin, MSW, ASW, explains: A social worker is part of the hospice care team. Blog Hospice social work
Pallimed
MARCH 22, 2021
by Vickie Leff ( @VickieLeff ) Another year, another study proving the value of the palliative care social worker. This adds to what we already knew: involvement of social work impacts quality of care and patient satisfaction (Auerbach, 2007; O’Donnell et al.,
Adobe Hospice & Home Health
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Social Workers: The Glue of Home Healthcare Social work is a sector within the world of healthcare that is aimed at meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, and communities. Awareness Social Work Month Social Work
GeriPal
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Invoking this principle, Emily argues for an expanded role for patients in the gray area and their inner circle working together along a spectrum of cooperative decision-making. And I know Emily has done a lot of work thinking about exactly that. That’s not how humans work.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 1, 2022
This would include social workers, grief counselors, and chaplains, among others. Featured Legislation Regulation Hospice Action Network National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care NetworkJoe Morelle (D-N.Y.)
Hospice News
JUNE 1, 2022
Hospice and palliative care need greater recognition among disciplines across the board, beyond medicine and nursing, according to Eunju Lee, palliative care social worker at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Those of us working to improve care for those impacted by serious illness have known that high copays for advance care planning were a barrier to equitable, patient-centered care,” C-TAC CEO Jon Broyles said in a statement. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Mark Warner (D-Va.)
Hospice News
JANUARY 16, 2023
Patients are more likely to receive palliative care if they can access social workers through their primary care providers, Veterans Health Administration (VA) research has found. These findings suggest that social workers may increase access to and/or use of palliative care.”.
GeriPal
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
In day-to-day practice, It’s hard to imagine providing excellent hospice or palliative care services without access to a team social worker. But are we really taking full advantage of ALL social workers have to offer our field? We need social work’s voice in here.
Interim HealthCare Inc.
MARCH 9, 2023
March is World Social Work Month, and we are proud to support and stand together with social workers around the world to celebrate their constant contributions to our society.
Interim HealthCare Inc.
MARCH 24, 2023
March is National Social Work Month and Interim HealthCare is celebrating the life-changing work social workers do to advocate for others. Working with children, adults and families, social workers make a powerful and positive impact on the communities they serve.
Palliative Care Chat Podcast
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Trained as a social worker, Ms. Atilio has been a leader in social work. She was PDIA scholar and a MayDay Fellow and led the development of the role of social work in pain management. She co-edited the Textbook of Palliative Social Work. Trained as a social worker, Ms. Atilio has been a leader in social work. She was PDIA scholar and a MayDay Fellow and led the development of the role of social work in pain management.
The Heart of Hospice
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Hospice social worker Nathan Yemane is meeting the needs of his community by opening the first black-owned hospice agency in Washington State and carrying on his father’s legacy of service. Nathan grew up in Washington, has his masters in Social Work, and in 2013 obtained his clinical license in social work. He has worked in … Continue reading "Hospice Social Worker Nathan Yemane Honors His Father’s Legacy of Service, Episode 133".
Hospice News
MARCH 22, 2023
The bill would have authorized $100 million over the course of five years to support programs designed to bolster clinical education in hospice and palliative care, along with related interdisciplinary professions such as chaplaincy, pharmacy and social work.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 24, 2022
One strategy that some hospices have adopted is to involve more social workers in case management while trying to stay in that 13-25 patient range. Careful management of hospice care manager workloads correlates with longer lengths of stay.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
We drafted these proposals, which include both big ideas as well as actionable fixes, with one goal: to make the hospice benefit work better, and to ensure it remains a sustainable and noteworthy benefit.
Palliative Care Chat Podcast
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Trained as a social worker, Shirley has been an oncology and palliative social worker. She was co-editor fo the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work. Trained as a social worker, Shirley has been an oncology and palliative social worker. She was co-editor fo the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work. She is a consultant in palliative care. She serves as faculty within the Master’s program at University of Maryland.
Hospice Red River Valley
MARCH 1, 2022
Karen received her bachelor’s degree in social work at Minnesota State University in Moorhead, Minn. Hospice of the Red River Valley welcomes Karen Wulfekuhle as a community relations specialist.
