The role of the nursing home social worker in terminal care
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The vital role of social workers in terminal care in nursing homes was studied by sending out a total of 60 questionnaires to 14 nursing homes in the greater Milwaukee, WI, area. Results, analyzed based on a response rate of 76.6%, indicated that care for the dying was not an integral part of nursing home social work training. This fact accounted for the absence of burden experienced by a majority of the respondents. Since social service was based on giving emotional stability and assistance, the Social Service Department must reconsider the value of terminal care.
Publication Name: Journal of Gerontological Social Work
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0163-4372
Year: 1993
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A wedding in a nursing home
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A wife recounts the wedding ceremony she and her husband held at the nursing home in which her mother, an Alzheimer's patient, is a resident. Topics include the unpredictable behavior the disease produces, the doubt surrounding the mother's ability to attend a ceremony at the synagogue, and the joy the home ceremony provided the family and the home's other residents.
Publication Name: Journal of Gerontological Social Work
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0163-4372
Year: 1999
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Therapists' benefits from conducting psychotherapy: the case of social workers
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The social workers' benefits from conducting psychotherapy are examined. Results are discussed in light of the various theoretical-qualitative descriptions of therapists' gains from psychotherapy.
Publication Name: Research on Social Work Practice
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1049-7315
Year: 2003
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