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J B Mayer

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PubMed1996

A post-master's program in gerontological social work: fulfilling a practice need in health care.

This paper details an innovative Fellowship Program which provides intensive Post-Master's training in gerontological social work. The paper addresses the implications for social work education and practice for the growing number of elders in today's health care environment and in the future. The paper outlines the philosophy, design and implementation of the Program, suggesting ways in which a Fellowship can be modified for other settings. The authors discuss the evolution of the Program over six years, including funding challenges, overall benefits to such an undertaking, as well as future directions.

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PubMed1992

Professional and family collaboration in case management: a hospital-based replication of a community-based study.

This paper presents the results of research on a program that trains family members to serve as case managers for their elderly relatives. The effectiveness of the training program was evaluated using a randomized experimental design. Data were collected in an urban hospital setting about two groups of elderly patients: those with dementia and those needing hemodialysis. Family members of both types of patients were assigned randomly to an experimental group, which received systematic training in performing case management activities, or to a control group, which received only the services ordinarily provided by the hospital social work department. Post-test comparisons revealed that the experimental group family members performed significantly more case management tasks on behalf of their elderly relatives than did family members in the control group. Although trained family members assumed more responsibility for case management, there was no increase in the level of their subjective or objective caregiving burden. Implications for social work practice are presented.

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PubMed1990

Empowering families of the chronically ill: a partnership experience in a hospital setting.

An intervention model has been developed which teaches family members, in partnership with social workers, to obtain and monitor services for their chronically ill elderly relatives. The research site is a Boston teaching hospital with a patient population that is ethnically and racially diverse. Initial results of the study reveal that case management is easily accepted by most families, and the partnership between the family member and social worker enhances the delivery of needed services.

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PubMed1986

Elder abuse: ethical and practical dilemmas for social work.

Like other forms of family violence, abuse of the elderly is a long-standing problem that is a new focus of public interest. This description of the efforts of an acute-care hospital's interdisciplinary team to assess cases of elder abuse focuses on the role of the social worker and the dilemmas that arise when the problem of elder abuse is confronted by helping professionals.

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PubMed1983

Is there a future for social work in HMOs?

Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) are a popular form of health care delivery in many parts of the United States. To what extent are social workers an integral part of this health care delivery system? The authors present the findings of a study that surveyed the role of social workers in HMOs and conclude that if social workers are to have a future in this system, they must advocate for themselves professionally and politically.

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PubMed1981

An early intervention program for high-risk children in a health care setting.

Early intervention programs are designed to provide detection, treatment, and prevention of handicaps, developmental delays, and environmental deprivation as early in a child's life as possible. Health care facilities, especially community health centers, are in a unique position to provide intervention services. The social work and nursing staffs of the Dimock Community Health Center in Roxbury, Massachusetts designed an early intervention program (P.E.C.S.--Parent Education and Child Stimulation) for high-risk families. The program addresses the effects of developmental delays and environmental deprivation prevalent in the birth to three-year-old population of the Center. This paper describes the organization and methodology of the program and indicates ways in which the program can be replicated.

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