• Questions about Caseload? Your Input Can Help Create a Caseload Calculator (5/10/2011)
• NASW Advocates for Change as Member of Hospice And Palliative Care Coalition (2/3/2011)
• Hospice and End of Life Care Policy Statements Available for a Limited Time (12/1/2010)
• Press Release
  NASW Promotes National Healthcare Decisions Day 2011 (12/1/2010)
• NASW Releases Standards for Social Work Practice with Family Caregivers of Older Adults (10/29/2010)
• Practice Update
  MDS 3.0: Implications for Social Workers in Nursing Homes and Community-Based Settings (8/30/2010)
• Expense-paid Training Opportunity in Washington, DC for Social Workers and Nurses on the Cancer Survival Toolbox®, a free resource developed by the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
• Practice Update
  Pharmaceutical Industry Prescription Assistance Programs: Benefits And Challenges (pdf format | July 2010)
• Trends in Medication Adherence (pdf format | 6/1/2010)
• NASW and CMSA Support Social Work Role in Case Management Standards (5/4/2010)
• Fellowship Opportunities for Social Workers in Aging and Health (2/16/2010)
• Practice Update - The Childhood Obesity Epidemic: The Social Work Response (January 2010)
• Dementia Care Practice Recommendations For Home Care Professionals Released (1/7/2010)
• NASW Endorses National Report Advocating For Care Of Chronic Pain (1/7/2010)
• The Childhood Obesity Epidemic: The Social Work Response (January 2010)
• Offer your input about the social work role in nursing home culture change (11/02/09)
• NASW Participates in Culture Change Expert Panel, Contributes to Issue Paper (08/06/09)
• NASW Supports National Memory Screening Day; Social Work Plays Key Role (08/06/09)
• NASW Seeks Comments on Revised Standards of Practice for Case Management (7/30/09)
• Resources for Alzheimer’s Disease, Family Caregivers, and Advance Care Planning (11/05/08)
• Caseload Concept Paper and Matrix Published (11/5/2008)
• NASW and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Introduce Credential for Social Workers Who Specialize in Hospice and Palliative Care
  (11/05/08)
• NASW & CMSA Seek Comments on Caseload Concept Paper & Caseload Matrix (7/7/08)

A dramatic increase in children being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes- a disease commonly seen in adults has caused great alarm for nutritionists, doctors, nurses and social workers throughout the country.  +more info

As more Americans continue to face the difficult reality of paying an electric bill or purchasing prescriptions, a higher percentage of minority families are faced with these decisions.  Health care disparities are growing crises for minority families across the United States.  In order to address this problem, Congress has introduced bills that deal with the dire needs of access to and adequate health care coverage of services. +more info

• CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE UPDATE
  Medicare Overpayment Requests for Clinical Social Workers in Private Practice (2/1/06)
• Medicare Prescription Drug Basics--What Social Workers Need to Know (11/16/05)
• The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Medicare Part D) is Ready to Launch(11/16/05)
• Medicare Part D--Information to Get You Started (Sept 2005)