Description |
xi, 146 pages ; 23 cm |
Series |
Haworth social work practice in action. |
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Haworth social work practice.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-142) and index. |
Contents |
Foreword / Marcia B. Steinhauer -- Introduction to Home Health Care: A Historical Perspective -- Medical Social Services -- Home Health Care Services -- Appropriate Clients and Their Problems -- Home Health Organizations -- Medicare -- Medicaid -- The Utilization of Social Work Services in Twelve Home Health Care Agencies: A Research Study -- Purpose -- Methodology -- Research Questions -- Procedures -- Scope and Limitations -- Findings and Analysis -- Conclusions and Implications for Future Applications and Research -- Problem Areas for Clinical Intervention -- Social Work Visits and Staffing -- Problem Areas -- Crisis Management -- Staffing Models -- Job Descriptions for MSW- and BSW-Level Social Workers -- Clinical Patient Care Policies Regarding Social Work Services -- Nature of Services -- Responsibilities -- Procedure for Implementation of Medical Social Services -- Social Work Roles and Responsibilities -- Appropriate Clients for Social Work Intervention -- Medicare Standards for Social Work Practice in Home Health Care -- Medicare Standards on Social Work Services -- Medical Social Services -- Social Work Referrals and Documentation -- Discharge Planning -- Coordination of Care and Documentation -- Review of Medical Social Work Literature -- Home Health Care Services for the Flderly -- Bioethical Issues -- Health Care in the Future -- Medical Social Work and Discharge Planning -- Geriatric Assessment Team -- Policy Issues and Health Care -- Future Directions for Home Health Care. |
Summary |
"Current and comprehensive, Social Work Practice in Home Health Care provides social workers with successful methods and suggestions to find resources that clients need in order to face certain life challenges, such as abuse, neglect, poverty, malnutrition, uninhabitable housing, dysfunctional family situations, sensory deprivation, isolation, caregiver stresses, and alcohol and drug abuse."--Jacket. |
Subject |
Medical social work -- United States.
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Home care services -- United States.
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Social Work. (DNLM)D012947
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Home Care Services. (DNLM)D006699
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United States. (DNLM)D014481
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Home care services. (OCoLC)fst00959108
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Medical social work. (OCoLC)fst01014655
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Other Form: |
Online version: Goode, Ruth Ann. Social work practice in home health care. New York : Haworth Press, ©2000 (OCoLC)606250202 |
ISBN |
0789004836 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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9780789004833 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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0789004844 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780789004840 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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