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National Association of Social Workers
CALIFORNIANEWSwww.naswca.org February 2013 • Volume 39, Number 5
Online Classes ...................................... 2
President’s Message ............................. 3
Executive Director’s Message ................ 4
Licensure Classes ................................. 6
Political Action ...................................... 8
Chapter Elections Preliminary Slate ........ 9
Legal Issue of the Month ..................... 10
Conference Presenter Proposals .......... 12
Opinion ............................................... 13
Regions .............................................. 16
Councils ............................................. 18
Lobby Days 2013 ............................... 20
In This Issue
Social Work Month is right around the corner. This year’s theme is “Weaving Threads of Resil-
ience and Advocacy: The Power of Social Work.” There are many ways to celebrate. Raising awareness about social work is a good place to start. Advocating for clients and the profes-sion is another great step. Submitting a nomination for Social Worker of the Year, Public Citizen of the Year, or the Lifetime Achievement Award satisfies the intention of the aforementioned, minimizing time investment while max-imizing effort.
About a year ago, I was speaking
with a social worker who was being recognized by her peers for her many contributions to the field of social work, deservedly so. To my surprise, she expressed that she felt a great deal of discomfort for the recognition. In fact, upon accepting the award, she only felt comfortable doing so on behalf of all social workers.
While her humility was similar to how I was reared and observations of the common practices of my profes-sional cohort, I also recognize that, while it may prove uncomfortable for some, highlighting professional accom-plishments has the potential to advance
social work, as well as our commu-nities. By taking a moment to shed light on positive occurrences, this may impart not only what has been accom-plished, but also spark ideas of what can be done.
Please, I implore you, nominate someone for an award today. Inspire us all with the specialness of what is being done and what waits to be done. To nominate someone for a region or unit award, contact your local leadership about the process. For state award information go to www.naswca.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=137. /
Effective January 2013, clinical social workers will begin using new and revised psychotherapy
codes when providing psychotherapy services to patients. For the first time since 1998, the family of psychotherapy codes has gone through a major revi-sion process. NASW provided national social work leadership in the develop-ment and approval processes for the new and revised psychotherapy codes through the American Medical Associ-
ation Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel. In addition to working with CPT panel, NASW also worked collaboratively with the Ameri-can Psychiatric Association, Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Nurses Association, and American Psychological Association.
In 2011, NASW members were first introduced to the new codes when they participated in a national psychother-apy survey sponsored by the American
Medical Association and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to determine work values for the new and revised psychotherapy codes. Work values consist of how much time, men-tal effort, skills, judgment and stress it takes to perform a psychotherapy ser-vice.
To read the rest of the article, please visit www.socialworkers.org/assets/secured/documents/practice/clinical/ppnewcodes.pdf. /
There are many ways to celebrate. Raising awareness about social work is a good place to start.
Social Work Month and AwardsImportant for the Individual and the ProfessionBy Tera Stefani, NASW-CA Membership and Communications Director
New Psychotherapy Codes for Clinical Social Workers
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
Beginning Our New YearBy Shirley Gentilini, MSW, LCSW
NASW California News (ISSN-1042-279X) is published monthly except bimonthly in July/August and November/December by the National Association of Social Workers, California Chapter at 1016 23rd Street, Sacramento, CA 95816. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and not those of NASW California News or NASW California Chapter. Periodicals postage paid at Sacramento, CA. Postmaster send address changes to National Association of Social Workers, atten-tion: Membership Services, 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002.
LEADERSHIPBoard of Directors Officers 2012-2013
PRESIDENTShirley Gentilini, MSW, LCSW
FIRST VICE PRESIDENTSylvester Bowie, MSW
TREASURERCheryl Blankenship-Kupras, MSW, LCSW
SECRETARYJen Henry, MSW
VICE PRESIDENT LEGISLATIVE AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS
Patrick Mace, MSW, PhD
VICE PRESIDENT MEMBERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL SERVICES
Olga Sarabia, MSW
VICE PRESIDENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTSherrill Clark, PhD
BSW STUDENT DIRECTOR NORTHMerris Obie
MSW STUDENT DIRECTOR SOUTHSusan Copple
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I wish you the best for this new year—2013. There are many chal-lenges for those whom we serve in
our profession. The job market remains slow and many families are faced with shortages and strained financial resources. As elected politicians work to balance the budget, the possibility of limiting social services for those we serve is looming.
One suggestion is to keep up with what is happening in your workplace. And learn who the major decision makers are. We, social workers, are advocates for our clients. As services are eliminated or phased out, we could write or email those making decisions
about the importance of keeping ser-vices and how these services impact our clients and their families. As you meet with other helping professionals, remember to share what you accom-plished and encourage them to follow.
This March, we recognize and honor those social workers chosen as Social Worker of the Year. I encourage you to attend the celebrations given in your local units and regions. Have fun and also network with your colleagues. You can find out information where these events are on the last few pages of this issue of California News. /
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As elected politicians work to balance the budget, the possibility of limiting social services for those we serve is looming.
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FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Our New Year’s ResolutionsBy Janlee Wong, MSW
Fight Fiscal Cliff Budget CutsThe Fiscal Cliff budget cuts have been
delayed but the threat remains as the reve-nue increases amount to only half of what’s needed for a balanced budget. NASW will be working to urge Congress to avoid devastating cuts to Medicaid, SNAP/food stamps, Medicare, SSI, Head Start, hous-ing, WIC, education, training, community services and LIHEAP. We need your help to send a message to your Congressional representatives to minimize these cuts as much as possible.
