Hospice News

MAY 26, 2023

Three important considerations can help hospices recruit and retain social workers — a respectful workplace culture, reasonable workloads and continuing education opportunities. Workforce shortages remain the industry’s most damaging headwind, and that includes social workers. patients compared to 14.12

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2022

1 Social Workers Leaving Hospice, Health Care in Record Numbers (July 11). One seldom-discussed aspect of this year’s pervasive labor shortage was the number of social workers who had left the field. Social workers cited a lack of employer engagement as a leading cause of burnout and turnover, sources told Hospice News.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I’m a geriatrically trained social worker and it was my grandmother. Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. Greg: Yeah, great question. I got into this 31 years ago. Eric: And Susan?

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Geriatrics Medicare Caregiver Social worker 204

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

So IU, we have been able to convert our paper, Chris Callahan paper that was published in 2006, the first clinical trial that was positive. And these care navigator, they can be community health worker with just 12 years of education. They can be a- Diane: Social worker. Malaz: Social worker, anybody.

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