Social Work

Elite Care at Home provides medical social work as part of your in home care plan. The goal of a medical social worker is to remove physical or mental obstacles that impede your recovery and wellness.

Integrating a social worker with your at home care can help you to get the most out of the resources available to you. A medical social worker is responsible for identifying any limitations to recovery at home and implementing the right services to keep your home healthy and safe.

A social worker will coordinate with physicians, CNA’s and physical therapists to insure that your in home care achieves the highest level of wellbeing. They can also help to make sure your family knows your home care plan so that everyone has peace of mind.

Some of the services a medical social worker can provide include:

  • Coordinating helpful community resources such as meals and transportation.
  • Communicate with benefit providers and help with applications for financial aid.
  • Educate family members and mediate potential family conflicts.
  • Counseling, psychological support and grief copping methods.
  • Coordination of advanced directives such as Power of Attorney for Health Care or Living Will.
  • Evaluation of social and economic needs to insure proper living conditions
  • Long term care and discharge planning.