Social Work Practice in Home Health Care

Ruth Ann Goode-Chresos (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

158 Seiten

1999
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7890-0483-3 (ISBN)

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Through Social Work Practice in Home Health Care, social workers will discover a unique “how-to” approach to social work practice in home health care agencies. You will find a historical perspective on home health care and clinical interventions to help you improve home health care for your patients. A wide range of clients, such as the developmentally disabled, post-hospitalization patients, the physically disabled and chronically impaired of all ages, the mentally ill, the terminally ill, newborn infants and their mothers, abused older adults, and abused children are in need of appropriate services that lead to positive and helpful results. Through Social Work Practice in Home Health Care, you will discover how to tailor your practice to meet the needs of individual clients and improve their quality of life.Current and comprehensive, Social Work Practice in Home Health Care provides you 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. This unique book offers you techniques that can be used with any client base, including:

learning from the successes and failures of others through case studies of twelve home health care agencies
understanding problem areas of home health care and how clinical interventions can be used to help you make a difference in challenging situations
analyzing staffing trends and clinical patient care policies regarding social work services to better assist individuals and their families in identifying, resolving, or minimizing the problems that often accompany an illness
screening your clients who are in need of social work interventions, such as individuals suffering from depression over an amputation or debilitating heart attack
implementing educational programs that provide systemic knowledge about medicare to improve your services to the elderlySocial Work Practice in Home Health Care provides you with insightful information on everything from staffing, recruiting, and training home health care workers to obstacles that you may encounter, such as the lack of knowledge about social workers among physicians and the public, to help you provide better services to your clients. You will discover how to improve your skills in psychosocial assessment, counseling and decision making, discharge planning, community resources, and supervision to help you adjust your practice and offer positive and effective suggestions to each individual client.

Ruth Ann Goode-Chresos

Contents

Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1. 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
Chapter 2. 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
Chapter 3. Problem Areas for Clinical Intervention
Social Work Visits and Staffing
Problem Areas
Crisis Management
Chapter 4. Staffing Models
Job Descriptions for MSW- and BSW-Level Social Workers
Chapter 5. Clinical Patient Care Policies Regarding Social Work Services
Introduction
Nature of Services
Responsibilities
Procedure for Implementation of Medical Social Services
Social Work Roles and Responsibilities
Chapter 6. Appropriate Clients for Social Work Intervention
Chapter 7. 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
Chapter 8. Review of Medical Social Work Literature
Overview
Home Health Care Services for the Elderly
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
Medicare Standards for Social Work Practice in Home Health Care
Health Care Spending and Reform
Group Work by Social Workers
Disease-Specific Social Work Practice
Social Work Practice in Home Health Agencies
Literature Gaps the Study Addressed
Chapter 9. Conclusions and Implications for Future Applications and Research
Study Conclusions
Looking Toward the Future
Appendix A. Recruitment Letter for Research Participants
Appendix B. Interview Questions
Questions Used for Clinical Focus Group Interviews
Questions Used for Administrative Interviews
Appendix C. Consent Form
the Utilization of Social Work in Home Health Care Agencies
Appendix D. Home Health Care Agencies that Participated in the Study
Appendix E. Documentation System for Social Workers
Physician Orders
Home Health Certification and Plan of Care
Addendum: Medical Update
Interdisciplinary Referral
Medical Social Services Evaluation
Care Summary
Daily Activity Log
Medical Social Services Care Plan
Medical Social Services Revisit Note
Visit/Calendar Worksheet
Care Coordination Note
Glossary
References
Index
Reference Notes Included

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.12.1999
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 212 mm
Gewicht	450 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7890-0483-6 / 0789004836
ISBN-13	978-0-7890-0483-3 / 9780789004833
Zustand	Neuware