Hospice News
AUGUST 22, 2023
As the hospice and palliative care workforce dwindles, some stakeholders are hard at work to develop career paths for staff in related disciplines, including social work. The program is designed to support social workers in the early years of working in the field and develop smooth pathways to licensure.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 3, 2024
We often fill that gap with a lot of care management services, and that could be nursing, social work, pharmacy, but they’re generally going to get to know their nurse really, really well. The company currently operates in Colorado and Texas. That becomes another trusted care partner and decision maker. It is all throughout.
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Hospice News
MARCH 11, 2024
Embedding palliative care-trained social workers in hospital emergency departments can help health care providers effectively serve some of the most vulnerable patients. She is also editor of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work, second edition. “:At Sinai Beth Israel. Research backs these claims.
Hospice News
JANUARY 16, 2023
Patients are more likely to receive palliative care if they can access social workers through their primary care providers, Veterans Health Administration (VA) research has found. These findings suggest that social workers may increase access to and/or use of palliative care.”. The average age among the veterans was about 65.
Hospice News
MARCH 25, 2024
From the outset, Dignity Health and Hospice of the Foothills worked together to develop the Sierra Community Palliative Care program. The funds will be used to pay for on-call services and a part-time professional with a master’s degree in social work, she said. Local primary-care providers also send patients to Sierra.
Hospice News
JULY 10, 2024
The key to effectively addressing these needs is a comprehensive interdisciplinary care approach, which includes disease-specific specialists, in conjunction with palliative care and social work.” Palliative approaches can help address gaps of care among patients with a diverse range of rare chronic and serious illnesses.
Hospice News
MAY 26, 2023
Ensure social workers have a voice To keep social workers on staff, hospices should focus on creating a respectful workplace culture in which all members of the interdisciplinary team can feel heard, according to Vickie Leff, a palliative care consultant and interim director of the Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network.
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