Pass Title Protection for Social WorkersMSW Assembly Members Eggman and
Yamada are introducing a simple bill to reserve the title of social workers to indi-viduals with a degree in social work from a CSWE accredited school. We need your help to convince your state representatives to support this bill. NASW will keep you up to date on the bill’s progress and let you know when to lobby the bill.
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CORRECTION
In our January 2013 online issue of California News on page 19, we miscaptioned an image of NASW-CA President Shirley Gentilini and Joe Nunn at the Heroes in Health luncheon. The caption read Shirley Gentilini and Sylvester Bowie. We apologize for this error. —Editor
Monitor the upcoming changes to the LCSW license exam structure
Starting in January 2014, the state will switch to a new exam structure that includes the national exam (Association of Social Work Boards) and a requirement that license applicants pass a law and ethics exam at the onsite of the license applica-tion process. There will be some questions with unclear answers. Stay connected to NASW to find out what is in store for LCSW applicants.
Advocate for Social Worker Job GrowthNASW will continue to press for new
social worker jobs in the health care reform implementation. We need your help in lob-bying health care systems to consider social workers for jobs in mental health, care coordination, outreach and patient naviga-tion.
This is an ambitious agenda and made more difficult with impacts on our mem-bership numbers. We can do it if we work together. After all, we’re all in this together. /
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Theories/Lead Figures
Main Idea(Primary Concepts)
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Key Terms Therapist’s Role
Process of Change/Insight
View of Maladaptive
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Extended Family Systems:
• Murray Bowen
Extends family systems beyond nuclear family – multigenerational.
Current and extended family therapy.
Long/short term.
Differentiation of self and fusion, emotional triangle, nuclear family emotional system, emotional cutoff, sibling position, family projection process, multigenerational transmission process, genogram, family ego mass, society emotional process.
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Reduce the level of anxiety and alleviate symptoms. Self-differentiation within the context of the family.
Experiential/Communication:
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Primary concept is self-esteem – an innate drive either fostered or not fostered as a result of the communication and early experiences a child receives from his/her parents.
Family.
Long term/short term.
Self-esteem, self, primary triad, mind, soul, body triad, maturation, seed model, threat and reward model, placating, blaming, computing, distracting. leveling, rescue games, coalition games, lethal games, growth games, sculpting, family reconstruction, labeling assets.
Active facilitator of communication and growth. Promotes spontaneity, creativity, autonomy and ability to play. Coaches and teaches.
Family possesses all resources needed for growth. Looks for suppressed feelings and emotions that block growth & fulfillment. Experiential awareness important for growth.
Dysfunctional behaviors are conceptualized as resulting from failure to fulfill one’s potential for personal growth.
Beginning: Assessment: family history/key relationship issues. Develop relationship and establish goals.Early/Middle: Treatment focuses on growth: sculpting, family reconstruction, teaching and modeling effective communication, use of metaphors, use of drama, role play, therapist use of self, art therapy, “I value you” statements, labeling.End: Provide closure.
Raise self-esteem, improve communication, growth, identify family roles and how they promote symptoms.
Structural Family Therapy:
• Salvador Minuchin
Directive, change-oriented therapy, concerned with symptoms in terms of family system dynamics – assumption that if you change the organization or structure of the family, then the family’s symptoms will be alleviated.
Nuclear family only.
Short/brief term.
Family structure, subsystems, boundaries/degree of permeability, diffuse boundaries and enmeshment, rigid boundaries and disengagement, alignments, triangle, power, coalition, joining, mimesis, tracking, enactment, re-framing, unbalancing.
Active director of therapy. Promoter of change in family structure.
Behavioral change is based on action – action precedes understanding.
Individual symptomology or family dysfunction are viewed as the result of an inflexible family structure that prohibits the family from adapting.
Beginning: Acceptance of therapist by family. Evaluate/assessment. accommodating, mimicking, joining, mapping, challenging the symptom. Early/Middle: Enactment, reframing, unbalancing, redirection. Challenge the family structure.End: Review progress made. Reinforce structure and reorganization and provide tools for the future. Setting up referrals or groups.
Primary long-term goal is to “restructure” the family.
Strategic Family Therapy:
• Haley • MRI • Madanes
Three main models: MRI, Haley and Madanes, the Milan Model. Relationships are characterized by a struggle for power to see who will define or redefine relationship.
Participants in the problem.
Short/brief term.
Circular questioning, neutrality, hypothesizing, complementary, double bind concept, first order change, metacommunication, paradoxical communications/prescription, positive connotation, prescribing the system, relabeling, second order change, symmetrical.
Active, take-charge role. Power based.
Focus of therapy is on alleviating current symptoms through altering a family’s transactions and organization. Insight considered counterproductive as it increases resistance.
Focus on how communication is used to increase one’s control in a relationship. Symptom is interpersonal rather than intrapsychic. Struggles for control become pathological when control issues produce symptomatic behavior.
Beginning: Identify the problem. Plan a strategy for change. Four Stages: Social stage, problem stage, interaction stage, goal setting.Early/Middle: Direct interventions/straight directives/assignments/tasks. Paradoxical directives to change dysfunctional behavior. Circular questioning, neutrality, hypothesizing. Address power struggles within family. Relabel dysfunctional behavior. End: Terminate. Presenting problem solved.
Change occurs through action-oriented directives and paradoxical interventions.
Narrative Therapy (Post-Modern):
• Michael White • David Epson
Focus on the stories of people’s lives and is based on the idea that problems are manufactured in social, cultural and political contexts. Externalize problem. Deconstruct story. Create new story.
Individuals, couples, families and groups.
No time line. Depends on clients and process of retelling story.
