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Since beginning the social work program, I knew that I wanted to work with the elderly in some fashion once I earned my degree. I had previously spent much of my time prior to college working with children, but felt a strong pull from other interactions and volunteer experiences with the aging population. This past summer only enhanced that desire to work with the elderly when I spent the summer working for an at home senior care agency. Knowing these personal intentions I had for myself made me excited to hear from very specific speakers this semester. I knew that I was going to

I have been involved with various types of social work for most of my life. I have been a minister for 17 years in which I experienced working with people from all age groups. Even before becoming a certified minister, I sought opportunities to

A social worker in a long-term care facility helps the person who is entering a facility to make the transition from a previous living environment to life in an institutional setting while meeting the social/emotional comfort needs of that resident. Once the resident is established, the social worker assures the resident's continuing needs are met and that the person is given the opportunity to participate in planning for continued care in the facility, transfer, or discharge back into the community. Although the resident is the main focus, it should be mentioned that much of the social worker’s time may be spent working with the

The U.S. Healthcare System continues to evolve and develop delivery strategies of affordable high-quality health services to all individuals. Striving to make available superior advances in U.S. health, healthcare providers delivery options, solutions and/or treatments for the American populace.

I have chosen Aging as my field of practice. Modern day social work with the aging is also called gerontological services. Social work that is performed at the micro level is mostly done in community facilities. Examples of these are hospitals and long term care facilities (LTC). Under LTC facilities fall nursing homes, assisted living and adult foster homes. Other locations where social work is performed at the micro level is social services and mental health clinics. In these facilities social workers work with individuals with chronic health conditions such as cancer, cardiovascular problems, mobility limitations and loss of senses. Social workers also work on interdisciplinary teams involved in hospice care and through social service agencies provide case management services. In social service and mental health clinics social workers address depression, dementia, anxiety and substance abuse and help with social psychological issues such as living in an aging family and bereavement. Social work at the macro level is focused on understanding and advocating for the well-being and health of the elderly. Advocating may be done for changes in the Older American Act, Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. Macro social work also includes developing programs to ensure services to all seniors at the community level. There is a professional organization dedicated to aging, The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) which is an organization devoted to research, education, and

Informed consent, by definition, requires the administering health care provider to disclose appropriate information to a competent patient, and allow that patient sufficient time to choose, voluntarily, whether to accept or refuse treatment (Appelbaum, 2007). For children, the law upholds an inability to provide their own informed consent as they lack the decisive ability inherent in consent (Appelbaum, 2007). Thereby, for children, a proxy, as determined by the state laws, chooses the course of treatment on their behalf (Appelbaum, 2007). Furthermore, for children of, an undesignated, reasonable age, a consultation about assent, or willingness for acceptance of treatment or care, should follow a guardian’s decision (Appelbaum, 2007). Responsibility

Educational methods for evaluating depression care skills must include interactive performance-based strategies, common in other helping professions. For social work students, clinical exposure via field internships focused on geriatric depression care is one valuable method. However, not all students are offered these

What is ethics? Merriam-webster dictionary defines ethics as: the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation. Ethics and beliefs are ubiquitous throughout the modern world and always arise in numerous topics, issues, and arguments. When it comes to any research processes, ethics is something that must be considered in order to benefit both the results and the people involved. When ethical issues in medical research arise, the thought of the patient is paramount; ensuring that the patient knows exactly what is taking place through informed consent, that they have the respect to autonomy and confidentiality, that they are to remain unharmed, and the most vulnerable patients have the same treatment as all other

This paper is a documentation of an interview that was conducted with a college student in the Social Work program at Central Michigan University. The student is currently enrolled in the first semester of her last year as an undergrad. Her final step in successfully completing the Social Work program is a four-hundred-hour internship. The purpose of this internship is to explore career interests and gain experience. The student, Marie Benner was assigned to the Community Mental Health for Central Michigan agency after going through a formal application and interview process with the Social Work advisors. This interview was done face to face and lasted an hour. It took place at the Charles V. Park Library on October 25th, 2016. She can be reached

With the development of medical sciences, mortality and morbidity related to medical treatment and management has reduced. Further effort to reduce this further is an ongoing process (Subhash, 2005). Unforeseen and expected complications and even death do occur during the

Informed consent is a process where the physician provides the patient with information so that the patient can make a choice whether to accept or refuse treatment. This concept originates from the patients legal right to direct the type of health care they receive and the physicians ethical duty to involve the patient in the provision of medical care. Children do not have the capacity to give informed consent but their parents must give informed permission for treatment (Pozgar, 2012).

I agree that this family is vulnerable and that their vulnerability should not exclude them from participating in a research study. Schrems (2014) discussed the importance of allowing vulnerable individuals the freedom to choose and I agree that in this case Fatima and her husband should be allowed the decision to participate in the study or not. However, I don’t agree that they should be encouraged. According to the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (2002), “Informed consent is a decision to participate in research, taken by a competent individual who has received the necessary information; who has adequately understood the information; and who, after considering the information, has arrived at a decision without having been subjected to coercion, undue influence or inducement, or intimidation” (p. 22). This definition of informed consent explicitly states that the participant not be subjected to coercion and therefore encouragement would be in violation of the patient’s rights. So while I believe the family is capable of decision making, I do not believe they should be encouraged to participate.

"College Mental Health Fact Sheet: Depression." Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives. American Psychiatric Association. 2 Apr. 2008 .

The principle of a well formed conscience: This is the commitment to our creator through His son Jesus Christ is the source of well-formed conscience, and this is the origin of all morality. This could be achieving by listening to His teaching, obeying his commandment and following Jesus Christ steps. In some cases, ideals and principle of others that have displayed good character might be following

As the United States grew to be a more accepting society towards people with mental illness, people of color, women’s rights, and gay and lesbian’s rights, social workers have found the time to concentrate more on elderly causes. Given the huge number of baby boomers moving into retirement, the rise of depression and suicide of the elderly, and the media attention on mental health over the last decade, social workers are directing their attention to the specific needs of the elderly population.