Journal article
Social Workers Critical to Honoring Commitments to Residents and Families in Long-Term Care
Journal of gerontological social work, Vol.66(6), pp.811-821
2023
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2023.2181904
PMID: 36809984
Abstract
Social workers have been at the forefront of research and advocacy to improve nursing home care for several decades. However, United States (U.S.) regulations have not kept pace with professional standards, as nursing home social services workers are still not required to have a degree in social work and many are assigned caseloads that are untenable for providing quality psychosocial and behavioral health care. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)'s recently published interdisciplinary consensus report, The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality: Honoring our Commitment to Residents, Families, and Staff (NASEM,
2022
) makes recommendations for changing these regulations, reflecting years of social work scholarship and policy advocacy. In this commentary, we highlight the NASEM report recommendations for social work and chart a course for continuing scholarship and policy advocacy to improve resident outcomes.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Social Workers Critical to Honoring Commitments to Residents and Families in Long-Term Care
- Creators
- Nancy Kusmaul - University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyAmy Restorick Roberts - Miami UniversityPaige Hector - Paige Ahead Healthcare Education and Consulting, Tucson, Arizona, USA.Colleen Galambos - University of Wisconsin–MilwaukeeSheryl Zimmerman - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMercedes Bern-Klug - University of IowaRobert Connolly - Retired CMS Health Insurance Analyst, Marriottsville, Maryland, USA.Xiaochuan Wang - University of Central FloridaChris Herman - National Association of Social Workers
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of gerontological social work, Vol.66(6), pp.811-821
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.1080/01634372.2023.2181904
- PMID
- 36809984
- ISSN
- 0163-4372
- eISSN
- 1540-4048
- Grant note
- name: no funding
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 02/23/2023
- Date published
- 2023
- Academic Unit
- International Programs; School of Social Work
- Record Identifier
- 9984368282602771
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