Senior Social Worker Salaries in the United States

Social workers at On Lok also play an important role in the initial assessment of patients, and in the development of their care plan.”.

Gerontological social workers in hospice settings work with patients and their families, providing emotional support, grief and bereavement counseling, resource navigation and care coordination.

Another responsibility that gerontological social workers have is care coordination, which is the purposeful organization of different teams and services to effectively address a client’s overall health care needs (physical, cognitive, emotional, and social).

Gerontological social workers, also known as geriatric social workers, coordinate the care of older patients in a variety of settings, including hospitals, community health clinics, long-term and residential health care facilities, hospice settings, and outpatient/daytime health care centers.

The BLS categorizes social workers who specialize in a geriatric setting as health care social workers.