Opinion
Twisted Logic
Why is Designing Smart Public Policy to Keep Our Frail Elderly Out of Nursing Homes Such a Problem for California?...
Mental Abuse of the Elderly
When CCRC administrators don’t answer residents' phone calls for a month, can this be classified as mental abuse? By Lillian...
What Has Happened to the 13th Amendment?
By Tammy Blevins-GiersonAm I mistaken, or did the 13th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America ban...
The Briefcase: AKA Hunger Games
By Kurt WellmanThe Hunger Games and its message of overcoming poverty through violence in a post-apocalyptic future was certainly bad...
System Upgrade
Managed Medi-Cal long-term support and services will make obsolete substandard locked skilled nursing facilities for “wanderers.”By Jason BloomeApproximately 600,000 Californians...
Finally! Justice for the Elderly
There is hope for victims of mental suffering caused by the people in charge of taking care of them.By Lillian...
The Importance of Licensure
By S. Jolene Hui, LCSW, Membership CoordinatorI recently read an article that bothered me. It was an opinion piece on the...
To Coup or Not Coup? That is the Question
By E. Jane Middleton, MSW, DSWEmeritus – Chair/ProfessorCSU Fresno – Social WorkNASW, Vice PresidentNASW CA Chapter, former PresidentHave you considered...
Closing the Revolving Door
The role of Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly in lowering hospital readmissions and in long term support and services...
Social Work and the Ethics of Solitary Confinement
By Moya Atkinson, former NASW-MD Executive Director, and members of the Social Workers against Prolonged Solitary Confinement Task Force (SWAPSOL-TF)BackgroundMore...
