The role of the nursing home social worker in terminal care

Article Abstract:

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.

Social aspects, Care and treatment, Terminal care, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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A wedding in a nursing home

Article Abstract:

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.

United States, Personal narratives, Alzheimer's disease, Family, Weddings

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Therapists' benefits from conducting psychotherapy: the case of social workers

Article Abstract:

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.

Psychotherapy, Countertransference (Psychology)

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