TY - JOUR
T1 - The Critical Role of Social Workers in Home-Based Primary Care
AU - Reckrey, Jennifer M.
AU - Gettenberg, Gabrielle
AU - Ross, Helena
AU - Kopke, Victoria
AU - Soriano, Theresa
AU - Ornstein, Katherine
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for social work at MSVD has been provided by The Fan Fox and Leslie Samuels Foundation, The Y.C. Ho/Helen and Michael Chiang Foundation, The Isaac H. Tuttle fund, The Elizabeth B. and Arthur E. Roswell Foundation, and The Radio Drama Network.
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - The growing homebound population has many complex biomedical and psychosocial needs and requires a team-based approach to care (Smith, Ornstein, Soriano, Muller, & Boal, 2006). The Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program (MSVD), a large interdisciplinary home-based primary care program in New York City, has a vibrant social work program that is integrated into the routine care of homebound patients. We describe the assessment process used by MSVD social workers, highlight examples of successful social work care, and discuss why social workers' individualized care plans are essential for keeping patients with chronic illness living safely in the community. Despite barriers to widespread implementation, such social work involvement within similar home-based clinical programs is essential in the interdisciplinary care of our most needy patients.
AB - The growing homebound population has many complex biomedical and psychosocial needs and requires a team-based approach to care (Smith, Ornstein, Soriano, Muller, & Boal, 2006). The Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program (MSVD), a large interdisciplinary home-based primary care program in New York City, has a vibrant social work program that is integrated into the routine care of homebound patients. We describe the assessment process used by MSVD social workers, highlight examples of successful social work care, and discuss why social workers' individualized care plans are essential for keeping patients with chronic illness living safely in the community. Despite barriers to widespread implementation, such social work involvement within similar home-based clinical programs is essential in the interdisciplinary care of our most needy patients.
KW - chronic illness
KW - geriatrics
KW - home-based primary care
KW - homebound
KW - psychosocial intervention
KW - social work
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84898443760&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00981389.2014.884041
DO - 10.1080/00981389.2014.884041
M3 - Article
C2 - 24717182
AN - SCOPUS:84898443760
SN - 0098-1389
VL - 53
SP - 330
EP - 343
JO - Social Work in Health Care
JF - Social Work in Health Care
IS - 4
ER -