Psychosocial Process Journal

Pat Dorsett, MD and Patricia Fronek, BSW
Abstract
    Social workers and psychologists can play an important role within the wider interdisciplinary team by ensuring contemporary research findings are translated into daily practice. Despite shifts in knowledge found in contemporary literature, new understandings are not always translated into daily practice. Health care professionals tend to anticipate […]

Robin Dannevik, MSW
    Mr. Chavez* fell down a flight of stairs in his home last year. The accident left him quadriplegic. He spent the next several months in rehabilitation centers and nursing homes before coming to the Spinal Cord Injury unit at the Edward Hines Veterans Affairs Medical Center for further acute rehabilitation. Mr. Chavez is […]

The following are brief descriptions of a variety of useful organizations, including website information. If there are other organizations you would like to bring to the attention of AASCIPSW membership, please inform Jayne Kleinman, jjk1009@hotmail.com 203-631-4800.
The Abilities Expopresents expositions around the country in various locations, showing independent and assisted living products and services dedicated […]

Eva Miller
Natural disasters have been relatively common across America since its inception, yet after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, and in 2005, Hurricane Katrina, Americans have begun to realize that none of us are exempt from the possibility of having to face catastrophic disasters. […]

     Mather LifeWays, based in Evanston, Illinois, and founded in 1941 by entrepreneur and humanitarian Alonzo Mather, is committed to providing a continuum of living and care; making neighborhoods better places for older adults to live, work, learn, contribute, and play; and identifying, implementing, and sharing best practices for wellness, workforce issues, memory care support, […]

Todd Mayer, LCSW
     As a clinical social worker on a spinal cord injury rehabilitation unit, I repeatedly hear the same questions from newly injured patients: Who will provide care for me? What will my income now consist of? How is my home going to meet my accessibility needs? In past articles, I […]

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