Life stories, externalizing, who is in charge, reading between the lines, reauthoring the whole story, reinforcing the new story, de-constructing dominant cultural discourses.
Collaborative listener/investigator reporter. Strong interest in client’s story. Uses questions.
Change and insight occur when a person’s story helps him to regain his life from a problem in the end. Process of uncovering key values, strengths and skills that lead to an alternate direction in life.
There is no one objective “truth” and there are multiple interpretations of any event. People are not their problems and can develop alternative empowering stories once they are separated from their problems.
Beginning: Assessment. Externalizing – Client tells their problem-saturated story. Therapist asks questions/encourages clients to ask questions.Early/Middle: Externalizing – the person is not the problem. Mapping the influence – problem’s effects rather than causes. Determine how problem disrupts/dominates family? Discuss examples of unique outcomes when clients could overcome problem. Reauthoring the story. Reinforcing the new story. Deconstruction.End: Document and support new story. Make referrals.
Reauthoring the whole story.
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Title Protection for the New Year!By Rebecca Gonzales, Director of Government Relations and Political Affairs
POL IT ICAL ACT ION
Assemblymembers Mariko Yamada, MSW and Susan Talamantes Eggman,
MSW, PhD have jointly authored a bill to grant social workers who possess a degree from an accredited school of social work the right to represent himself or herself as a “social worker.” This is commonly referred to as “title protection.” Title protection has been a long-term goal of NASW-CA. We have made several attempts in the past to gain this protection, but hopefully this will be our year!
For the first time, we have legislators, who are also social workers, leading the charge. With the election of Susan Eggman in November, we gained another strong advocate for title protection. We believe that our “dynamic duo” will help increase
the understanding of this issue in the leg-islature. Previous attempts have been stopped by conservative religious groups and more recently, county administrators who did not want to reclassify their job positions.
Title protection makes sense for social workers. Doctors must have a medical degree to be called a “doctor” and nurses must have their degree in order to be called a “nurse,” so the same protection should be provided to the profession of social work. Stayed tuned! /
For additional information, please contact:Rebecca Gonzales, Director of Government Relations and Political Affairs at (916) 442-4565, ext. 12 or [email protected].
Governor Brown Releases 2013-14 BudgetBy Rebecca Gonzales
The big news in Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed budget is that California is no longer facing a budget deficit! This is due in part to the passage of Proposition 30, Brown’s tax initiative. NASW-CA endorsed Proposition 30 and contributed to the campaign as a way to help the state recover from years of budget deficits and to avoid future cuts to health and human services.
Over the past three years, the state has cut $15 billion from the health and human ser-vices portion of the budget. These cuts have resulted in the loss of many social work jobs and have been devastating to social work clients. A few examples of lost services and jobs include cuts to state subsidized child care, the loss of the Adult Day Health Care program, the loss of the Healthy Families program and deep cuts to Child Welfare Services. For more information on recent cuts go to this link: www.hhsnetworkca.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/HHS-Cumulative-Cuts-08-11_FINAL.pdf.
The good news in the budget is that the Governor allocated new funding to the schools, higher education and to imple-ment federal health care reform. It is also good news is that he did not propose any significant new cuts to health and human services programs. The bad news is that he did not propose any new funding for health and human services programs to help alle-viate the deep cuts experienced by these programs during the state’s prolonged recession.
Many legislators in Sacramento are interested in funding increases to a few select programs. High on the priority list is to once again fund adult dental in the Medi-Cal program and more funding for child care. Legislators will be looking at ways to close unnecessary tax loopholes that benefit corporations as a way to rein-vest in our fractured safety net. /
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Preliminary 2013 NASW-CA Chapter Election Slate
STUDENT DIRECTOR NORTH (MSW)
Julian GarzaNalleli Sandoval
STUDENT DIRECTOR SOUTH (BSW)
Kurt Wellmanadditional candidate needed
REGION A DIRECTORShelly KalmerElizabeth Nobel
ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORSRegion B
Marvin GrossEmily Nicholl
Region D NorthJennifer Capitoloadditional candidate needed
Region D SouthChristopher ColeJulie Vong
Region F Orange CountyLeslie Windadditional candidate needed
Region F Inland EmpireEd Walshadditional candidate needed
Region HS. Jolene HuiLauren Permenter
COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS AND LEADERSHIP IDENTIFICATIONChair
Joan MerdingerEvaon Wong Kim
Regions A & C RepresentativeEileen Levyadditional candidate needed
Regions G, H & I RepresentativeLisa GallegosRobert Holguin
MEMBERS CAN ADD THEIR NAME BY PETITION
The petition process allows members to add his/her name to the slate by submitting a petition to the CCNLI within 30 days of the announcement.
The petition must include signatures from at least 2 percent of the total number of chapter members with representation from each branch (about 210 signatures). Petitions are due to the Nominations Committee by February 15, 2013.
To be nominated for these positions, contact [email protected] or go to www.naswca.org, click on “About Us, Run for NASW Elected Office”
Are You Retiring? Tips for Closing Your
Private Practice Please visit the following link
http://careers.socialworkers.org/documents/
RetiringaPrivatePractice.pdf
National Association of
Social Workers—California Chapter
Statements of Financial Position
June 30, 2012 and 2011
For more information, click on www.naswca.org/associations/7989/
files/financial_statements_
2011-2012.pdf.
You can also contact Saul Kemble, NASW-CA
accountant at [email protected].
WANTED–YOUR FEEDBACK!We want to hear from you about the articles we have been running in California
News as well as ideas for articles you would like to see in upcoming issues.
What issues are most important to you as a social worker in California?
