UID:
almafu_9958894295902883
Format:
1 online resource (148 p.)
ISBN:
1-136-38047-7
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0-203-04748-6
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1-283-84083-9
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1-136-38040-X
Content:
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 s
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Social Work Practice in Home Health Care; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of 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
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Chapter 3. Problem Areas for Clinical InterventionSocial 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
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Medicare Standards on Social Work ServicesMedical 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
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Disease-Specific Social Work PracticeSocial 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 Who Participated in the Study
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Appendix E: Documentation System for Social WorkersPhysician 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
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7890-0484-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7890-0483-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203047484
