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#ImmigrantRights #SWTwitterAdvocacy: Using Twitter as an advocacy platform in social work education
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2021-08-25)The Trump administration’s immigration policies, over the course of four years, repeatedly conflicted with social work ethical principles, resulting in family separation and pervasive fear in immigrant communities throughout ... -
A Policy Mapping Analysis of the U.S. Congressional Approach to Medical Aid-in-Dying
(Sage Journals, 2021-09-07)This study examines the goals of medical aid-in-dying (MAID) legislation introduced to the US Congress from 1994–2020 using a policy mapping analysis approach. Using congress.gov, we identified 98 bills, 23 bills were ... -
Nursing home residents and staff are traumatized from the pandemic—collaborative care can help with recovery
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Affective Practices of Diabetes Self-Management Among Older Adults: Cumulative Effects of Childhood Adversity
(Oxford University Press, 2021-08-18)Background and Objectives A strong correlation exists between Type 2 diabetes mellitus and adverse childhood experiences. How adverse childhood experiences inform later life diabetes management is less understood. This ... -
Grief and Loss During Care Transitions: Experiences of Direct Care Workers
(Sage Journals, 2021-08-05)Direct Care Workers (DCW) provide both personal care to patients and emotional support to patients and caregivers in hospice and palliative care. DCWs often develop close ties and are then expected to work with new clients ... -
Testing the Associations Between the Assisted Living Environment and Residents’ Satisfaction With Assisted Living
(National Investment Center, 2020)The Problem: This study examined the assisted living (AL) environment and its relationship to residents’ satisfaction with AL. The Resolution: Baseline data from a study testing the dissemination and implementation of ... -
The Role of Social Workers in Nursing Homes
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Is Solitary Confinement for Nursing Home Residents Worth the Risk of Infection?
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Reliability and Validity of the Resident Satisfaction Index in Assisted Living
(Sage Journals, 2020-07-24)Understanding satisfaction with assisted living (AL) from the residents’ perspective is essential for creating supportive environments that are targeted toward the needs and desires of residents. Few measures have been ... -
About a Third of Nursing Home Social Services Directors Have Earned a Social Work Degree and License
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2021-03-03)Nursing home (NH) residents have high psychosocial needs related to illness, disability, and changing life circumstances. The staff member with the most expertise in addressing psychosocial needs is the social worker. ... -
Structural Characteristics of Nursing Homes and Social Service Directors that Influence Their Engagement in Disaster Preparedness Processes
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2021-06-01)Nursing home residents are an at-risk population during disaster situations, and nursing homes face unique challenges in managing disasters. Nursing home social service departments can support their nursing homes in meeting ... -
Opportunities to “Make Macro Matter” through the Grand Challenges for Social Work
(SAGE, 2021-04-07)The Grand Challenges for Social Work initiative, led by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW), aims to organize the social work profession around 12 entrenched societal challenges. Addressing the ... -
An Exploratory Study of Neighborhood Choices Among Moving to Opportunity Participants in Baltimore, Maryland: The Influence of Housing Search Assistance
(ScholarWorks, 2005)This study examined the neighborhood choices of 150 families who participated in the Moving To Opportunity Program (MTO) in Baltimore, Maryland. The MTO program, utilizing an experimental design, provided intensive housing ... -
Meaningful Engagement in the Nursing Home
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2020-12-22)Throughout her career, Rosalie Kane made a major impact in her efforts to improve quality of life for persons living in nursing homes. Near the end of her career, she suggested that it was time to “re-imagine long term ... -
Practice Considerations for Trauma-Informed Care at End of Life
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2020-09-22)Trauma is widespread, and its symptoms can adversely impact wellbeing at end of life, a time when hospice seeks to maximize quality of life. This article reviews research on trauma at end of life, provides an overview of ... -
It’s Complicated: Having a Family Member Die on Hospice Not-of-Covid-19
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-08-02)As the world has rightfully focused on COVID-19 people have continued to die of other things, and their needs and the needs of their loved ones have been overshadowed by the pandemic. My mother died of stage IV pancreatic ... -
Nursing Home Social Workers Perceptions of Preparedness and Coping for COVID-19
(Oxford University Press, 2020-08-29)Objectives Social work has a long history of responding to the needs of vulnerable populations during times of crisis and disaster. Social workers are working at the front lines responding to the current COVID-19 pandemic ... -
Nursing Home Social Work During COVID-19
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-07-10)As the impacts of COVID-19 on nursing facilities became apparent, the members of the U.S. based National Nursing Home Social Work Network (NNHSWN) immediately considered what it could offer as a useful response to assist ... -
COVID-19 and Nursing Home Residents’ Rights
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Perspectives on caregiving: A qualitative evaluation of certified nursing assistants
(Elsevier, 2016-10-12)This study sought Certified Nursing Assistants' (CNAs) perspectives on the activities that compose quality care. CNAs provide the majority of hands on care in nursing homes positioning them to have a unique perspective on ...
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