The study was prompted by the need for a social work response to the dramatic changes that have o... more The study was prompted by the need for a social work response to the dramatic changes that have occurred in the home health care arena as a result of managed care policies. Social work has been a part of home health care since its inception, but the current cost constrained market threatens the viability of social work in providing services to elderly, ill, homebound individuals. Medicare home health care benefits have traditionally enabled many elderly individuals to live independently in their communities. However, passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, which mandated the use of a Prospective Payment System for service reimbursement, has altered the delivery of home health services for many individuals (Liu, Long & Dowling, 2003). As a result, the focus on patient outcomes and the delivery of cost effective quality care has intensified. The study examines the nature of social work services provided in the home health care arena and the relationship between home health care recipient outcomes and a variety of functional and demographic variables as well as social work services. The study utilizes final disposition at discharge from home health care services, and the length of time a recipient is maintained in the community setting through the delivery of home health care services as outcome measures. The key variables of interest are the presence of social work services, the patient's functional status, caregiver status, and the demographic variables age, race and gender. This study is exploratory in nature. It identifies descriptive characteristics of the sample of home health care recipients who received home health care services from one home health care company located in South Central Louisiana between January 1, 1999 and January 1, 2005. It explores the nature of social work intervention following the viii passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Unfortunately, the study results indicated that social work services have become very limited in scope. The major findings indicated that the patient's ability to ambulate independently was a good predictor of his or her ability to remain in the community. They also indicated that the patient's ability to prepare for and plan meals was the only variable to influence the number of days the patient received home care services. Implications for social work are discussed.
Foster parents support the child welfare system by looking after children who need to be cared fo... more Foster parents support the child welfare system by looking after children who need to be cared for away from home. They serve as surrogate or substitute parents until the child is reunited with his or her birth parents or an alternate permanent home is found. The experience of foster parents when a child they have cared for leaves their home is rarely recognised or discussed. This study seeks to learn more about the feelings that foster parents experience in such situations. Evaluation instruments include a quantitative scale and an open-ended question. Results from both these analyses suggest that foster parents do experience significant grief upon the loss of their children, and that this emotion takes several forms and affects the recruitment and retention of carers.
Over the past several years social work educators have struggled with developing curriculum and t... more Over the past several years social work educators have struggled with developing curriculum and teaching methods that facilitates students’ competence in understanding and conducting research. In an attempt to add to the current knowledge base, Albert Bandura’s (1977a) theory of self-efficacy is applied to teaching research to college students in a bachelor’s level social work program. Teaching strategies and assignments are presented along a continuum of learning; each assignment is linked to one of Bandura’s four sources of self-efficacy. The intent of this paper is to expand the knowledge base which applies theory to educational practices.
The study was prompted by the need for a social work response to the dramatic changes that have o... more The study was prompted by the need for a social work response to the dramatic changes that have occurred in the home health care arena as a result of managed care policies. Social work has been a part of home health care since its inception, but the current cost constrained market threatens the viability of social work in providing services to elderly, ill, homebound individuals. Medicare home health care benefits have traditionally enabled many elderly individuals to live independently in their communities. However, passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, which mandated the use of a Prospective Payment System for service reimbursement, has altered the delivery of home health services for many individuals (Liu, Long & Dowling, 2003). As a result, the focus on patient outcomes and the delivery of cost effective quality care has intensified. The study examines the nature of social work services provided in the home health care arena and the relationship between home health care recipient outcomes and a variety of functional and demographic variables as well as social work services. The study utilizes final disposition at discharge from home health care services, and the length of time a recipient is maintained in the community setting through the delivery of home health care services as outcome measures. The key variables of interest are the presence of social work services, the patient's functional status, caregiver status, and the demographic variables age, race and gender. This study is exploratory in nature. It identifies descriptive characteristics of the sample of home health care recipients who received home health care services from one home health care company located in South Central Louisiana between January 1, 1999 and January 1, 2005. It explores the nature of social work intervention following the viii passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Unfortunately, the study results indicated that social work services have become very limited in scope. The major findings indicated that the patient's ability to ambulate independently was a good predictor of his or her ability to remain in the community. They also indicated that the patient's ability to prepare for and plan meals was the only variable to influence the number of days the patient received home care services. Implications for social work are discussed.
Foster parents often feel irresolvable grief when a child they have loved and nurtured is removed... more Foster parents often feel irresolvable grief when a child they have loved and nurtured is removed from their home. Their grief response is frequently unrecognised and misunderstood, and can lead to problems regarding the retention of the carers on which the system relies. This article examines the challenge of retaining foster parents and describes the development of a grief awareness training programme for foster care and adoption workers as an effort to improve recruitment and retention. A one-group pre-test/post-test design was used to examine the difference in knowledge enhancement and understanding about foster parent grief after the training was administered to a sample of foster care and adoption workers.
