Bonnie Ewald

"Social workers have thought about social drivers of health since the inception of the discipline" @adita_md, acting director for @CMSGov Office of Minority Health on a visit to @RushMedical

Happy Social Work Month!☀️ #socialworkisKEY to addressing the complex health issues our nation faces. This #SWMonth2024, we look forward to #EmpoweringSocialWorkers as our colleagues and friends continue to aid millions of Americans in living to their full potential.

Fun way to fuel up on tea and connect with people! @LeadingAge

What do jazz and healthcare have in common? Both are better when there's a team involved. It takes a village! Social workers, CHWs, RNs, pharmacists, and more. But, to have a team, we need more payers to lead and PAY for the team. #centeringcare2023

Glad to be with my colleagues from @RushSWCH at @RepDannyDavis town hall on end of life issues - and to see @RepDannyDavis raising awareness about this important issue and how #socialworkisKEY to supporting families getting connected with the care and services they need!

It's been an exciting week! @RushMedical #socialworkisKEY

THANK YOU to @RepDannyDavis & @RepJenKiggans for introducing the Integrating Social Workers Across Health Care Settings Act! This bill would: 🏥support clinical social workers 💵lower costs of care ❤️improve health outcomes Learn more & take action: chasci.org/cswh-action

"As deadly as it was, it could have been a lot deadlier." - @DrTomFrieden interviewed by @aslavitt says HALF of the global deaths from COVID could have been saved but an estimated 2x as many people could have died without our public health measures lemonadamedia.com/show/inthebubb…

The @C4SWHealth is a work project I'm particularly passionate about. Why? Because I'd like to make sure every one of my family and friends - and I - can have access to social work support when we need it. #socialworkisKEY

In the next year, an estimated 1.9 million Americans will hear they've been diagnosed with cancer I cannot imagine facing that journey without navigation or social work services - but policy change is needed to make this care available to all #cancernationalforum @ACSCAN

Josephine Kalipeni @malawian81 on needing quality jobs with benefits and a livable wage: "I don't think government programs make people dependent on them, I think an economy that doesn't work for everyone is what makes people dependent on programs." #onaging2023

Getting refueled for aging policy work at this year's Panel of Pundits, discussing a politically doable way to adequately fund services and infrastructure to care for us as we and our families age. Grateful for leaders like @BobBlancato and @PaulaBasta! #onaging2023

"Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve." #americorps #KingDayofService

@AishaAdkins Our team at @RushSWCH would love to chat and see how we could help!

I am looking to connect with #gerontology, #aging, #sociology and #policy professors in the State of IL for a project for some of my Care Fellows! Does anyone have a contact? #Illinois #Chicago #University #Professor #Research #Fellowship #CareCantWait

Do you have social workers on your complex care teams? Either way, please take our survey to help us understand perceptions of social workers in health care: menti.com/6d2o4axu72 Visit us at #Beehive booth 120 to learn more about this important workforce #CenteringCare22

Exciting to see so many collaborations between community-based orgs and healthcare. Letting CBOs lead will help make sure these collaborations create true "no wrong door" systems that respond to what matters most to individuals - not just the reason for referral #centeringcare22

At the Emmys, Seth Rogen marched across the Capitol’s marble floors with a mission removed from award season glamour: helping families care for Alzheimer’s patients "Aging is a natural thing,” Rogen said. “You shouldn’t have to be rich to navigate it.” buff.ly/3DBdQDx

SWaCH's Teresa Moro had an op-ed published in #TheHillReporter about the importance of #socialworkers and #advocacy opportunities to better support social work roles. A great call to action! hillreporter.com/commentary-soc…

A month late to sharing this. Check it out! Promoting Health Equity by Paying for Social Care ja.ma/3IU7FtK via @JAMAHealthForum part of @JAMANetwork

Being able to promote #healthequity means we need to pay for social care and the care team members who help provide it. Learn more from @bgewald, MA, Robyn Golden, LCSW and Diana J. Mason, PhD, RN in a @JAMAHealthForum at jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…