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The Role of the Clinical Social Worker in the MDA Clinic Presented by: Kristy Walgren, MSW, LCSW and  Destiny Pistone, MSW Intern
The Clinical Social Worker provides two main services to patients of the MDA Clinic. Resource and Referral: Individual, couples, family and group Counseling:
Why would I need individual, couples, family or group counseling? There are a number of reasons counseling can be a good idea for either the patient or the caregiver at times during a complicated or extended illness such as a Muscular Dystrophy. ,[object Object]
 Caregiver burnout – that feeling that you just can’t do this any longer.  You begin to wonder how long until your loved is going to pass.  Then, you feel guilty that you even would have those thoughts.,[object Object]
Some people experience a great amount of anxiety over needing to file for disability.  A couple of counseling sessions to get guidance through the applications and information on what to do next goes a long way toward easing that anxiety.,[object Object]
 If the main caregiver is the spouse, this role can cause a huge stressor on the spousal relationship, causing a marital relationship that was good to feel stressed.  If the marital relationship was strained before the diagnosis, this caregiver role can push the marriage over the edge.  Couples counseling early may help.,[object Object]
Resource and Referral What kind of resources do you have access to?
Resource and Referral Income and Insurance resources and referrals. ,[object Object]
 I can provide you with information about COBRA, Medicare, Medicaid and other health insurance options and how having one impacts the others.
 I have created handouts to help you navigate these issues, but if you are anxious about going through this process you may schedule a counseling appointment with may.  This will be billed through your insurance as a counseling visit.,[object Object]
 United Way’s 211 Helpline can help you locate resources for all of these things in your local area.
 The “All About Seniors” book.  It’s not just for seniors.
 Your local Department of Social Services.  Again, you can use Google to find the phone number, or it is usually in the front of the phone book.,[object Object]
 Second, seek the help of family and friends.  In-home nursing care is rarely covered by private insurance or Medicare.  So, home care usually has to be coordinated and managed by the family.

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The role of the sw in the mda clinic

  • 1. The Role of the Clinical Social Worker in the MDA Clinic Presented by: Kristy Walgren, MSW, LCSW and Destiny Pistone, MSW Intern
  • 2. The Clinical Social Worker provides two main services to patients of the MDA Clinic. Resource and Referral: Individual, couples, family and group Counseling:
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.
  • 6.
  • 7. Resource and Referral What kind of resources do you have access to?
  • 8.
  • 9. I can provide you with information about COBRA, Medicare, Medicaid and other health insurance options and how having one impacts the others.
  • 10.
  • 11. United Way’s 211 Helpline can help you locate resources for all of these things in your local area.
  • 12. The “All About Seniors” book. It’s not just for seniors.
  • 13.
  • 14. Second, seek the help of family and friends. In-home nursing care is rarely covered by private insurance or Medicare. So, home care usually has to be coordinated and managed by the family.
  • 15.
  • 16. Estate Planning The Healthcare Power of Attorney. This is the document which you prepare that assigns the power to at least one, and up to three, other person(s) to make healthcare decisions on your behalf, and as if they were you, in the event that you are unable to make your own healthcare decisions or unable to communicate your healthcare choices.
  • 17. Estate Planning Living Will. This is the document which you prepare that give guidance to your healthcare power of attorney and your physicians regarding what healthcare procedures you do and do not want performed on you in the event you are unable to make or communicate your own healthcare decisions.
  • 18.
  • 19. Once completed, these documents should be given to each person listed as your healthcare agent and each of your treating physicians.
  • 20. Talk to all your family members about your healthcare wishes, whether they are listed as an agent or not. This will increase the likelihood of your wishes being known and followed.