Category: Social Worker

Hospice care provides underutilized end-of-life care

A hospice team of experts, including a physician, registered nurse, social worker, chaplain, health aides and volunteers, provides medical care, pain … See the full Hospice Social Worker article.

HCS expands palliative care team, adding clinical expertise

Prior to the program’s expansion, it was run solely by social worker Evelyn Erb, who said she has a caseload of about 30 patients. She helps them with … See the full Hospice Social Worker article.

People denied dignity in death

Sibiya’s only other visitor is Sizakele Mlambo, a palliative care worker from the … Mgqadi, fellow nurse Charmaine Mhlanzi, Mlambo and social worker … See the full Hospice Social Worker article.

Phyllis Dieth Chandler

From her first job at the Waldo Burton Boy’s Home in New Orleans, to her last role as a hospice social worker and counselor, she was devoted to … See the full Hospice Social Worker article.

But they just don’t know!

Ruth enrolled in out outpatient hospice program with lung cancer when she was … Time and time again, as a hospice Social Worker, I hear about well … See the full Hospice Social Worker article.

Continuum Care Launches Florida Agency, Pursues Expansion

The hospice also seeks to distinguish itself through service intensity. … and families receive regular social worker and chaplain visits, according to … See the full Hospice Social Worker article.

Myth Dismissed: Hospice care is too expensive for my family

… holistic approach of hospice encompasses vital assistance that families need at such a vulnerable time. Along with a team approach, a social worker … See the full Hospice Social Worker article.

Clarksville woman celebrates 104th birthday with family

Since she wasn’t able to have visitors, Elizabeth’s daughter, Connie Hill, worked with Elizabeth’s AsceraCare Hospice Social Worker to plan a type of … See the full Hospice Social Worker article.