In honor of Social Work Appreciation Month this March, we celebrate our wonderful social work team. Pandemic prevention measures have changed so much of daily life, and that includes how we deliver hospice services. Most nursing facilities and assisted living communities continue to restrict visits by outsiders, except for medically essential visits or when a patient is actively dying. Social work visits, though certainly essential to the hospice experience, are not classified as medically essential in these COVID-19 times. So, instead of our usual face-to-face interactions, we transitioned to other means of communication in most cases. Social isolation became the […]
READ MOREWhen a family chooses the time for a loved one to go onto hospice care, they open the doors to a full circle of support that goes beyond nursing. One professional on the team is your medical social worker. What is the role of social work in hospice? Starr Hospice’s Veronica Martin, MSW, ASW, explains: A social worker is part of the hospice care team Each patient at Starr Hospice is assigned a social worker to be a part of the interdisciplinary team in developing a plan of care for the patient and family. The social worker is available to […]
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