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...think about the most safe and appropriate places to care for people. Home care (domicillary care) can be provided by social care services in a person’s home environment. It may include assistance with washing and dressing oneself as well as preparing meals. For example, people with disabilities or people who are recovering from hospital treatment or dealing with illness...

...systems and communities that are more responsive, inclusive, and humane. Finally, thinking like a social worker requires being alert to the ever-changing time and tides of social and political history. Remembering, of course, that while many sincerely held values will hold fast, many other things for people and for society can change, and almost certainly will...Session...

...thinking about those similarities, as my daughter and I prepared for the birth of my granddaughter. We read the book Your Baby, Your Birth: the process of birth, how the body prepares, how to make plans and cope when those plans need to change. Where, I wonder, is a book about Your Death? [An elderly woman with a cup sitting outdoors on a terrace on a sunny day in...