Social work 3.1

Katherine Lewandowski

An 86-year-old widow with osteoporosis who was in a care home for 2 months due to injuries from osteoporosis.

Linda Sanders

The social worker on Katherine's case who tried to advocate for her but faced challenges in ensuring her well-being.

Healthcare Social Worker

Acts as a link between individuals, healthcare facilities, and the community, providing support, assessments, discharge planning, and advocacy.

Medicare

A program for Americans over 65, people with disabilities, or those with permanent kidney failure, providing health coverage.

Medicaid

Financial aid for individuals in poverty who have limited income, offering healthcare coverage.

Hospice and Palliative Care

Specialized approaches for terminally ill individuals to enhance their quality of life and provide emotional support to them and their families.

Bereavement

Support provided by social workers to family and friends after a person's death, assisting them in coping with grief and loss.

Setting

Hospitals, physician offices, clinics, rehab services, nursing homes, hospice, health planning board, insurance companies, private social work, homeless shelter, outpatient clinics

Services

Home health care: services in their own homes. Hospice and palliative care: specialized approach in caring for terminally ill persons. Give patients quality of life. First program in the US 1970

Social workers

Provide counseling and emotional support to dying persons and their families. Assist dying people to deal with physical as well as emotional pain. Advocate with other staff to ensure that clients and families needs are met. Provide crisis intervention. Assist with anticipatory grieving. Following death, continue to assist family and friends with bereavement