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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 ... -
Aging in Place on the Streets: Homelessness Among Older Adults
(University at Buffalo School of Social Work, 2011-05-31)Drs. Jan Ivery and M. Lori Thomas discuss the findings of their research with the often overlooked older adult homeless population. Our guests describe the challenges of meeting the unique needs of this population and the ... -
Mean Girls at 70: Bullying Among Residents at Assisted Living Facilities
(University at Buffalo School of Social Work, 2012-05-28)In this episode, Dr. Robin Bonifas discusses her research on senior bullying and relationship changes in assisted living facilities. Dr. Bonifas shares her findings on how seniors experience problematic behaviors in assisted ... -
New models for alternatives to detention in the US
(University of Oxford, 2013-09)While there is growing recognition of the value of community-based alternatives to detention in the US, shortfalls in funding and political will are hindering implementation of improved services and best practice. -
Health Care Policy: Medicaid Expansion and the Affordable Care Act
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‘We’re Civil Servants’: The Status of Trauma-Informed Care in the Community
(Taylor & Francis, 2013-12-12)Trauma-informed care (TIC) in social service organizations means that the organizations operate with the understanding that everyone involved has possibly experienced trauma in their lifetime. This qualitative study examined ... -
The Infusion of Trauma-Informed Care in Organizations: Experience of Agency Staff
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-01-26)The implementation of trauma-informed care is a transformational organizational change, incorporating all levels of staff and fundamentally changing the hierarchical structure of the organization (Bloom, 2006). Using the ... -
The content of education for direct caregivers
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-10-15)Direct caregivers in nursing homes are the certified nursing assistants (CNAs) who provide the majority of hands-on care. This study administered a knowledge instrument to a sample of CNAs () employed at nursing homes in ... -
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 ... -
Exploring the Dimensionality of Trauma-Informed Care: Implications for Theory and Practice
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-01-06)The current study expands research on trauma-informed care by exploring the theoretical model proposed by Harris and Fallot (2001). In previous research the dimensions of trauma-informed care were found to have large ... -
Impacts of Trauma in Later Life
(University at Buffalo School of Social Work, 2017-01-30)In this episode, our guests Dr. Nancy Kusmaul and Lisa Kendall discuss the possible impacts of traumatic experiences as people transition into older adulthood. They describe specific applications of a trauma perspective ... -
Ethical Issues in Long-term Care: A Human Rights Perspective
(Springer Nature, 2017-08-17)Nursing home residents do not relinquish human rights just because they need care. In nursing homes in the USA, federal law guarantees certain rights to residents. This article provides a broader context for understanding ... -
Applying a trauma-informed perspective to loss and change in the lives of older adults
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-03-09)Traumatic events are widely acknowledged to have long-term impacts on individuals, yet only recently have health-care professionals begun to assess for and gain an understanding of trauma in the lives of older adults. For ... -
Trauma-informed supervision: Core components and unique dynamics in varied practice contexts
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-05-11)The Co-Editors of the special issue on trauma-informed supervision describe the need for increased attention to this topic and their goals for this issue. They then provide an overview of each article, all written by persons ... -
Trauma Informed Practice and Care: Implications for Field Instruction
(Springer US, 2018-06-21)This article summarizes the evolution in thinking about trauma and its impact on those who have experienced it. The nature of trauma-informed (TI) practice and care and implications for field instruction are then explained. ... -
Client Experiences of Trauma-Informed Care in Social Service Agencies
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-10-25)This paper describes a qualitative study of individual client interviews (n = 26) from four social service agencies to understand how clients experience trauma-informed care services and implementation challenges. We used ... -
Hypothesis Testing of CNA Perceptions of Organizational Culture in Long Term Care
(Informa UK Limited, 2019-02-06)This commentary for the special issue on research that went wrong describes a study that explored factors that contribute to variability within Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) on organizational safety culture. We know ... -
Using an Experiential Learning Assignment to Teach BSW Students about Culture and End-of-Life Care Planning
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-02-07)In response to needs identified by the Institute of Medicine and the National Association of Social Workers, this article describes an experiential assignment to increase BSW students’ skills in end-of-life care. In this ... -
Educating unaccompanied children in US shelters
(University of Oxford, 2019-03)Educational services provided to unaccompanied children in government-funded shelters in the US must be examined more critically in order to better meet the children’s varied needs – and federal standards for public education. -
Trauma-Informed Care in Residential Long-Term Care for Older Adults
(University at Buffalo School of Social Work, 2019-05-06)In this episode, our guest Dr. Nancy Kusmaul defines trauma-informed care within residential long-term care, and describes regulations that will soon require skilled nursing facilities receiving federal funding to incorporate ...