Please let us know what you think! Send an email or call:Lisa Kopochinski, Editor California [email protected] (916) 481-0265
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Free Online Course for Professionals and Students The Intersection of Immigration Law, Its Implementation, and Social Work Practice
The NASW–California Chapter offers a two-hour mixed-media (includ-ing two video segments) course that is 2 CEUs. This course is appropriate for all social work professionals and students. Please check it out today at www.socialworkweb.com/nasw under “Free Courses.” Email questions to [email protected].
2013 Medicare Changes for Clinical Social WorkersWinter
The Centers for Medicare and Medic-aid Services (CMS) announced the final rule for the 2013 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule on November 1, 2012. Highlights of the final rule include the following for clinical social workers:
• SUSTAINABLE GROWTH RATE: Under the 1997 Balanced Budget Act of 1997’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) methodology, clinical social work-ers and other Medicare providers can expect a 26.5-percent reduction in fees beginning January 2013. The SGR is an annual growth rate that applies to practitioners’ services paid by Medicare. The use of the SGR is intended to con-trol growth in Medicare expenditures for practitioner services. For the past decade, Congress has averted this reduction for Medicare providers. NASW encourages its members to contact their Congress-men and request Congress to override the required SGR reduction. Additional information about the SGR for 2013 is available online at: www.cms.gov/Medi-care/Medicare-Fee-for-ServicePayment/SustainableGRatesConFact/Downloads/sgr2013p.pdf
Addendum: On January 2, 2013, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 averted the 26.5 percent payment reduc-tion for Medicare providers in 2013.
To read the rest of the article, please visit www.socialworkers.org/assets/secured/documents/practice/health/2013MedicareChanges.pdf /
NASW LEGAL ISSUE OF THE MONTH
Client Records and the Death of a Social WorkerBy Sherri Morgan, MSW, JD, Associate Counsel, NASW LDF and Office of Ethics & Professional Review © November 2012. National Association of Social Workers. All rights reserved. Republication of this article or portions thereof is by permission only.
IntroductionUpon the occasion of a social worker’s
death, the social worker’s next of kin, the executor of the will or the administrator of the social worker’s estate may face the challenging and uncertain task of tying up the business and legal affairs of the deceased, including the steps involved in closing a private practice and manag-ing confidential mental health records. Prior legal articles have addressed issues involved in closing a social work practice due to retirement, death and disability of the social worker (Morgan, S. and Polowy, C., 2011). This legal article will focus on the obligations regarding the disposition of client records when a social worker dies.
Specifically, once a social worker has died, what are the legal obligations to maintain client records? Must a social worker make arrangements for the main-tenance of client files for the same period of time as if the social worker were still living?
Record Retention LawsAs discussed in more detail in Social
Workers and Record Retention Require-
ments (Morgan, S., Khan, A. and Polowy, C., 2010), social workers are obligated by state law to maintain client records for a specified period of time after service to the client has terminated. This var-ies considerably from state to state and time frames for clients who were minors are often longer than for former clients who were adults at the time of treatment. Approximately half of the states have record retention rules that are directly applicable to social workers and all states have medical records requirements. In states where there is no rule for social workers, reference to the medical records provisions may be an informative guide without creating a legal mandate. The 2010 article referenced above includes two state-by-state law charts and includes two provisions addressing the death of the licensed health care practi-tioner. Only one state, Florida, provides detailed requirements that specifically apply upon the death of social workers as part of the licensing rules for mental health practitioners.
To view the rest of the article, please visit www.naswca.org/associations/7989/files/2_13_legal_issue.pdf. /
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CMHDA-CADPAAC Health Care Reform Principles Jointly Adopted 12-13-12
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the comprehensive health care reform leg-
islation promising to extend coverage to 33 million Americans—the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Of note to the behavioral health community, the ACA explicitly includes mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treat-ment, as one of 10 categories of service that must be covered as essential health benefits. Furthermore, the ACA also mandates that mental health and substance use disorder benchmark coverage must be provided at parity, compliant with the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (2008). Individuals with mental illness and substance-use disorders have the opportunity to signifi-cantly benefit from the health care law, as insufficient insurance health care coverage for these conditions has traditionally prevented countless people from obtain-ing needed treatment. If applied correctly, the health care reform law has the opportunity to ensure that clients, families and communities struggling with men-tal illness and substance use disorders have access to culturally competent prevention and treatment oppor-tunities. Research suggests that without addressing the treatment needs of persons with serious mental health and substance use disorders, it may be very difficult to achieve the three critical healthcare reform objectives articulated by the Institute for Healthcare Improve-ment’s Triple Aim:
• Improve the health of the population • Enhance the patient experience of care (includ-
ing quality, access, and reliability) • Reduce, or at least control, the per capita cost of
total health care To read the rest of this article, please click on www.
naswca.org/associations/7989/files/2_13_health_care_reform.pdf. /
What Consumers Should Know About
Health ReformThe Health Reform law is important to the health and well-
being of all Americans. This law is also called the Affordable
Care Act. To find out some of the Health Reform law’s most
important benefits, click on www.socialworkers.org/assets/
secured/documents/practice/health/hcronsumerfactsheet.pdf.
NASW has partnered with the Give an Hour
Program. Your support is needed. Please help
by volunteering. For more information about
the program and how you can register please
visit www.giveanhour.org.
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The chapter is requesting proposals for 90-minute presentations covering a broad range of topics related to clinical practice issues for experienced practitioners.
2013 NASW-CA Annual Conference Date and Location
FRIDAYOctober 4, 2013Marriott Oakland City Center, Oakland, Calif.
