Todd Mayer, LCSW
     As a clinical social worker on a spinal cord injury rehabilitation unit, I repeatedly hear the same questions from newly injured patients: Who will provide care for me? What will my income now consist of? How is my home going to meet my accessibility needs? In past articles, I […]

Susan Campbell, MSW, LSW
During the middle ages, a hospice was a place of shelter––usually provided by monastic orders––for pilgrims or other travelers in need of lodging. In keeping with the spirit of caring in these offers of hospitality, the word hospice has been used for at least a century to describe facilities devoted to the […]

James Rohde, MA
This article will examine two resources that assist families and individuals adjust to spinal cord injury (SCI). The first resource, “Family Adjustment to Spinal Cord Injury,” is from the University of Alabama, Birmingham, Spinal Cord Injury model program. This program helps to explain the emotional twists and turns that a person with […]