Social Research, Policy, and Practice
Mercedes Bern-Klug, PhD, MSW, MA (she/her/hers)
Professor
School of Social Work
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Denise Gammonley, PhD, LCSW, FGSA, FNAP (she/her/hers)
Professor
School of Social Work
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida, United States
Amy Roberts, PhD, MSW, FGSA (she/her/hers)
Associate Professor
Family Science & Social Work
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio, United States
Nancy Kusmaul, PhD, MSW, FGSA (she/her/hers)
Associate Professor
Social Work
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Angela Perone, PhD, JD, MSW, MA (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor and Director
School of Social Welfare / Center for Advanced Study of Aging Services
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, United States
People who live in nursing homes and those who spend weeks or months there recuperating from a hip replacement or stroke have a broad range of needs, many urgent and others enduring. Despite the high needs of residents—which have increased over the past decade as resident acuity has increased-- the settings are typically under-staffed both in terms of the number of direct care staff and the preparation of direct care staff (NASEM Report, 2022). Social workers and others in the social service role (i.e., those without a social work education) step into or are tapped to intervene when resident rights conflict with family wishes and/or staff rights and wishes. In this session using findings from both qualitative and quantitative studies, we will describe how and what type of conflicts social workers are involved with and the training they report they need to be better prepared to serve as a resource in this important role.
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Amy R. Roberts, PhD, MSW, FGSA (she/her/hers) – Miami University
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Nancy Kusmaul, PhD, MSW, FGSA (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland Baltimore County
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Angela K. Perone, PhD, JD, MSW, MA (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley