Perspectives on Social Work

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Perspectives on Social Work is a publication of the doctoral students of the Graduate College of Social Work at the University of Houston. The journal was founded in 2003 to provide an opportunity for the college's social work doctoral students to showcase their work. Since that time, the journal has expanded and now accepts submissions from social work doctoral students nationwide and internationally. See the journal's home page [link] for more information.

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    The Role of Social Work in the Lives of Home Care Workers
    (University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2009) Ryosho, Natsuko
    Demand for quality home health care has been growing as more and more persons who are old, chronically ill, or disabled choose to receive long-term care services in communitybased, rather than in institutional settings. Home care has been driven by three primary trends: an individual's preference to remain in his or her own home for as long as possible, advancements in medicine and technology which support complex care at home, and a political interest in deinstitutionalization with the goal of containing health care costs (Kaye, Chapman, Newcomer, & Harrington, 2006; Stone, 2004). The Bureau of Labor Statistics (2007) projects that between 2006 to 2016, the demand for home care workers will grow by 50.6%.