A Guide For Nursing Home Social WorkersSpringer Publishing Company, 2002 - 288 pages This book clearly distinguishes the function of beginning nursing home social workers and provides information and resources essential for them. Topics covered include: assessment; the intake and discharge processes; interventions; resource allocation; medication; diagnosis and treatment of depression; dementias; and legal issues, ethics, and confidentiality agreements. Making the volume still more practical is a glossary of commonly used terms and abbreviations as well as a section of standardized forms and charts. A Guide for Nursing Home Social Workers is an encyclopedia of nursing home practice issues with which social workers must become familiar. The book is essential reading for beginning and experienced social workers alike. It is also an outstanding text for courses that include content on practice in long term care." --Patricia Brownell, PhD, CSW, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, New York |
Contents
Introduction to Social Work in Nursing Facilities | 3 |
The Changing Face of Nursing Home Social Work | 10 |
Basic Orientation | 19 |
The New Social Worker | 32 |
Legal Auspices of Social Work | 39 |
Consultation in the Nursing Home | 54 |
PreAdmission and Admissions to Nursing Facilities | 61 |
OBRAThe Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act | 72 |
Legal Representatives | 163 |
Finances in the Nursing Home | 171 |
Social Work Ethics | 181 |
Abuse Neglect and Mistreatment | 189 |
Confidentiality | 198 |
Sexuality | 205 |
Community Services | 213 |
Funeral Arrangements | 224 |
Transfer and Discharge | 87 |
The MDS and Social Workers | 97 |
InServices for Facility Staff | 106 |
State Surveys and JCAHO Surveys | 115 |
The LongTerm Care Ombudsman Program | 125 |
Dementia | 133 |
Antipsychotic Medication | 143 |
Groups in Nursing Facilities | 155 |
Troubles in Paradise | 231 |
Initial Social Service History and Assessment Form | 239 |
Notices for Transfer or Discharge | 247 |
Community Discharge Plan Form | 254 |
Quarterly Social Service Note Form | 269 |
Social Service Job Description Sample | 275 |
Advocacy Research and the Nursing Home | 282 |