Further, it provides a sense of dignity and self-worth for patients by giving them a sense of making a valuable contribution.

The new minor in social work will give UB undergrads an overview of the profession and key social work values, principles and skills. Students will explore how social systems impact individuals, ...

Social trust shapes later life well-being. At the end of life, viewing humanity positively and believing we have treated ...

Project Hope receives funding for services through Medicaid, insurance, and private pay. But a “huge gap” remains that must ...

Some Social Security recipients could soon find ... to cut costs at the agency by firing thousands of workers and closing field offices. Dudek has described the 100% clawback rate as part of ...

So you decide to work and claim your benefit checks at the same time. The program allows you to do this, but it might not be your best move. There are three key drawbacks to collecting Social ...

World Social Work Day is honoured annually on the third Tuesday of March to celebrate the achievements of social workers. This year it was commemorated on March 18. During an interview with ...

HONG KONG, China — A Hong Kong social worker who called on police to exercise restraint during democracy protests was jailed for more than three years on Wednesday after being found guilty of ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) reiterated its plans to walk back proposed cuts to its phone services, saying it would be implementing an “anti-fraud check.” “Beginning on April 14 ...

When Mini Krishnan, the noted editor, asked me for ideas, it was therefore with alacrity that I suggested it as a suitable work for translating ... Nilayam (SGN), the social service organisation ...

HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong social worker was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison Wednesday on a charge of riot for her role in the 2019 anti-government movement, in a case that ...

Social worker Jackie Chen was on Wednesday handed a three-year, nine-month prison sentence after being convicted of rioting during the 2019 unrest in a retrial. Chen was accused of taking part in ...