Pick one of the following cases to read about:
“The Awful, Odd Downfall of the Librarian of the Year” Peltz, Jeffiner. Associated Press Apr 15, 2017
https://www.stltoday.com/news/national/the-awful-odd-downfall-of-the-school-librarian-of-the/article_fead11a5-fc55-5e90-8d01-3fc5eee7668b.htmlLinks to an external site
Suryadevara, U. Holbert, R. & Averbuch, R. “Opioid Use in the Elderly.” Psychiatric Times. Vol 35 Issue 1 January 30, 2018.
Instructions:
Select one of the two geriatric articles above.
Describe the condition or disease such as definition, treatments, complications, sites of care, usual challenges for functioning with employment, family responsibilities, social relationships, activities of daily living, etc.
Describe the treatments that are needed to maintain health (e.g. treatment, therapy, daily medication).
Identify the challenges with adherence to treatment, e.g. costs, travel, loss of work time, conflicts with family responsibilities, depression, anxiety, pain management, and care giver stress.
Discuss the role of healthcare social work practice with persons with these conditions within one or more settings that they may use, for example, hospital social work, dialysis center social work, hospice/palliative care social work, primary care social work.
Discuss your recommendations for social work practice with this condition.
At least 2 additional peer reviewed resources and citations are required.
The paper should be approximately 4-5 pages double spaced. Include a separate reference page.
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