“My mother has been placed in a nursing home. How can a social worker help her?”
My 82 year old mother has been placed in a nursing home, and is having a very hard adjusting. How can a social worker help her?
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A social worker in this setting will be a resource to help navigate what resources can help your mother with engaging in her enviroment. Depending on this situation, there may be programs and social skill building in place, but there may be other considerations regarding neurocognitive disorders given the change of enviroment and reported behavior concern, which may need to be ruled out. The social worker would be doing this coordination of care on behavior of your mother.
Hello, a SW could help with giving adjustment techniques and coping skills for new environment as well as be a safe place for her to discuss concerns.
