Assignment: Understanding Chronic Illness
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SOCIAL WORK
SOCW 6205 – MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK II
Assignment: Understanding Chronic Illness
Learning to live with a chronic illness is an exhausting challenge for everyone involved. From diagnosis until either the illness resolves or the client’s life ends, that individual and family must make every decision and every move with the chronic illness in mind.;
The social worker’s role is many times fairly limited. It is often a matter of following the client and seeing that their basic needs are being met. At times, it does take on the role of sleuth when the social worker is able to go in search of resources to help pay for special needs for everything from prostheses to new treatments. At the very least, it is to help the client and their family to hold on to hope.
To Prepare:
Interview an individual who has a chronic illness. With the individual’s permission, interview them about what it is like to live with a chronic illness, the most difficult parts of being chronically ill, how they manage their illness, what aspects—if any—frighten them, what kind of social support and family support they have, how willing they would be to try new treatment methods, and which social worker stands out most in their mind (good or bad) and why.
In a 5-6-minute video reflect on the following: (please provide transcript I will do the video)
• How did it feel for you to talk candidly with an individual about their illness?
• Who would you say was more uncomfortable talking about it—you or the person you were interviewing?
• Why?
• How informed was in the individual about their illness and the treatments and prognosis?
• How supported did this individual feel from the community, and how did that support change from before they became ill?
• What insights did you gain from this experience that you will take into the field as a social worker to help when you work with clients with chronic illnesses?
Include a transcript and/or edit closed captioning on your video to ensure your presentation is accessible to differing abilities.
Be sure to support your responses with specific references to the resources and the current literature using appropriate APA format and style.. If you are using additional articles, be sure to provide full APA-formatted citations for your references both within the text and on the referencing section. PLEASE ALWAYS INCLUDE THE REQIRED TEXTBOOK as part of the references and if possible some of the REQUIRED READING if applicable. Please always start by referring to THE TEXTBOOK, below
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK
Hospital Social Work 2006
Author: Beder, Joan
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-95067-1
ISBN-10: 0-415-95067-8
Edition/Copyright: 2006
Publisher: Routledge N. Y.
REQUIRED
Handbook of Health Social Work 3RD 19
Author: Gehlert, Sarah
ISBN-13: 978-1-119-42072-9
ISBN-10: 1-119-42072-5
Edition/Copyright: 3RD 19
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
REQUIRED
Social Work in Health Settings: Practice in Context 4TH 16
Author: McCoyd, Judith L.M.
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-92436-9
ISBN-10: 1-138-92436-9
Edition/Copyright: 4TH 16
Publisher: Routledge N. Y.
Learning Resources
Required Readings
Beder, J. (2006). Hospital social work: The interface of medicine and caring. New York, NY: Routledge.
• Chapter 3, “The Renal Social Worker” (pp. 21–32)
Bennett, H. D., Coleman, E. A., Parry, C., Bodenheimer, T., & Chen, E. H. (2010). Health coaching for patients with chronic illness. Family Practice Management, 17(5), 24–29.
Lee, A.A., Piette, J.D., Heisler, M., Janevic, M.R. Langa, K.M.& Rosland, A-M. (2017). Family members’ experiences supporting adults with chronic illness: A national survey. Families, Systems, & Health, 35(4), 463-473.
Findley, P. A. (2013, February 28). Social work practice in the chronic care model: Chronic illness and disability care. Journal of Social Work [Published online ahead of print].
Foreman, M. & Ni Rathaille, N. (2016). Not just another long term chronic illness—Social work and HIV in Ireland. Social Work in Action, 28(2), 97-114.
McCoyd, J. L. M., & Kerson, T. S., (Eds.). (2016). Social work in health settings: Practice in context (4th ed.) New York, NY: Routledge.
• Chapter 26, “Social Work in the Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Clinic: Fighting the New Epidemic of Type 2 Diabetes in Children” (pp. 325-336)
Withnall, A. (2017). Learning to live with chronic illness in later life: Empowering myself. Australian Journal of Adult Living, 57(3), 474-489.
Optional Resources
McCoyd, J. L. M., & Kerson, T. S., (Eds.). (2016). Social work in health settings: Practice in context (4th ed.) New York, NY: Routledge.
• Chapter 10, “Family-Focused Care of An Adolescent with a Burn: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach” (pp. 126-136)
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