High Peaks Hospice
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
High Peaks Hospice has an immediate opening for a Hospice Social Worker in our northern catchment area. The Social Worker provides concrete social work services and actively participates in developing patient/family care plans. Become a member of our growing Hospice Team!
Hospice News
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Personal care and social work referrals will also end. Two hospices have lost the battle against workforce shortages, with one halting some of its service lines and another shutting down altogether. Hospice and Home Care of Juneau shutters.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Most medical, nursing and social work students receive little training in hospice and palliative care during the course of their education. Ohio’s Hospice Lifecare has partnered with a local college to grow its workforce through an emergency medical technician (EMT) internship program.
NHPCO
OCTOBER 1, 2022
As the leading voice of the hospice community, NHPCO worked in collaboration with supporting organizations to garner Congressional support for this bill. For Immediate Release. September 30, 2022 .
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Addressing the psychosocial and spiritual needs of patients and families — including bereavement care, social work and chaplain services — have long been integral to the hospice model.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Longstanding social stigma around mental health care is largely dissipating globally, according to a 2020 survey by the HealthPartners Institute found. Basically, there are gaps in need, and that both presents an opportunity for entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 10, 2022
is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today.”. HealthFlex provides home health, hospice, palliative care, social work, and personal care. Five hospice providers made Inc.
Hospice Promise
MARCH 31, 2022
We’re ending #NationalSocialWorkMonth on a high note with a spotlight on Ana, MSW, one of our lovely Social Workers! Ana has been a Social Worker for three years now. She obtained her Master’s in Social Work and has been with Hospice Promise since finishing her schooling!
Hospice Promise
MARCH 30, 2022
Nick has been a Social Worker since graduating from the Arizona School of Social Work with his Master’s Degree in 2017. After graduating, Nick worked as a Case Manager for SMI adults with substance abuse disorders and developmental delays. Employee Spotlight: Nick.
Hospice News
MAY 20, 2022
If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains. In order to preserve access to this care, our bill would strengthen training and education opportunities for individuals working in these fields.”.
Hospice News
JUNE 13, 2022
Additionally, helping patients understand how to craft clear advance directives and assigning medical power of attorney to a partner or spouse are crucial tasks that the social work team needs to have experience in supporting. How can providers work to increase access to care?
GeriPal
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Health care professionals are human, and as humans we experience loss both in and out of work. We also brought in Vickie Leff to talk about the work she does with Wellness Debriefings. I’m glad, we should be working as a team. We had to work at it.
GeriPal
DECEMBER 29, 2022
We invited her back along with Alaine to talk about their work around negotiation training, including their work on NegotiAge , an online, AI based training intervention designed to teach negotiation skills to caregivers. . Eric: We Can Work It Out by the Beatles.
Nurse.com
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
But after earning a degree in social work (having let my insecurities about my math skills temporarily discourage my nursing school aspirations), I applied for a job as a nursing assistant at a hospital where the only opening was on the oncology unit.
Hospice News
JUNE 21, 2022
Hospice News sat down with Comfort to talk about Calvary’s hospice and palliative care model, its work to educate clinicians on the nature of those services and how to provide them, as well as the organization’s partnership with other local resources.
Hospice News
MARCH 2, 2023
From a government standpoint, we need to make sure that they work with stakeholders who understand hospice care to ensure there is no fraud, make sure that we have good oversight because that impacts the trust and the care that all of us can provide. That it is just part of our work.
High Peaks Hospice
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
The program was unique, providing family oriented comprehensive services which included medical, nursing, social work, spiritual care, volunteer support, bereavement services as well as the availability of specialty care by physical therapists, nutritionists and speech therapists.
Hospice News
MAY 23, 2022
Even now, medical, nursing and social work students receive very little exposure to hospice or palliative care during their training.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 24, 2022
If enacted, PCHETA would authorize $100 million over the course of five years to support programs designed to bolster clinical education in hospice and palliative care, along with related interdisciplinary professions such as chaplaincy, pharmacy and social work.
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