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Social work involvement in end of life planning
- Authors:
- HEYMAN Janna C., GUTHEIL Irene A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 47(3/4), 2006, pp.47-61.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This cross sectional study examined the factors associated with social workers' involvement in end-of-life (EOL) planning using a random sample of NASW members in health and aging in the United States. Of the 390 social workers who worked in EOL planning, the majority were involved in health care proxy discussions and counselling with patients. Respondents tended to see barriers to proxy completion as client-related. However, some system barriers were correlated with overall involvement. Factors that predicted social workers' involvement with the health care proxy included age, attitudes, perceptions of barriers, and perceived physician support. Social workers need to attend to the systems in which they operate as well as to client concerns. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Family and social work roles in the long-term care facility
- Author:
- MALENCH Stephanie S.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 43(1), 2004, pp.49-60.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The purpose of this article is to explore current practice regarding family involvement in long-term care facilities and the role social workers play in these facilities. Questionnaires were received from 87 long-term care facilities surveyed throughout the Midwest. Family members can provide the long-term care center with an invaluable resource while assisting the resident with adaptation to this new life phase. Only 36% of facilities employ a qualified social worker as defined by NASW. Future research needs to be aimed at educating owners and directors of long-term care facilities of the importance of recruiting and retaining qualified, degreed social workers to care for the residents and families. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
The role of the social worker in long-term care
- Author:
- SOLOMON Renee
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 43(2/3), 2004, pp.187-202.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Examining the ingredients necessary to “a good life” for residents of homes for the aged and other long term care facilities, the role of the social worker in insuring the presence of these ingredients is discussed. Included is an analysis of the responsibilities and tasks of the social worker which must be carried and fulfilled in order that social workers make appropriate contributions to “the good life.” (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
The views of professionals and patients on compulsory removal from home to an institution (Section 47, National Assistance Act)
- Author:
- MAYBERRY John F.
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 4(4), July 1996, pp.208-214.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
A total of 548 solicitors, nurses and community physicians, together with 67 elderly people who had been admitted to hospital with acute medical conditions in the previous 6 months were sent a questionnaire about Section 47, National Assistance Act legislation and its role at the end of the twentieth century. Forty-eight percent of professionally qualified people and 54% of patients returned the questionnaire. Community physicians, consultant geriatricians, social workers and solicitors were most aware of Section 47; but only 27% of nurses and 17% of elderly patients had heard of it. Patients were most enthusiastic for retention of these powers of removal and social workers least so.
Working on the fault line
- Editors:
- BRADLEY Greta, MANTHORPE Jill
- Publisher:
- Venture Press/British Association of Social Workers
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 160p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Provides five research studies focusing on health-related social work and its engagement with hospital, primary and community care, with particular reference to services to older people. The studies comprise: social workers in primary care settings; day-to-day activities of social workers in both hospital and community based settings; hospital social work in the context of care management; relevant issues in accident and emergency departments; and a policy study of continuing care.
Agency in multiprofessional work: a case study of rehabilitation of an older patient in hospital care
- Author:
- KINNI Riitta-Liisa
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 13(3), 2008, pp.25-47.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
This study examines narratives of the members of a multiprofessional team and an older woman patient in the context of hospital rehabilitation. Methodologically it draws on social constructionism and the membership categorisation device (MCD). The aim is to show how the situational context, the rehabilitation team, and the agency of its members and the patient are constructed in the accounts of the interviewees. The analysis shows that the social order in hospital rehabilitation favours physical, i.e. medical, expertise. Neither the social worker nor the patient were constructed as active agents in the core of multiprofessional working. The context of health care and the 'quest for certainty' challenge social work to find alternative ways of seeing the truths in a patient's life and to negotiate in multiprofessional working.
Professionals and post-hospital care for older people
- Authors:
- HEALY Judith, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interprofessional Care, 16(1), February 2002, pp.19-29.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Hospital elderly care teams in England assess whether patients need assistance, such as community or residential care, upon discharge from hospital. Asks whether the type of multidisciplinary team influences post-hospital care decisions The aim of this study was to identify which factors predict the services that older people receive upon discharge from hospital. Three multidisciplinary teams were compared where different professionals took the lead in co-ordinating the care assessment process. Data were collected in a case note review of patients aged 75 years and over: patient characteristics, referral patterns, and the types of service received in the month after leaving hospital. Multivariate statistical analysis (controlling for patient characteristics) showed different predictors for different post-hospital services. The results suggest that multidisciplinary team configurations influence post-hospital services for older patients, reflecting professional preoccupations as much as patient care needs.