Social Work in the News - May 6, 2008

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Case managers, social workers shine in patients’ hospital care [4 …
NewsOK.com (subscription) - Oklahoma City, OK
Yet, the star performers for older patients often involve personnel rarely heard of but vitally important: case managers and social workers. …

Lost Boy earns degree in social work from Western Michigan U
Chicago Tribune - United States
Chol, 25, is getting a master’s degree in social work from Western Michigan University. He may be the first of his peers in West Michigan to earn that honor …

Toronto’s panhandling plan: $5 million for social workers
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
A plan to curb panhandling by spending almost $5 million a year to hire more social workers was unanimously endorsed by the city’s executive committee …

Miracles do happen
Shelby Star - Shelby, NC
Patti Ellis McMurry, LCSW, MA, is Vice President of Access for Hospice Cleveland County. Contact her at 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby, …

Loise Sullivan; Social Worker, Political Activist
Washington Post - United States
Loise Angela Mary Zanzucchi Sullivan, 76, a clinical social worker who was executive director of the Rosemount Center in Washington, died of complications …

Social worker turns loss into positive plan
Lock Haven Express - Lock Haven, PA
By JIM RUNKLE — That’s when the Williamsburg, Va., woman learned she’d never see her brother again. He had been shot down in cold …

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