Resources for Nursing Home Social Workers
Other Resources
Free guide discussing comfort care for people with dementia living in care facilities. Produced by the Alzheimer's Association—Greater Illinois Chapter
Arizona State University Training Modules (courtesy of Dr. Robin Bonifas and her students):
Motivational Interviewing
Suicide Assessment
Dementia-related Behaviors and Environmental Changes
Native American Spirituality
Understanding Advance Directives
Nursing Home Regulations Plus (University of Minnesota)
Social Work Care Plans for the Nursing Home by Leta Perry - Book
Books about Nursing Home Social Work 
Table of Contents
CMS Nursing Home Compendium: 2008
This is the sixth edition of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) annual Nursing Home Data Compendium. The compendium contains figures and tables presenting data on all residents in Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes in the United States. A series of graphs and maps highlights some of the most interesting data, while detailed data are available in accompanying tables. The tables and figures in this volume were compiled from CMS survey and certification administrative data and nursing home clinical data contained in the Minimum Data Set (MDS).
Social Work Practice in the Nursing Home Setting: A Primer for Social Workers
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