Improving Emergency Care for the Elderly
Shepard, Patricia; Mayer, Jane B.; Ryback, Ronnie; Shepard, Patricia; Clinical Social Worker, Specialty Unit, Social Service Department, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115; Mayer, Jane B.; Chief Social Worker, Specialty Unit, Social Service Department, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA, 02215; Ryback, Ronnie; Senior Clinical Social Worker, Specialty Unit, Social Service Department, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115
Журнал:
Journal of Gerontological Social Work
Дата:
1987
Аннотация:
Much has been written on the developing role for social workers in hospital emergency rooms but little has focused specifically on social work interventions with elderly emergency room patients in an urban teaching hospital. A group of fifty patients over sixty-five years of age, referred to social service for assessment and assistance with home care issues, is described. The emergency room social worker's role with these elderly patients is highlighted and three case examples are discussed. It is argued that social work interventions improve the quality of both emergency and ongoing care for this growing and often at risk population.
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