SWRK 525 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Clsc, Grounded Theory, Belief
29 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
SWRK 525 – Critical Thought and Ethics in Social Work
19 February 2018
Research.
Nona’s experience.
Working in a CLSC: research in gerontology; caregivers; mental health for older adults
Involved with Mental Health Commission of Canada – working in seniors’ mental health axis
Bottom-up approach: how to reach seniors in the community who have no one?
oMost seniors are referred to services, probably wouldn’t access if by themselves
How to evaluate clients:
oHow to know if a client belongs in one services versus another
Outcomes:
oDelivery of home care through best practice
Transition management:
when patient moves from one system to another, it should be fluid and seamless
Usually when transitioned out of hospital, they “disappear” from the system
Good case management:
everyone needs someone to work with the client in order to be responsible and
not forget the older individual
Interdisciplinary teams: multiple professionals aside from the social worker
Screening system:
what kind of system are we currently using, and who aren’t we reaching?
Systematic holistic evaluation:
What tools do we have and are they sufficient, are they giving us answers, do
they tell us what areas we have to work with in regard to the client’s case?
Education and training
oProject PIE: looking at what is best practice, what to do to assess and treat the situation
oResearcher proposed risk-assessment screening tools
Looking at the definition of risk-behaviors
Critical review of existing tools for assessing behavior
Research as a source of knowledge for critical thinking about ethical dilemmas.
Meta-analysis approach to research
Qualitative: narrative, interviewing the individual related to the issue
oNarrative: story-telling
Are you getting the right people to tell the story, does retelling reform the story? (see this
with oral traditions that have been passed down through generations)
How do stories shape communities?
Individual experience, sequence of events
oPhenomenological: people who experience a phenomenon
Something acute, significant to a group of people
Greater the number of people, greater the discussion/outcome from it
oGrounded theory: move beyond the descriptive
Belief system that mindfulness is effective but also applicable to a senior population
because most of the research has been done on an adult population
Develop a theory grounded in full data
Usually larger groups
oEthnographic research:
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Document Summary
Swrk 525 critical thought and ethics in social work. Working in a clsc: research in gerontology; caregivers; mental health for older adults. Involved with mental health commission of canada working in seniors" mental health axis. Bottom-up approach: how to reach seniors in the community who have no one: most seniors are referred to services, probably wouldn"t access if by themselves. How to evaluate clients: how to know if a client belongs in one services versus another. Outcomes: delivery of home care through best practice. When patient moves from one system to another, it should be fluid and seamless. Usually when transitioned out of hospital, they disappear from the system. Good case management: everyone needs someone to work with the client in order to be responsible and not forget the older individual. Interdisciplinary teams: multiple professionals aside from the social worker.
