Field Placement Paper

My field placement at the Western Homes has officially came to an end. During my time at Nation and Thuesen Cottage I have learned an incredible amount of information about gerontology social work. At my field placement, I had many responsibilities. Mainly I visited with the residents and gave them a form of socialization and built relationships with them. While I was there, I also helped my supervisors with various tasks. These tasks included helping set up for various events, helping with the discharge and admit process, and observing all the social work aspects of gerontology. During my time at the Western Homes Cottages, I learned many valuable things. One of the many things that I have learned is how to promote a better well-being for …show more content…
In the future, I hope to become a hospital social worker, and discharging people will be a huge aspect of the job. When a resident gets discharged, they get asked a series of questions. The first set of questions has to do with cognitive functioning. For example, they will get told three words, then a little while later they will be asked to recall those three words. This is easier for some residents versus others. In this section, they also get asked what year, month, and day of the week it is. Some residents can answer these questions correctly, while others still believe the year is 1967, it all depends on the residents cognitive functioning. Next, comes the mood section of the questionnaire. These questions are self-explanatory, “do you get pleasure in doing activities, do you feel depressed, are you fatigued and overly tired lately.” Furthermore, after all the question have been answered they then are documented into the computer. After this process care plans can be made to promote a better well-being for the resident. Although this process may be different from a hospital social work stand point, I still found it a very helpful process to