Presentation Requirements•Provides advanced-level themes taught by licensed experts
(annual conference attendees have an average of 15 to 25 years of social work experience)
•Offers curriculum that has been highly rated by other audiences
• Includes content specific to treatment modalities
•Emphasizes activities such as group discussion, vignettes, and case studies
Application DeadlinePlease complete and submit the application before 5:00pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013.
Presenter Benefits/TravelSelect presenters will receive a 30% registration fee discount and one complimentary online course totaling 6 CEUs. The chapter does not reimburse presenters for lodging, travel or any related expense.
To request an application, contact Cheryl Raynak at (916) 442-4565, ext. 15 or email [email protected].
Call for 2013 NASW-CA
Annual Conference
Presenter Proposals
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How Can CCRC Residents Be Protected from Elder Abuse(in Particular, Psycho Social and Emotional Abuse)By Lillian L. Hyatt, MSW, a resident of a CCRC and AARP Policy Specialists on CCRCs
OPIN ION
Although the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report
is almost a decade old, psycho social and emotional abuse is a subject that rarely—if ever—is addressed. This column will discuss why this condition exists, that CCRC corporations are never called to account for this behavior, and how they use it against the residents in their care.
“Psycho social” and “emotional abuse” are defined in a medical dictionary as a form of mistreatment in which there is intent to cause mental or emotional pain or injury, together with infantilization, insults and threats of institutionalization. This behavior can result in stress, anxi-ety, social withdrawal and depression.
A flagrant, personal example of this
behavior follows. My legitimate food needs due to a condition called Crico-pharyngeal spasms had been ignored by the staff. I was told that I could not receive the pureed foods I required in my apartment and must move into the skilled nursing facility (SNF) in order to have this request honored. In essence, I was threatened with institutionalization because I had a swallowing disorder. At the time I was still driving a car, involved in complex community work, and man-aging all the activities of daily living on my own.
It should be noted that a move to the SNF would have resulted in a financial windfall for the corporation, since I had spent a substantial sum of money to
considerably improve my apartment to accommodate a severely disabled per-son, should I have the future need. This was done when I initially moved into the
CCRC. /To view the entire article, please visit
www.naswca.org/associations/7989/files/hyatt0213.pdf. To request a printed copy of this article, please email [email protected]. California News colum-nist Lillian Hyatt is an AARP California policy advisor. A policy advisor reviews legislation, regulations and other pro-posals to promote official AARP policy updated annually and approved by its board of directors. Professor Hyatt can be seen at www.youtube.com. Search for Lillian Hyatt.
For many social workers and other care professionals it is a daily task: find care housing for elderly patients on Medi-Cal who need 24-hour assistance, but who no longer can return safely home.
Options for low-income patients in California who require 24-hour care is usually limited to Medi-Cal reim-bursed skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). While SNFs are ideal for patients with skilled nursing needs (e.g., require help with wound care, g-tubes, IVs, trache-ostomies, etc.) many seniors with only custodial care needs (help with dress-ing, bathing, incontinence, help out of bed, etc.) would prefer to receive their care in smaller residential care settings, also called Residential Care Homes
for the Elderly (RCFEs), which are less institutional and have high staff to resi-dent ratios (usually two staff to four to six residents). Unfortunately, despite a federal law to the contrary, most low-income seniors are denied this option in California.
In 1999, the United States Supreme Court passed the Olmstead decision, which mandates states provide com-munity-based options for persons with disabilities at risk of institutionalization. States implement Olmstead by using a combination of Medicaid waivers to pay for assisted living settings.
To read the rest of the article, please visit www.naswca.org/associations/7989/files/2_13_bloome_opinion.pdf. /
Jason Bloome is the owner of Connec-tions Referral Service, a placement service for care housing in Southern California. For more about Connections and our Olmstead Now Campaign, please visit www.carehomefinders.com.
No Way OutCalifornia urgently needs to expand Money Follow the Person and give low-income seniors forced to reside in nursing homes the right to receive care in the settings of their choice.By Jason Bloome
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In the November/December 2012 issue of California News, Dr. Dick Richards took exception to one of my previous columns. I appreciate that Dr. Richards would take the time to respond. He writes:
“The Democratic controlled legisla-tion has dismally failed to take necessary actions and make hard decisions to increase revenues, decrease expenditures, cut/reduce some services and pass a bal-anced budget.” (Emphasis added)
This letter provides an opportunity not only to reply to Dr. Richards but to also elucidate statement shows a lack of understanding of the constitutional rules that govern the Legislature because the statement is just not true. The California Constitution states that any tax increase must be ratified by a two-thirds majority of both houses of the California Legisla-ture. Before the November 2012 election, there were 39 members in the Senate (25 Democrats and 14 Republicans) and 79 members in the Assembly (52 Democrats and 27 Republicans). Bills that require an appropriation or that take effect immediately, required a super majority of 27 votes in the Senate and 54 votes in the Assembly to be passed. Other bills only require simple majorities of 21 votes in the Senate and 41 votes in the Assem-bly. Any attempts by the Democrats to increase revenues to balance the budget
were blocked by a well-organized Repub-lican minority.
The Democrats did not have enough votes to “increase revenues” (raise taxes) and it was impossible to get two moderate Republicans in the Senate and Assembly to vote with them? All the Republicans in the Senate and Assembly signed the Grover Norquist pledge to never increase taxes. The Democrat majority in the Cal-ifornia Legislature could not “increase revenues” or “pass a budget” because they were consistently blocked by the Republicans. This happened year after year and created a situation where taxes can be lowered when times are good, but cannot be increased when times are bad.
