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Social Workers as Leaders for Facilitating Trauma-Informed Palliative Care in the Outpatient Palliative Care Clinic
J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care. 2023 Sep 28:1-13. doi: 10.1080/15524256.2023.2262157. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPalliative care social workers are trained to identify how trauma manifests over the course of serious and chronic illness. This expertise can guide patients and team members to ensure a trauma-informed experience of care. This paper identifies the growth of outpatient palliative care clinics as an opportunity for palliative care social workers to emphasize this clinical skill set and assume a leadership role in the implementation of trauma-informed practices early in the trajectory of serious illness.PMID:...
Source: Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care - September 28, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Jennifer DiBiase Source Type: research

Exploring the Lived Experiences of Rural Hospice Social Workers in Navigating "Cracked" Systems
J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care. 2023 Sep 26:1-22. doi: 10.1080/15524256.2023.2262154. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSocial workers often encounter health and resource disparities and caregiver challenges in support of hospice patients and families. Social workers also play a critical role in navigating systems and confronting systemic barriers. Their input regarding macro practice is invaluable, though there is not much literature pertaining to end-of-life disparities as experienced from the social worker point of view. There is also limited research from the hospice social worker perspective, with little pertaining to t...
Source: Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care - September 26, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Jessica Curd Michin Hong Source Type: research

After a Suicide Death in a High School: Exploring Students' Perspectives
J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care. 2023 Sep 13:1-18. doi: 10.1080/15524256.2023.2256481. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBy the time they leave high school, 17% of adolescents will have experienced the suicide death of a friend, peer, or classmate. While some will be unaffected or experience a brief period of distress following the death, for others the death will cause significant disruption and distress, even increasing their risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. It is essential for social workers to be able to support at-risk adolescents after this type of loss. To do this, it is critical to understand the ways that ado...
Source: Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care - September 13, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Rebecca G Mirick Larry Berkowitz Source Type: research

Trauma-Informed Care for Inpatient Palliative Care Social Work: Applying Existing Models at the Bedside
J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care. 2023 Sep 12:1-17. doi: 10.1080/15524256.2023.2256479. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCoexisting serious illness and posttraumatic stress place hospitalized individuals at risk for complex pain, anxiety, and retraumatization. Hospital palliative care social workers increasingly recognize the value of trauma-informed care (TIC) for reducing harm in the inpatient setting. Despite this recognition, there is limited operationalization of TIC principles for inpatient interventions. This paper integrates each TIC principle with inpatient psychosocial interventions to advance trauma-informed compet...
Source: Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care - September 12, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Chelsea K Brown Jennifer DiBiase Abigail Nathanson Tamara J Cadet Source Type: research