Hospice News
JULY 2, 2024
In addition to quantifiable financial pressure, in-home elder care has other costs for caregivers, according to Ellen Carbonell, LCSW, caregiver programs consultant in the department of Social Work and Community Health at RUSH University Medical Center, told Palliative Care News.
Hospice News
MARCH 2, 2023
But thinking about finding meaning and purpose in your work has brought a lot of really thoughtful people into applying for our fellowship. They want more than just doing a job, but really finding something that they feel can feed them and keep them from burning out and actually bring them joy in their practice and deep fulfillment.
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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
Studies have investigated approaches such as early feeding and skin to skin care, which are important for bonding and parent mental health outcomes (Baley et al., Dr Julia Petty is an Associate Professor [Learning & Teaching] and Senior Lecturer, Children’s Nursing at School of Health & Social Work, University of Hertfordshire.
Hospice Nurse Hero
AUGUST 21, 2022
For example, if your patient was eating 50% upon admission and able to feed themselves, and now they require assistance with feeding and are only eating 25%, you should state it in detail. Physical : Patient requires full assist with feeding, eating 25% of meals, was eating 50% last period. Document New Orders.
GeriPal
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Barbara highlights social workers’ inherent leadership qualities and tasks us to consider whether our own team and organizational structures are allowing for optimal social work engagement and influence. So in preparation for this, I read a couple articles about social work leadership in palliative care.
GeriPal
MARCH 13, 2025
But what I remember from that is at the end of your week long rotation, Michael, everybody gets a chance if they wanted to sit down with Cicely Saunders, social work nurse, doctor extraordinaire, you sit down with her. But, you know, you’ve got social work, you’ve got chaplaincy, and patients are important part of that.
GeriPal
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
But our social work colleagues, our other team members really bring the lens and understanding for how we might be more holistic in thinking about a patient at the end of their life who’s struggling or suffering, who, who may have had cumulative trauma over the lifespan and how we can really be sensitive to and supportive of that.
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