As a result, the legislature and the Democrat governor made huge cuts to public services to keep a balanced state budget without increasing revenues. Social workers, teachers, police, firefight-ers and other government employees are being laid off. K-12 class sizes are being increased. College tuition and other stu-dent costs are increased. Health care for children has been cut or eliminated. Funding for mental health programs has been slashed. Support for older adults and low-income families is eliminated or seriously reduced. Put very simply, this occurred because Republicans in the State Senate and the Assembly refused to vote for increased revenues to stave off
the cuts to state programs.However, all of this is about to change.
California Democrats now have a super majority in both the Senate and in the State Assembly. This has not happened since 1883. They have enough Demo-crats in both the Assembly and the Senate to overrule the objections of Republicans to raising revenues. There also is a sitting governor to sign the legislation they pass. This is important for social work in Cali-fornia. Our legislative efforts rely heavily on support from Democrat legislators. In the Assembly, Democrats support NASW positions on legislation 98 percent of the time, compared with only 33 percent support from Republicans. We now have a unique opportunity to get NASW sup-ported legislation passed and hopefully regain funding to make for the losses that have affected our clients so dramatically since the beginning of the economic crisis of 2008.
We now have a chance to improve social services for everyone in Califor-nia. All social workers should contact their state legislator to let them know how important it is to restore funding to California education, public safety, phys-ical infrastructure, and social services programs. We need to strongly support refunding our social service programs. It is not a time to be timid about expressing our social work values. /
Past Problems and a New Game in SacramentoBy Dr. James Patrick Mace
NATIVE AMERICAN SOCIAL WORK STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Now Accepting Applications from February to May 31, 2013
$1,000 Scholarships are Available to Native American Social Work StudentsPlease go to the following link for more information and to apply online:
http://naswca.affiniscape.com/displayemailforms.cfm?emailformnbr=190284
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CL ASS IF IEDS
CEUs
WorkWiSE Learning eCourses—flexible, interactive with a personal touch. Early bird rates. Visit workwiselearning.com. Self-care eDiscussion based on “Search Inside Yourself” by Chade-Meng Tan (Noncredit) – begins February 16; 10 weeks; $79-$99; Ethical Imperative of Helper Self-Care (10 CEUs) – begins Febru-ary 21; 3 weeks; $159-$199; Flourishing at Work: How to Create Spirit at Work (18 CEUs) – begins February 28; 6 weeks; $289-$359; (re)Constructing Well-Being (16 CEUs) – begins March 14; 8 weeks; $239-$299; Introduction to Mindfulness (12 CEUs) – begins April 18; 6 weeks; $189-$239: CA BSS approved CE provider (# PCE 5258)
JOIN A TIME LIMITED CONSULTATION GROUP TO EXPLORE IN DEPTH THE REWARDS AND CHALLENGES OF CREATING AND
OPERATING A SUCCESSFUL PRIVATE PRACTICE The group will include: • Setting up your practice • Benefits and limitations of insurance panels • Clinical knowledge through sharing experiences in a supportive setting • Benefits of therapy • New and additional treatment approaches and ideas • Potential for increased sensitivity and appreciation of clients and the
client therapist relationship
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Call 510-528-9865 or 510-452-0991 to register Combined we have 40+ years of experience in operating successful private practices, as well as work experiences in public and private sectors in various settings, including psychiatric in and outpatient, group homes for children and adolescents, Children and Family Services, chemical dependency/recovery and Employee Assistance Programs.
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We are looking for individuals who possess a valid license with two to four years of clinical experience.
Supervising Psychiatric Social WorkerMonthly Salary Range (board certified) $6,801-$7,739
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CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS
*Through June 30, 2013, full-time employees’ monthly pay will be reduced by 4.62% in exchange for eight (8) hours of leave. Part-time employees shall be subject to the pay reduction on a pro-rated basis consistent with their time base. The
salary above does not reflect this reduction.
Contact us at:[email protected] 1-877-793-HIRE (4473)
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OFFICE SPACE
Santa Monica Office: newly constructed psy-chotherapy office in a residential setting (garden, picket fence, high hedges, trees) with a total of 9 offices. Office description 14’6” x 12’4” large windows soundproofing hardwood floors built in desk, wet bar, refrigerator, filing cabinets built in bookcase and storage cabinets call light system $1050 per month (parking not included but available) Edward A. Dreyfus, Ph.D. 1421 Santa Monica Blvd Santa Monica, CA 900404 (310) 208-5700 [email protected]
La Jolla: Flex-time therapy rooms and private workspaces, lobby, receptionist, mail, phone, appointment scheduling, billing, Wi-Fi, hourly packages. Former home of Carl Rogers’ Western Behavioral Sciences Institute and current Rog-ers’ library. Call Tom at (858) 222-8800.
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REGION ASan Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake, Humboldt, Del Norte
CONTACTSDirector
Shelly [email protected]
Assistant DirectorMark Thoma, EdD, [email protected]
Mendocino Unit ContactNancy [email protected]
Sonoma Unit ChairDaniela [email protected]
Carla [email protected]
Region A ReportBy Shelly Kalmer
The Region A Social Work Month celebration is taking shape and we are excited to invite all members, family and friends to join us on March 8 from 8:30am to 2:00pm for a CEU event and awards luncheon in the beautiful Key Room at Homeward Bound of Marin. Homeward Bound is Marin County’s chief provider of shelter and residential services for homeless families and individuals. We are proud to be partnering with such an important and respected social service organization.
