TY - JOUR
AU - J. M. Reckrey
AU - G. Gettenberg
AU - H. Ross
AU - V. Kopke
AU - T. Soriano
AU - K. Ornstein
A1 - 
AB - The growing homebound population has many complex biomedical and psychosocial needs and requires a team-based approach to care (Smith, Ornstein, Soriano, Muller, & Boal, 2006). The Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program (MSVD), a large interdisciplinary home-based primary care program in New York City, has a vibrant social work program that is integrated into the routine care of homebound patients. We describe the assessment process used by MSVD social workers, highlight examples of successful social work care, and discuss why social workers' individualized care plans are essential for keeping patients with chronic illness living safely in the community. Despite barriers to widespread implementation, such social work involvement within similar home-based clinical programs is essential in the interdisciplinary care of our most needy patients.
BT - Social work in health care
C5 - Education & Workforce
CP - 4
CY - United States
DO - 10.1080/00981389.2014.884041
IS - 4
JF - Social work in health care
N2 - The growing homebound population has many complex biomedical and psychosocial needs and requires a team-based approach to care (Smith, Ornstein, Soriano, Muller, & Boal, 2006). The Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program (MSVD), a large interdisciplinary home-based primary care program in New York City, has a vibrant social work program that is integrated into the routine care of homebound patients. We describe the assessment process used by MSVD social workers, highlight examples of successful social work care, and discuss why social workers' individualized care plans are essential for keeping patients with chronic illness living safely in the community. Despite barriers to widespread implementation, such social work involvement within similar home-based clinical programs is essential in the interdisciplinary care of our most needy patients.
PP - United States
PY - 2014
SN - 1541-034X; 0098-1389
SP - 330
EP - 343
EP - 
T1 - The critical role of social workers in home-based primary care
T2 - Social work in health care
TI - The critical role of social workers in home-based primary care
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 24717182
U3 - 10.1080/00981389.2014.884041
VL - 53
VO - 1541-034X; 0098-1389
Y1 - 2014
ER -