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Field Placement In Social Care

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Aseracare Hospice located in mobile; Alabama is where I did my field placement for social worker. In this paper I will discuss the importance of Aseracare and how it can relate to different theories in the social worker world. Aseracare provides in homecare and care in different facilities where I was placed in two different nursing home in mobile, Alabama where I will discuss the different environment that I encounter during my field placement.

Aseracare “Provide patients and families the best possible quality of care and quality of life. Their objective is to help reduce the stress and pressure on patients and their families, allowing them to make the most of their remaining time together (The Right Care at the Right time, n.)”. …show more content…

They did not identify with the community around them; There were no schools nearby or parks where the patients could go visit. They had no transportation for the residents living there, in order for the residents to get back and forth to doctors apartments they had to rely on the EMS. The resident not having transportation to move around reflects conflict theory, which states, “ that group in society are engaged in a continuous power struggle for control of scarce resources”(Kirst-Ashamn,2011). Them not having a van to transport patients when needed caused many conflict within that environment. It also means that patients were not able to have events, go out to eat, or the casino; they were limited to staying in the nursing home all day instead of interacting with their environment. This can cause the nursing home to delay individual to come and live there, which will stop the flow of their money and …show more content…

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