The Region A event kicks off with a three-hour (3 CEUs) presentation by Dimas Moncada, Jr., MSW, LCSW, on Adherence (vs. Compliance) when working with clients and patients for more successful treatment and care plans. Following Moncada’s presentation, participants will be honored with a lunch prepared by the students of the Fresh Starts Culinary Academy. The Academy stands at the center of Homeward Bound’s job-training program. Operated as a partnership with the Marin County Office of Education’s Regional Occupation Program, the academy opened in 2000 at New Beginnings Center. During the lunch, we recognize and honor two local social workers and a local citizen for their commitment to the profession and the people we serve. To stay up-to-date with Region A info about this exciting event and more, like us on Face-
book at www.facebook.com/NASWCaRegionA.SFtoDN.
San Francisco Unit ReportBy Mark Thoma
From the San Francisco unit, Gong hey fat choy! Our unit will be collaborating with our other Region A units to host a regionwide CEU event and Social Work Month celebration on March 8 (see Shelly Kalmer’s message above). This event is an opportunity to come together for professional development and celebrating. The San Francisco unit will host three more CEU and networking events in 2013. Vol-unteers are meeting for planning as this newsletter goes to print. Watch for more information in CalSwift and the newsletter. To be added to the San Francisco unit contact list, please send an email to Mark Thoma at [email protected]. Suggestions for professional education topics are welcome. See you in March!
REGION BSan Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo
CONTACTSDirector
Glenn Thomas, LCSW, [email protected]
Assistant DirectorMarvin [email protected]
Central Coast UnitLynne White Dixon, [email protected]
Silicon Valley UnitChris [email protected]
Alternate DirectorAmy [email protected]
San Luis Obispo UnitLy-Lan M.V. Lofgren, MSW, [email protected]
San Mateo UnitSuh-Liang [email protected]
REGION CAlameda, Contra Costa, Napa, Solano
CONTACTSRegional Director
Natasha [email protected]
Assistant DirectorRachelle [email protected]
Student RepresentativesUniversity of California at BerkeleyNina [email protected]
California State University, East BayDonald [email protected]
Ashley [email protected]
REGION DCentral Valley: Chico, Kern, Fresno, Merced, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus; Sierra Foothills: Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa, Tuolumne
CONTACTSRegional Director
Tracy Kelly [email protected]
Alternate Director SouthCharleen [email protected]
Financial ChairLaurie [email protected]
Chico Unit ChairChristina Wong, [email protected]
Kern Unit Co-chairEvelyn [email protected]
Northern GatewaySusan [email protected]
Sierra Foothills ChairAndrea [email protected]
Stanislaus ChairKathy Sniffen, [email protected]
Central Valley Unit By Lupita Serrano
The newly formed NASW Central Valley is proud to present a co-sponsored CEU training: “Critical Role of Families in Preventing Suicide and Other Risks and Pro-moting Well-Being for LGBT Youth” by Dr. Caitlin Ryan, Director of the Family Acceptance Project. This full-day event is scheduled for Friday, March 1, 2013, from 9:00am to 4:30pm at the CSU Stanislaus Event Center located at 1 University Circle in Turlock, Calif. The cost is $55 general admission/$25 students. This promises to be an interesting and highly relevant topic for our com-munity. We are very excited about this event and hope to have you join us. Space is limited so please register early! You may use this link to register: www.naswca.org/cde.cfm?event=398539.
REGION ESan Diego, Imperial
CONTACTSDirector
Jennifer Tinsley, [email protected]
Assistant DirectorBera K. Sekhon, [email protected]
Region E ReportBy Jennifer Tinsley
Region E had a well-attended monthly meeting on January 23. During the meeting, Wilfred Lee gave a riveting presentation to membership about becom-ing an LCSW in California. Also, at the meeting we
REGION REPORTS
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REGION REPORTSselected this year’s Social Work Month award win-ners. This year’s Region E Social Work Awards Dinner is scheduled for March 15. To purchase tickets, go to cde.cfm?event=397998). Awards include Lifetime Achieve-ment, Social Worker of the Year, Public Citizen of the Year Student of the Year, Educator of the Year, and Organization of the Year. Region E is excited that NASW New Profes-sionals Network (NPN) is expanding to the San Diego and Imperial County area. There have been several planning meetings that have taken place. For more information about Region E and events, please email [email protected]. For more information about NPN-SD, email [email protected]. Join our Facebook groups: Region E NASW: San Diego and Imperial Valley: www.facebook.com/NASWCA.NPNSD?ref=ts&fref=ts#!/groups/NASWCA.RegE/?fref=ts and New Professionals Network-San Diego: https://www.facebook.com/NAS-WCA.NPNSD?ref=ts&fref=ts
REGION FSan Bernardino/Riverside, Orange County, Palm Desert
CONTACTSDirector
Cameron Galford, LCSW, [email protected]
Assistant DirectorsJohn Forand, [email protected]
Leslie Wind, PhD, [email protected]
Palm Springs Unit ChairPeter Shorts, [email protected]
High Desert Unit ChairKimberly Cox, MSW, [email protected]
Inland Empire Unit ChairJulie Griffin, [email protected]
Orange County Unit ChairLeslie Wind, PhD, [email protected]
Palm Springs/Desert Cities UnitBy Katrina Bullard, MSW
Please join us for our meeting on Thursday, March 7, from 6:00pm to 7:30pm in the Bistro Room at the Mirage Inn located at 72750 Country Club Drive in Rancho Mirage. Come enjoy networking with fellow social workers. For presentation information, contact Unit Chair Peter Shorts, MSW, at (760) 902-4961 [email protected].
