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The Effect of COVID-19 on Nursing Home Abuse: A Legal Perspective.
(ALM (formerly American Lawyer Media), 2020-12-16)
Numerous class-action and individual wrongful death lawsuits have been
filed asserting that proper precautions were not maintained to keep nursing
homes residents safe from contracting COVID-19.
Dating as pandemic restrictions ease
(NASW, 2021-07)
During the pandemic, live dating was a chore. Safety restrictions created an undesirable situation where online dating was the only way to meet people. And yet, there was a silver lining: the opportunity for some to ...
Domestic Violence in New Jersey During the Pandemic: What Happened and How Can We Do Better?
(Somerville, N.J. : Honeyman & Rowe, 2020-10-29)
A multitude of factors combined during the pandemic to create a perfect breeding ground for an increase in domestic violence.
The Effects of COVID-19 on Appealing a Summary Judgment Ruling.
(Chicago, IL: American Bar Association, 2020-09-15)
Summary judgment or summary disposition is a mechanism that permits parties in a lawsuit to obtain a court ruling before trial regarding certain elements of that case. It is designed for situations in which the court ...
Vaccinating Children in State Care: What Happens to the Rights of Biological Parents to Consent?
(ALM, 2021-10-08)
In today’s COVID-19 environment, under what circumstances can the state preempt the parent or guardian’s medical decision-making authority regarding children regarding getting vaccinated?
Rural child social workers offer pandemic perspective.
(National Rural Health Association (NRHA), 2020-07-23)
The allure of being a child social worker in a rural area is strong. Social workers who decide to work in smaller communities may forgo an abundance of resources to support families, but they gain slower-paced, socially ...
A call for new legal standards of educational neglect, especially regarding special needs.
(ALM (formerly American Lawyer Media), 2020-07-10)
In their Family Law column, Kathryn Krase and Daniel Pollack discuss the impact of school closures due to COVID-19 on families with school-aged children who have special needs.
Put a new tilt on Covid-19 guilt
(NASW: National Association of Social Workers ; socialworkers.org, 2021-03-05)
If you are feeling a bit 'guilty' regarding Covid-19, you are having a normal reaction to a very abnormal situation. If you need to place blame, put it on the disease, not yourself
How has the Code of Ethics weathered COVID-19?
(Association of Social Work Boards, 2022-11)
Countries, communities, institutions, families, and individuals all live by a code
of ethical standards. Social work takes pride in conducting itself according to a
set of written ethical principles and standards that ...