State Variations in Nursing Home Social Worker Qualifications

ABSTRACT

This is the first published account of state administrative code variations in nursing home social worker qualifications. It is important to review state codes because the majority of nursing homes in the U.S. have fewer than 121 beds and therefore are not required by the federal government to employ at least one full-time qualified social worker. States have the option of extending the federal regulations to homes with 120 or fewer beds, or strengthening the federal requirements in other ways. Findings indicate enormous variation in state requirements for qualifications of nursing home social workers, and even when states define a qualified nursing home social worker (not all do), they often exempt facilities from employing one. Seven states were found to be out of federal compliance. Research describing the qualifications of people employed in nursing home social services is called for, as well as research documenting effective psychosocial interventions, especially as they relate to resident quality of life. Ten recommendations for enhancing nursing home social work services are included.     

Suburban ethnicities: Home as the site of interethnic conviviality and racism

This article explores the ways in which the white working-class residents of a suburban English town reflect on their relationships with their British Asian Pakistani Muslim neighbors. Its focus is on how everyday constructions of home become sites for the intermingling of discourses of intercultural conviviality and racism. My contention is that the idea of home has not yet been given the detailed critical attention that it deserves in the sociological literature on everyday manifestations of multiculturalism, conviviality, and racism. My supposition is that a special focus on the idea of home as the site of conviviality offers a productive avenue to analyze how intercultural relationships are formed and how the norms of neighborliness are thought to break down, opening a space for commonplace racialized and racist stereotypes to take hold. The idea of home is central to the rhythm and landscape of the English suburbs. It conjures up the idea of a uniform and aspirational white space. Drawing on this imaginary of home, I shall trace how “white working class” “English,” “Scottish,” and “Anglo-Italian” residents’ everyday constructions of home become embroiled with their relationships with their British Asian Pakistani Muslim neighbors.     

城市居家老人生活质量研究——以上海为例

本文针对城市居家老人的需要和特点,从评估城市居家老人生活质量的六个维度即经济状况与消费水平、居住条件与家庭设施、躯体健康与心理健康、社会支持、闲暇生活质量、生活满意度方面入手,深入开发了上海市老年人口状况与意愿跟踪调查数据资料,使用分等级加权评分法综合评估了城市居家老人生活质量以及分性别和年龄的老人生活质量。     

家国同构制度与伦理政治型文化

宗法制度孕育了伦理型文化,政治专制制度孕育了政治型文化。宗法制度和政治专制制度的有机结合,形成宗法专制制度,宗法专制制度孕育了"内圣外王"的伦理政治型文化。专制制度有利于确立中央集权政体,有利于社会的安定和发展;宗法制度具有很好的调节机制,有较大的弹性和再生功能。但宗法专制制度在中国延续两千多年,致使小农业和家庭手工业相结合的自然经济难以解体,阻碍了商品经济和市民阶层的发育发展。     

新民谣里“孝”的诱导

新民谣作为民众评价活动从正反两方面诱导着“孝”的实施.它以诙谐讽喻的方式记录着双向“反馈”模式中单向错位的孝道观;以平易幽默的形式诱导着积极向善的“孝”.新民谣对“孝”的诱导是通过道德之力来弥补自然本能的不足,以亲子双方的精神需要和子女的自力要求发生作用.在当代工商社会中,对“孝”的诱导可以弥补社会养老的不足,在和睦家庭和稳定社会方面发挥着不可替代的重要作用.     

生物遗传资源的法律保护研究

生物遗传资源是包含生物遗传功能材料的资源;这种材料应该是＂活体＂,对我们具有实际的或者潜在的价值。生物遗传资源的权利主体应为相应的资源所属国和特定的自然人群体。在使用生物遗传资源的过程中,权利主体享有同意权。对于生物遗传资源的开发利用,权利主体可要求获得相应的利益。对于生物遗传资源的保护,我们不可能直接采取专利权的保护模式,只能间接采取专利权的保护模式。我们应参考印度、乌干达等公法规制国家的立法,强调对生物遗传资源保护的公法规制,以专门立法的形式对生物遗传资源进行保护。     

传统家居陈设艺术的当代转换——以屏风为例

＂实用为本＂与＂道器相宜＂是中国传统造物思想中与现代设计理念相切合的部分。以传统家居陈设艺术中的屏风为例,阐明屏风的当代转换设计应营造适于当下生活方式之＂用＂,合乎当下思想文化之＂道＂。     

农民工返乡创业风险的生成逻辑

农民工返乡创业风险既有个体风险,也有社会风险。基于农民工返乡创业失败典型案例,利用风险感知、风险传递和风险的社会放大等理论,聚焦风险酝酿期、风险发展期与风险爆发期,深入剖析不同类型农民工返乡创业风险的相异阶段生成逻辑脉络。其中,农民工返乡创业个体风险生成大致遵循“个体层面因素驱动-风险感知直接偏差-风险传递扩散-个体发展损害”脉络;农民工返乡创业社会风险生成大致遵循“社会层面因素推动-风险感知间接偏差-风险的社会放大-社会发展损害”脉络。因而,针对不同类型农民工返乡创业风险治理,需强化精准思维和整体性治理导向,应以风险治理共同体为“翘板”,助推农民工返乡创业风险治理协作。     

鼓励和扶持农民工返乡创业实证研究——以山西永济市栲栳镇为例

农民工返乡创业是解决＂三农＂问题和开展新农村建设的一条重要途径,并对其起到重要促进作用。鼓励和扶持农民工返乡创业,有助于培育新型农民、缓解就业压力、保证农民增收、发展农村经济、缩小城乡差距、建设和谐社会,具有长远而重大的现实意义。各级党委政府应以严肃而客观的态度对待农民工返乡创业这一新的社会现象,并采取有效措施对其不足之处予以改进和完善。因此,对鼓励和扶持农民工返乡创业的经验进行总结并在此基础上科学分析出现的新情况新问题,显得尤为紧迫和必要。山西省永济市栲栳镇是中国广大农村地区的一个真实缩影,其农民工返乡创业实践具有普遍的示范作用和启示意义。通过对栲栳镇农民工返乡创业现状的详细分析,客观指出影响农民工返乡创业的有利与不利的环境与因素、存在的主要问题及其原因,进而提出鼓励和扶持农民工返乡创业应当坚持的基本原则和有针对性、可操作性的措施,可以为在全国范围内更好实施这一政策提供科学的现实参照和政策依据。