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NYU clinical professor Yvonne Latty never expected the hardships faced as a caregiver for her mother living with Alzheimer’s. From the 24/7 care to the rising medical bills, the experience has been overwhelming. Her attempts to access a diagnosis and treatment for her mother in the Bronx left her angry, frustrated and confused. A doctor smugly suggested Yvonne “Google” her mother’s condition and devise a plan for her with the help of URLs.
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The demand for family caregivers for adults who are 65 or older is increasing significantly, and family caregivers need more recognition, information and support to fulfill their responsibilities and maintain their own health, financial security and well-being, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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An innovative approach to promoting safety and preventing violence in schools is being embraced in Valparaíso, Chile.
Education officials in the South American country are joining a growing list of regions around the world that have embraced a school mapping and monitoring system developed by researchers at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and Bar-Ilan University in Israel.
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Many family caregivers report positive benefits from caregiving including developing a greater sense of purpose in one’s life, but caregiving can also be a source of physical and emotional stress.
Findings from several studies suggest that many family caregivers suffer from mental health problems. Some research shows that between 40 to 70 percent of caregivers have clinical symptoms of depression.
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Once intimidating and foreign, research is slowly but surely becoming a common pursuit in the master’s program at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work.
During a recent symposium hosted by the Phi Alpha Honor Society, several master’s students described their recent forays into the research world, from spending time with chronically homeless individuals who had just received housing to refining an application for tablet computers designed to help older adults in Taiwan manage their diabetes.
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Social work pioneer Suzanne Dworak-Peck ’65, MSW ’67, has donated a historic $60 million to endow and name the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, cementing its standing as one of the world’s most innovative institutions within the discipline and strengthening its renowned educational and research programs. The gift is one of the largest contributions from an individual to a school of its kind.
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In today’s tech age, growing up without access to a computer and the Internet is a major disadvantage.
For most adolescents, it’s not an issue; 90 percent of teens in the United States have a computer in their home. However, it’s a different story for youth in foster care.
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A typical nightmare scenario goes something like this: Robots first replace autoworkers on the assembly line. Then they move into white-collar jobs, writing articles, drafting legal documents and reading X-rays. Finally, the robots, growing ever smarter through machine learning and Big Data, displace even the most highly trained workers. The result: Unemployment rates skyrocket and the economy craters.
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One-fourth of all online comments at the end of news articles about sexual assault and rape include victim-blaming statements, new research out of the University of Southern California shows.
The study examined 52 articles and found that only one did not contain comments offering support for the accused perpetrator, the study said. Victim-blaming statements appeared in 1,097 of the 4,239 comments ― or just over 25 percent of them.