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Kentucky Woman Specializes in Helping Terminally Ill
Photo Courtesy of Bowling Green Daily News The Bowling Green Daily News did a nice profile on Amy Fentress LSW, who provides services to terminally ill patients. “Some of them may not have health...
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Medical, Public Health Social Worker Makes 2010 Top Job List
Photo courtesy of U.S. News & World Report. Cheers to U.S. News & World Report for this article that says medical and public health social work will be one of the fastest growing careers in...
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Article Mentions Help Social Worker Provided Caregiver of Elderly Father
Atlantic Monthly illustration by Jon Krause. National Association of Social Workers member Christine Valentin is urging other social workers read “Letting Go of My Father,” a Atlantic Monthly piece by...
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Alzheimer’s From the Other Side
Mary Ann Becklenberg from a scene from "Life (Part 2)" on PBS. Indiana social worker Mary Ann Becklenberg, MSW, LCSW, began forgetting conversations she had at work just a day before. Her memory got...
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Social Worker’s Heroes are Families Living with Alzheimer’s
Elena Godfrey Cheers to the Rockford Register Star for this sometimes light-hearted profile of National Association of Social Workers member Elena Godfrey. Godfrey, MSW, is a social worker and care...
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Editorial: Returns – We all benefit when dropouts come back. Fayetteville Observer The Cumberland County schools are hiring five social workers with federal Race to the Top funding that encourages...
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“Gen Silent” Follows Plight of Aging LGBT People
"Gen Silent" follow the problems faced by aging LGBT people as they seek care. Photo courtesy of official Website. Lawrence Johnson cared for his ailing partner Alexandre Rheume for years but the...
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Balto. Co. studying effects of domestic violence on children The Baltimore Sun Children often witness domestic violence, but social workers have had no standardized way to examine how they are affected...
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Helping a Relative Age with Dignity
Mary Walker Baron. Photo courtesy of www.shewrites.com. Cheers to the National Association of Social Workers member Mary Walker Baron for her blog on Huffington Post about helping her elderly...
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For Helen Hamlin 80 is the new 50
Helen Hamlin. Photo courtesy of the New York Daily News. Cheers to the New York Daily News for including National Association of Social Workers Pioneer Helen Hamlin in this article about seniors who...
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Films Show Growing Older can be a Beautiful Thing
Hedda Bolgar, a subject in Laurie Schur's film, is 102 and continues to be a practicing psychoanalyst. Photo courtesy of The Beauty of Aging website. There are already many documentaries that examine...
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Baby boomer caregiving: When it’s time, “It’s time.” YouTube Forrest Hong, NASW-CA, gives a video interview. Downside to Court-Ordered Child Support PsychCentral.com Researcher Lenna Nepomnyaschy,...
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University of Alabama social worker interns to help prisoners prepare for … al.com (blog) BIRMINGHAM – A pilot project in which University of Alabama social worker interns will visit Alabama prisons to...
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Social Worker Studying Best Practices in Aging from Around the World
Merl Hokenstad. Photo courtesy of Case Western Reserve University. The elderly should be given more retirement options, including the ability to continue to work part-time or start small businesses in...
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‘These Are Unprecedented Times for the Country and Schools’ Patch.com Board member Maryanne Van Aken requested the district’s social workers be brought back up to full time. Presently, there is one...
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Forced Back Into the Closet
ABilly Jones-Hennin, seated, and his partner Christopher Hennin faced discrimination from a physical therapist. Photo courtesy of the Washington Post. Some gay men and lesbians who are elderly fear...
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In the social trenches Dickson City woman fights for neediest each day The Times-Tribune Lea Dougherty has made a life of serving the disenfranchised and marginalized populations throughout Northeast...
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News Items – May 2, 2014
Graduate Social Work Students Conduct Azusa City Needs Assessment Azusa Pacific University In fall 2012, 23 Azusa Pacific graduate social work students immersed themselves in the Azusa community,...
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News Items – October 14, 2014
Rebecca Stewart is a member: Yoga, black labs help open doors at school for troubled kids Minnesota Public Radio News “The children who come to us are not willfully defiant,” said school social worker...
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News Items – August 26, 2015
Social workers can play a role in corporate setting Fort Worth Star-Telegram Social work has evolved from a profession focusing on people living in poverty to one associated with governmental...
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