title: Consultation: capitalizing on hospital social work resources.
abstract: Concern about the steady increase in the transfer of patients to nursing homes as well as the need for social work coverage of local nursing and shelter care homes led to the development of a social work consultation program. This program is provided as a departmental service of a community hospital's Social Service Department. This discussion deals with issues and practice in consultation followed by some notes on the structure for establishing such a consultation program.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012919:Social Behavior; D012947:Social Work