The study was prompted by the need for a social work response to the dramatic changes that have o... more The study was prompted by the need for a social work response to the dramatic changes that have occurred in the home health care arena as a result of managed care policies. Social work has been a part of home health care since its inception, but the current cost constrained market threatens the viability of social work in providing services to elderly, ill, homebound individuals. Medicare home health care benefits have traditionally enabled many elderly individuals to live independently in their communities. However, passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, which mandated the use of a Prospective Payment System for service reimbursement, has altered the delivery of home health services for many individuals (Liu, Long & Dowling, 2003). As a result, the focus on patient outcomes and the delivery of cost effective quality care has intensified. The study examines the nature of social work services provided in the home health care arena and the relationship between home health care recipient outcomes and a variety of functional and demographic variables as well as social work services. The study utilizes final disposition at discharge from home health care services, and the length of time a recipient is maintained in the community setting through the delivery of home health care services as outcome measures. The key variables of interest are the presence of social work services, the patient's functional status, caregiver status, and the demographic variables age, race and gender. This study is exploratory in nature. It identifies descriptive characteristics of the sample of home health care recipients who received home health care services from one home health care company located in South Central Louisiana between January 1, 1999 and January 1, 2005. It explores the nature of social work intervention following the viii passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Unfortunately, the study results indicated that social work services have become very limited in scope. The major findings indicated that the patient's ability to ambulate independently was a good predictor of his or her ability to remain in the community. They also indicated that the patient's ability to prepare for and plan meals was the only variable to influence the number of days the patient received home care services. Implications for social work are discussed.
Foster parents support the child welfare system by looking after children who need to be cared fo... more Foster parents support the child welfare system by looking after children who need to be cared for away from home. They serve as surrogate or substitute parents until the child is reunited with his or her birth parents or an alternate permanent home is found. The experience of foster parents when a child they have cared for leaves their home is rarely recognised or discussed. This study seeks to learn more about the feelings that foster parents experience in such situations. Evaluation instruments include a quantitative scale and an open-ended question. Results from both these analyses suggest that foster parents do experience significant grief upon the loss of their children, and that this emotion takes several forms and affects the recruitment and retention of carers.
Over the past several years social work educators have struggled with developing curriculum and t... more Over the past several years social work educators have struggled with developing curriculum and teaching methods that facilitates students’ competence in understanding and conducting research. In an attempt to add to the current knowledge base, Albert Bandura’s (1977a) theory of self-efficacy is applied to teaching research to college students in a bachelor’s level social work program. Teaching strategies and assignments are presented along a continuum of learning; each assignment is linked to one of Bandura’s four sources of self-efficacy. The intent of this paper is to expand the knowledge base which applies theory to educational practices.
The study was prompted by the need for a social work response to the dramatic changes that have o... more The study was prompted by the need for a social work response to the dramatic changes that have occurred in the home health care arena as a result of managed care policies. Social work has been a part of home health care since its inception, but the current cost constrained market threatens the viability of social work in providing services to elderly, ill, homebound individuals. Medicare home health care benefits have traditionally enabled many elderly individuals to live independently in their communities. However, passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, which mandated the use of a Prospective Payment System for service reimbursement, has altered the delivery of home health services for many individuals (Liu, Long & Dowling, 2003). As a result, the focus on patient outcomes and the delivery of cost effective quality care has intensified. The study examines the nature of social work services provided in the home health care arena and the relationship between home health care recipient outcomes and a variety of functional and demographic variables as well as social work services. The study utilizes final disposition at discharge from home health care services, and the length of time a recipient is maintained in the community setting through the delivery of home health care services as outcome measures. The key variables of interest are the presence of social work services, the patient's functional status, caregiver status, and the demographic variables age, race and gender. This study is exploratory in nature. It identifies descriptive characteristics of the sample of home health care recipients who received home health care services from one home health care company located in South Central Louisiana between January 1, 1999 and January 1, 2005. It explores the nature of social work intervention following the viii passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Unfortunately, the study results indicated that social work services have become very limited in scope. The major findings indicated that the patient's ability to ambulate independently was a good predictor of his or her ability to remain in the community. They also indicated that the patient's ability to prepare for and plan meals was the only variable to influence the number of days the patient received home care services. Implications for social work are discussed.
Foster parents often feel irresolvable grief when a child they have loved and nurtured is removed... more Foster parents often feel irresolvable grief when a child they have loved and nurtured is removed from their home. Their grief response is frequently unrecognised and misunderstood, and can lead to problems regarding the retention of the carers on which the system relies. This article examines the challenge of retaining foster parents and describes the development of a grief awareness training programme for foster care and adoption workers as an effort to improve recruitment and retention. A one-group pre-test/post-test design was used to examine the difference in knowledge enhancement and understanding about foster parent grief after the training was administered to a sample of foster care and adoption workers.
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