SWHPN’s Tracy Schroepfer Appointed to NQF Palliative and EOL Care Project
Congratulations to Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network (SWHPN) Board Member and Executive Committee Member Dr. Tracy Schroepfer on being appointed to the Steering Committee of the National Quality Forum’s (NQF) Palliative and End-of-Life Care project. The purpose and mission of this special NQF project is to identify and endorse measures for public reporting [...]
Call for Abstracts: EAPC 7th World Research Congress
The European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) has issued a call for abstracts for the 7th World Research Congress of the EAPC to be held in Trondheim, Norway, June, 7-9, 2012. Abstracts should present innovative data in palliative care research. Click here to find abstract submission criteria and the abstract submission system. The abstract submission deadline is [...]
Nancy Contro to Receive 2011 Leadership Award
Congratulations to Nancy Contro, MSW, LCSW, who has been chosen to receive SWHPN’s 2011 Social Work Leadership Award. Nancy is currently the Director of the Family Partners Program and Bereavement Services at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto, California (LPCH). Her career includes multiple social work leadership roles in practice, administration, teaching, and [...]
Register Now for Innovations in Palliative Social Work Conference
Registration is now open for Innovations in Palliative Social Work: Emerging Models, Effective Strategies, a half-day conference Friday, March 25, 2011, in New York City. The conference is hosted by Wurzweiler School of Social Work – Yeshiva University and co-sponsors include the Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network (SWHPN), Columbia University School of Social [...]
Understanding Sensuality, Physical Intimacy & Romance in Hospice and Palliative Care
A SWHPN Webinar Featuring Professor Les Gallo-Silver, LCSW, ACSW, HS-BCP Associate Professor in Health Sciences Program Director of Human Services LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York Wednesday, February 23, 2011 12:00-1:00 PM Eastern Hospice and palliative care can create emotionally intimate relationships with nurses, physicians, social workers, clergy and caregivers. Some of these caregivers [...]
Reimbursement for Advance Care Planning Dropped… Again
In an unfortunate reversal at the start of this year, the Obama administration decided to drop reimbursement for physicians for advance care planning as part of the annual wellness visit for Medicare recipients. This comes as a disappointment to many hospice workers and palliative care providers who incorporate end-of-life discussions into their practice. While patients [...]
SWHPN Preconference to 2011 AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly
Enhancing Social Work Practice through Evidence-Based Research: Best Practices for Delivering Care to Families Register now. SWHPN is sponsoring a social work preconference on Wednesday, February 16, 1-5 pm at the 2011 AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Our workshop, “Enhancing Social Work Practice Through Evidence-Based Research: Best Practices for Delivering Care to Families,” [...]
Call for Nominations for 2011 Social Work Leadership Award
The Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network (SWHPN) has issued a call for nominations for the 2011 Project on Death in America (PDIA) Social Work Leadership Award. This annual award goes to a social worker who demonstrates outstanding leadership and has advanced the field in end-of-life, hospice and palliative care. The goal of this [...]
PBS Frontline Report “Facing Death” Brings End of Life Decisions to the Forefront
During Thanksgiving week, PBS aired a special report “Facing Death,” asking the viewer “How far would you go to sustain the life of someone you love, or your own?” This important broadcast takes viewers into the Mount Sinai Medical Center, one of New York’s biggest hospitals, to shed light on some of the difficult choices [...]
Book Review: Ethics in End-of-Life Decisions
Ethics in End-of-Life Decisions in Social Work Practice Ellen L. Csikai and Elizabeth Chaitin Lyceum Books Inc., 2006 $43.95 This book review was written by Roger Woodruff, Director of Palliative Care at Austin Health in Melbourne, Australia and originally posted on the IAHPC website. The medical social worker has always been a key player in [...]
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