Orange County UnitBy Leslie Wind
The Region F Orange County Unit is pleased to celebrate Social Work Month on Saturday, March 16 from 9:00am to noon, where we will announce our Social Worker of the Year! We will also have CEU training by USC faculty member and 2011 Social Worker of the Year, Pat Lenahan, who will present “Upcoming Changes in the DSM-5.” Then, please plan to join us for our next CEU event on May 25 from 9:00am to noon, presented by OC Accept’s
Hieu Nguyen and entitled “Working with LGBTQ Youth.” Both events will be held at the USC School of Social Work Orange County Academic Center, located at 2300 Michel-son Drive, Irvine 92612. The events are FREE to social work students. NASW Members: $10; nonmembers: $25. Each presentation includes 3.0 CEUs and a continental breakfast. To RSVP, please email Dr. Leslie Wind at [email protected]. Also visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NASW.OrangeCounty.
REGION GSan Fernando Valley, Ventura County, Antelope Valley, Santa Barbara CountyCONTACTSDirector
Jerry [email protected]
Assistant DirectorDebbie [email protected]
Santa Barbara UnitKimiko Kuroda, [email protected]
San Fernando Valley Unit Co-ChairsJudith M. Harris, [email protected]
Ventura County UnitMaryellen [email protected]
San Fernando Valley Unit ReportBy Judith M. Harris, LCSW, Unit Chair
At our January 13, 2013 planning meeting, mem-bers agreed to start planning a Social Work Month celebration for March, similar to the one held last year at the Beverly Garland Hotel. This year, SFVLU plans to offer CEUs to attendees. We continued planning this event on February 3 at a Super Bowl Preview Meeting, sharing Super Bowl snacks and staying afterward to watch the game! Look for e-blasts, and look for announcements in CalSwift, California News, on Facebook and LinkedIn for future planning meetings and information about SFVLU’s Social Work Month celebration.
Ventura Unit ReportBy Adele Fergusson, LCSW
Region G Ventura has a once monthly planning meet-ing, all NASW members are welcome to attend. In 2013, we are changing our location for this monthly meeting but not the day nor the time. We will continue to meet on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:00pm. We will now be meeting at Panera Bread located at 4910 Telephone Road, Ventura, Calif. 93003. For any questions, please contact me at (805) 650-6939 or at [email protected].
REGION HWest Los Angeles and Beach CitiesCONTACTSDirector
Sarah [email protected]
Regional Alternative DirectorJolen Hui
REGION ISan Gabriel Valley, East LA, and South Bay – Long BeachCONTACTSDirector
Paul [email protected]
Assistant DirectorShammeer [email protected]
Long Beach/South Unit ChairDr. Brian [email protected]
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FACEBOOK LINKS
Regions and UnitsRegion A
https://www.facebook.com/NASWCaRegionA.SFtoDN
Region BSan Luis Obispowww.facebook.com/pages/NASW-San-Luis-Obispo-County-CA/210534319026378
Region Cwww.facebook.com/pages/NASW-Region-C/129624850402761
Silicon Valley Unit www.facebook.com/groups/316727771773901/#!/groups/178032362231010/?fref=ts
Region DChico Unit www.facebook.com/groups/NASWChicoUnit/
Region Ewww.facebook.com/groups/NASWCA.RegE/
Region FDesert Cities and Riverside County Unitwww.facebook.com/groups/164034033663929/
Region GSan Fernando Valley Local Unitwww.facebook.com/groups/nasw.sfvlu/www.facebook.com/groups/NASW.SB/
Region HWest Los Angeleswww.facebook.com/groups/regionhnasw/
Region Iwww.facebook.com/groups/NASWCAREGIONI/
CouncilsSocial Action/ Social Justice Councilwww.facebook.com/groups/316727771773901/
NASW-CA Chapterwww.facebook.com/naswca
New Professionals Network (NPN)Los Angeles
https://www.facebook.com/NASWCA.NPNSan Diego
https://www.facebook.com/NASWCA.NPNSD
IN MEMORIAM
Rueben Pannor Dies at 90: Expert in the field of adoptions
Rueben Pannor made significant con-tributions in adoption agencies regarding open adoptions and the rights of birth parents. His work on The Adoption Tri-angle is widely recognized and respected in the field of adoptions. A pioneer in open adoptions, he gave voice to the need for an open relationship between birth parents, adoptive parents and adopted children. Pannor also worked with young parents and was an advo-cate for unmarried fathers. He served as the director of community services in Los Angeles County at Vista del Mar Child-Care services. He is survived by his wife Sydell, three children, and grandchildren. His son Jonathan is also a social worker. More information can be found at http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/01/local/la-me-reuben-pannor-20130101
COUNCILS
WOMEN’S COUNCIL
Keeping It RealBy Marilyn Montenegro
Betty fled to skid row when the dealer threatened to break her legs unless she paid thousands of dollars she owed. When I saw her, she had been drug free for seven days, had a case manager and was staying in a shelter.
I was happy for her. Finally she was accessing some services (California ID, physi-cal and mental health, permanent housing). Because she was homeless, she could be fast-tracked for low-cost housing, which usually takes years. From my social work perspective, things were going well.
But then she said: “This is too hard, my knees hurt, someone stole my cane, what do they want? I stopped using a long time ago—over a week. They put me on the list for housing, but then I heard it takes three or four months. I can’t wait that long. I’m trying to do right and nobody is helping me. They wake us at 5:00am and bus us to skid row at 6:30pm. We have to carry everything we own. I missed the pick up and spent one cold night on the street. I am still being punished for what I did before.”
And then in despair I pondered the gap between our perspectives and my failure to start where the client is. What if we could provide services that actually met our clients’ needs immediately when needed? /
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