Opinion
What’s in a Word — Gender?
By Allison D. Murdach, LCSW (retired) This column examines words which impact social work practice and are thus important for...
Educating the Aging Population on Sexual Health
By Elisabeth Espinoza Sexual activity and sexual health within the aging population is a topic that is widely disregarded in...
Two Surveys: Which One is Telling the Truth About Excessive Monthly Care Fee Increases?
By Lillian L. Hyatt, MSW, Resident of a CCRC and AARP Policy Specialist on CCRCs What caused residents to revolt...
What’s in a Word? Racism
By Al Murdach, LCSW, ACSW (retired) This column explores and examines some key words social workers may encounter in their...
An End to Business as Usual: Increased Federal Scrutiny of Medicare payments to Skilled Nursing Facilities
By Jason Bloome In September 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published The...
What’s in a Word — Socialism?
By Al Murdach, LCSW, ACSW (retired) This column examines and explores some key words social workers may encounter in their...
In Support of Planned Parenthood
By Christine Costello and Elisabeth Espinoza Planned Parenthood has been taking heavy fire. Opponents have used biased and faulty...
Understanding the Complexities of Sex Work: Building Knowledge for Social Work
By Amy Huang It is easy to go on a moral rampage against sex work by focusing on sex trafficking,...
Does This Mean I Wanted It? Acknowledging Arousal in Sexual Assault
By Andrew Pari, LCSW, Diplomate This article is about the Wild West — the outer fringes of sexual assault work....
Why the GRE is Valuable for Social Workers
By S. Jolene Hui, LCSW, NASW-CA Membership Coordinator The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is not a prerequisite for most graduate...
