Social worker’s role in long-term care interdisciplinary meetings

By Karen Lok Yi Wong Like many other healthcare settings, in long-term care (LTC), we often have meetings with clients, families and interdisciplinary professionals. There are many different types and names for these meetings, such as care conferences and ethics rounds. As a social worker working in LTC, I have been involved in facilitating these meetings. In different facilities, this role can be held by professionals from different disciplines. So what are the advantages of having the social worker to take on this role? One advantage is that although the social worker may not have deep knowledge on each specific professional discipline, he or she often has a broad spectrum of knowledge of different disciplines such as nursing, dietary, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, recreation therapy and more.

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