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Depressive symptoms among hospitalized patients in Israel
- Author:
- AUSLANDER Gail K.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 51(2), February 2012, pp.107-124.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Depression is relatively common among sick people, particularly those who are hospitalised. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and level of depressive symptoms and factors related to depression among patients in a hospital in Jerusalem, and the extent to which social workers provided services to them. The participants were 148 hospitalised patients who took part in interviews, providing information about depressive symptoms, social network and social support, staff support (including whether patients or their family had been in contact with a social worker), and locus of control (factors which patients believe control their health). The article describes the methodology and data analysis, and presents the results. The study found that over 60% of patients reported high levels of depressive symptoms, and that social workers were in contact with 44% of patients who had high levels of depressive symptoms. The author discusses possible explanations for the findings, including the cultural and/or religious backgrounds of the study population, and their implications.
Using large classes to positive advantage: involving students as research subjects and active learners
- Author:
- AUSLANDER Gail K.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Education (The International Journal), 19(4), August 2000, pp.375-385.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The large lecture format, with all its disadvantages, is becoming increasingly prevalent in undergraduate social work education in many countries. In some cases it can present opportunities other teaching formats cannot. One such opportunity is the implementation of surveys exploring students' own experiences and background with regard to key course content. This can help students 'connect' more easily with the concepts and theories presented in the lecture. An example of this method, including context and selected findings, is presented here with regard to a course on the Psychosocial Aspects of Disability and Illness.
Outcomes of social work intervention in health care settings
- Author:
- AUSLANDER Gail K.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 31(2), 2000, pp.31-46.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article attempts to identify appropriate outcomes of social work interventions in health care organisations, looks at those outcomes currently being investigated, and discusses the problems in trying to measure social work outcomes.
A friend in need: use of personal connections by social work clients
- Author:
- AUSLANDER Gail K.
- Journal article citation:
- Administration in Social Work, 24(1), 2000, pp.39-56.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Social work clients seek various means of redress when the services they desire are not forthcoming or adequate. These include the use of personal connections within the larger organisation. The author presents an example of the use of such connections in a hospital social work department in Israel. The article examines the availability of these connections, the characteristics of clients who use them, and the circumstances in which they are used. Discusses the findings in light of multi-cultural social work practice in general and the need for social workers and administrators to understand and develop means for dealing with the dangers posed by such strategies.
Outcome evaluation in host organisations: a research agenda
- Author:
- AUSLANDER Gail K.
- Journal article citation:
- Administration in Social Work, 20(2), 1996, pp.15-27.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The organisational context in which social work is practised is viewed as an important factor in evaluating the outcomes of social work interventions. In host organisations, the context includes forces outside the department. The author offers a framework for developing a research agenda aimed at assessing the effectiveness of social work interventions in those organisations. Demonstrates such an agenda with reference to hospital social work. Different types of outcomes are presented, and the implications of various types of findings are considered.
Discharge planning in acute care hospitals in Israel: services planned and levels of implementation and adequacy
- Authors:
- AUSLANDER Gail K., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 33(3), August 2008, pp.178-188.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This study aimed to examine the implementation, adequacy, and outcomes of discharge planning. The authors carried out a prospective study of 1,426 adult patients discharged from 11 acute care hospitals in Israel. Social workers provided detailed discharge plans on each patient. Telephone interviews were conducted two weeks post-discharge. Findings showed 40 percent of patients were referred to institutional care and 60 percent were sent home with plans to receive community services. At follow-up, the rates of implementation varied by planned services. Among patients referred to institutional care, 46 percent of those referred to nursing homes and 70 percent of those referred to rehabilitation facilities received the planned care. Of those discharged home, 65 percent received planned home attendant services and 59 percent received planned home health care. Implementation of institutional care was related to the patient's functional status and population group. Implementation of community and home services was related to age, gender, population group, and hospital department. These gaps in implementation of planned services have important policy implications. Discussion of the findings with the participating hospitals and national authorities resulted in plans to improve continuum of care.
Evaluating an activity intervention with hemodialysis patients in Israel
- Authors:
- AUSLANDER Gail K., BUCHS Adina
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 35(1/2), 2002, pp.407-424.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
As a life-threatening and potentially disabling disease, End Stage Renal Disease and its treatment cause stress as well as other psychosocial problems for patients and their families. This article examines the results of an innovative activity-based intervention aimed at reducing some of the psychosocial repercussions of hemodialysis. A modified withdrawal/reversal design was employed to compare patients participating in the intervention and those who did not, at two points in time. The findings confirmed that dialysis patients in general have relatively highlevels of psychological distress, difficulty adhering to the treatment regimen and poor self-rated health.
Factors related to congruence between social worker and client problem definitions in an acute care hospital
- Authors:
- AUSLANDER Gail K., ITZIK Dvorah
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 22(4), 1997, pp.19-38.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Examines the definitions of psycho-social problems by social workers and their clients in a general hospital. It is based on the analysis of interviews with patients and their social workers, which were conducted towards the completion of treatment, shortly before the patients' discharge from the hospital. Differences were found to exist in the ways patients and their social workers define patient problems. These differences were expressed in both the type and the number of problems cited. Social workers tended to identify a larger number of problems than did patients. Congruence was stronger among younger clients of higher socioeconomic status, whose social workers had studied an eclectic approach to practice. The practice implications of these systematic differences are explored.
Clients' views of social work services in the hospital setting in Israel
- Authors:
- AUSLANDER Gail K., SCHNEIDMAN Gurith
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 22(3), 1996, pp.39-57.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Clients appraisals of social work services are likely affected by the setting in which the care is offered. This paper examines clients' assessments of social work services received in the acute care hospital setting. It is based on interviews with 120 discharged hospital social work clients, and investigates their definition of their psychosocial problems, their expectations for the social work intervention. Main findings include the dominance of instrumental needs among the psychosocial problems cited by clients, while emotional relief was the most prevalent outcome. The findings are discussed in light of organisational and methodological issues which might influence the examination of clients' assessments.
Between social networks and formal social services
- Authors:
- LITWIN Howard, AUSLANDER Gail K.
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 8(3), September 1988, pp.269-285.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Reports a study of the social networks of recent applications to the social welfare bureaux of Jerusalem. Beyond review of the relevant study variables as reflected in the literature, and an overview of Israeli social services for the aged, addresses why the social networks of the elderly claimants turned to formal assistance.