Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Celebrates World Social Work Day
Today is World Social Work Day, a time to honor social workers and recognize the contributions they bring to society. ...
Today is World Social Work Day, a time to honor social workers and recognize the contributions they bring to society. ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio – As mindfulness practices rise in popularity and evidence of their worth continues to accumulate, those who work...
Dementia is one of our time's leading epidemics currently affecting over 24 million people globally. This has forced governments to...
In this “silver tsunami” era, elder populations are outnumbering the younger workforce. This creates significant inequity and more than enough...
By: Brian Neese Around 7 million of the nation’s 39 million adults ages 65 years and older are affected by...
Photo Credit: Alzheimer's Foundation of America via Flickr The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) was founded in 2002, by Bert...
Society is at a point of conflict where it concerns head injuries and sports. The extent to which head trauma...
According to the United States Department of Justice, 1 in 10 seniors over the age of 60 is abused every...
By Ed Kashi and Julie Winokaur When working with elderly patients in health care facilities, it is likely that we may forget...
When we think of the holiday's we often think of joyful times with family and friends but for some of...
I work for a hospice program providing palliative care which means we attend to the emotional and spiritual needs of...
A few weeks ago at the Home and Community Health Association conference, I met some of the team behind CleverCare,...
With our fast paced lives in a technological age of instant gratification and easy distraction, it's no wonder news channels...
Adult Services Social Worker Kristen Hamilton helps a client sign a form using a mobile app In today’s technology-enabled world,...
We all do it. See someone new and, within seconds, our brains start making up stories about them. Or we...
“I know I’m going to get older. I can handle that, and I even know that I am going to...
The last place one would expect to find ageism well and flourishing is in the helping professions, particularly among those...
When I first became a hospice social worker, I was stunned to realize more than half of my patients were...
Grandparents raising grandchildren is an age-old practice and continues to be common in today’s society. This article offers helpful advice...
By Denise Bartley, Andre Juste, Rachel Meadows, and Guiseline Momplaisir According to a study by the National Center on elder...