By Lenore Deutsch, MSW, ACSW Introduction Keep Your Life Rich with New Ideas and Experiences Adjust Your Mind Set Maintain the Highest Level of Functioning Possible Work Toward Accepting Your Limits and Focus on Your Strengths Have Meaningful and Purposeful...
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End-of-Life Decisions and Late Adulthood
By Kathy Tedesco, BSW Introduction Religious Beliefs and Advance Directives Changes as We Age Erickson's Theory of Psychosocial Development and Late Adulthood Decision Making How Social Workers Help Introduction Medical evidence has shown us that that...
Choosing a Social Adult Day Program
By Lindsay Goldman, MSW What's a Social Adult Day Program? A social adult day program provides structure, support and stimulation to older adults living in the community, as well as a break for their caregivers. Social adult day programs, when coordinated with...
Relationship Changes When a Loved One Has Alzheimer’s
By Sherry Katz, MSW, LCSW Here are some suggestions for family members who sometimes feel upset or lost upon hearing their family member with Alzheimer's disease say some startlingly strange comments. Because people who have Alzheimer's disease loses their thinking...
Planning for Alzheimer’s Care
By Susan J. Harper, LSW, ACSW When to Start Planning How to Start Planning Factors to Consider in Deciding to Provide Care in the Home When to Start Planning The answer to this question, in light of the facts is very simple – now! At the very least, planning...
Phases and Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease
By Susan J. Harper, LSW, ACSW Introduction The Phase Model The Staging Model The Seven Stage Model The ABC's of Alzheimer's Disease Introduction There are more than 70 known disorders that can result in dementia, including Pick's Disease, Multi-Infarct...
Alzheimer’s and Dementia: How Social Workers Help
Relationship and Emotional Changes for Family Members of Alzheimer's Patients Serving Clients in a Geriatric Case Manager or Private Fiduciary Role
Changes within Families of Alzheimer’s Patients
By Sherry Katz, MSW, LCSW Introduction Feelings of Anxiety and Frustration The Unpredictable Nature of Relationships How Social Workers Can Help Introduction When someone has Alzheimer's disease, everyone in the family is affected, not just the patient. Taking...
Grandparents as Parents
By Sylvie de Toledo, LCSW, BCD, and Deborah Elder Brown I live with my grandma because my mom left me on a hotel bench to go get a cup of coffee. You're not supposed to leave babies by theirselves. - Erica, age seven Late one Saturday night the phone call came: Leah...
Hospice Care: Dignity, Comfort and Peace
By Carole Marmell, LMSW, C-SWHC For many people, the word "hospice" means hopelessness, helplessness, giving up. In reality, hospice can also mean dignity, comfort, and peace. When your loved one has been given a terminal diagnosis, with no available treatment and a...
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"Fatherhood is a journey," said Dr. Charles Daniels in a recent interview. "It's not something that you just learn overnight. It's something that you have to work at every day." Daniels is co-founder and CEO of Fathers' Uplift, a Boston-based organization that...
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