By Heather Rose Artushin, LISW-CP In the past, people believed they would receive better around-the-clock care in the hospital, and families knew to call 911 at signs of decline, often leading to a revolving door of hospitalization and rehospitalization. But public...
“There is a growing recognition that a hospital death may be over-medicalized, impersonal, noisy, and isolating,” Myra Glajchen of the MJHS Institute
David LaPensee has traveled to 30 countries and 47 U.S. states. He said he has been taking photos for decades and always has his camera with him.
By Sue Coyle, MSW In October 2022, NASW published Undoing Racism Through Social Work Vol. 2. The report emphasized NASW’s commitment to an anti-racist profession and society. It recognized that while social work and social workers may be starting from a different...
When asked if there were volunteers to help when individuals or a community needed it, “everyone wanted to help.”
The February/March 2023 issue of Social Work Advocates is now online.
After Roe was overturned on June 24, 2022, and lacking a federal policy, many states scrambled to either protect access to abortion or ban it
Julia Rose, MSW, LISW, serves as the president of the NASW Iowa Chapter. She is an Intimate Partner Violence Program Coordinator for the Veterans Health Administration. What inspired you to serve as president of NASW's Iowa Chapter?I was interested in uplifting the...