Aging

• Practice Update
  MDS 3.0: Implications for Social Workers in Nursing Homes and Community-Based Settings (8/30/2010)
• NASW Standards for Social Work Practice with Family Caregivers of Older Adults
  Draft available for public review and comments
• NASW and CMSA Support Social Work Role in Case Management Standards (5/4/2010)
• Fellowship Opportunities for Social Workers in Aging and Health (2/16/2010)
• Dementia Care Practice Recommendations For Home Care Professionals Released (1/7/2010)
• NASW Endorses National Report Advocating For Care Of Chronic Pain (1/7/2010)
• Offer your input about the social work role in nursing home culture change (11/02/09)
• New Aging Practice Updates: Transitions of Care for Older Adults (10/16/09)
• NASW Participates in Culture Change Expert Panel, Contributes to Issue Paper (08/06/09)
• NASW Supports National Memory Screening Day; Social Work Plays Key Role (08/06/09)
• NASW Seeks Comments on Revised Standards of Practice for Case Management (7/30/09)
• President Obama & Congress Act to Ensure Access to Compassionate End-of-Life Care for Patients & Families (3/01/09)
• Resources for Alzheimer’s Disease, Family Caregivers, and Advance Care Planning (11/05/08)
• Caseload Concept Paper and Matrix Published (11/5/2008)
• NASW and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Introduce Credential for Social Workers Who Specialize in Hospice and Palliative Care (11/05/08)
• Social Work in Long-Term Care and Aging: Decreased Health Care Costs, Increased Quality of Life (PDF | 8/8/08)
• NASW & CMSA Seek Comments on Caseload Concept Paper & Caseload Matrix (7/7/08)
• News and Resources For Older Americans Month (5/22/08)
• NASW Supports Platform for Divided We Fail Campaign (11/07/07)
• NASW and CMSA Seek Comments on Factors Impacting Case Load (8/15/2007)
• NASW Celebrates Older Americans Month and Older Americans’ Mental Health Week (5/4/2007)
• CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE UPDATE
  Medicare Overpayment Requests for Clinical Social Workers in Private Practice (2/1/06)
• NASW Practice Snapshot: Healthy Aging and Fall Prevention (April 14, 2005)
• NASW Practice Snapshot: Medicare Preventive Benefits — Promoting Healthier Seniors (March 1, 2005)
• Working Family Caregivers: Issues and Opportunities for Social Work Practice (PDF | August 9, 2004)
• Case Management With Older Adults: A Social Work Perspective (PDF | May 18, 2004)
• *Medication Adherence and Older Adults (February 2004)
• *Expanding The Long-Term Care Continuum: Assisted Living and Social Work Practice (October 2003)
• *Grandparent-Headed Households: Implications for the Older Adult (April 2003)
• The Aging of HIV (April 2003)
• *The Aging Network: A Primer for Understanding Federal, State, and Local Resources for Older Adults (PDF) (May 2002)
• *National Family Caregiver Support Program (January 2002)
• *End-of-Life Care for Older Client s: What Social Workers Should Know about the Medicare Hospice Benefit (January 2002)

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