Date of Award
5-2021
Document Type
Project
Degree Name
Master of Social Work
Department
School of Social Work
First Reader/Committee Chair
Thomas Davis
Abstract
This study aims to research how compassion fatigue (CF) affects geriatric social workers in their personal and professional lives. Currently, there is little exposure on what the symptoms look like in CF among social workers, especially geriatric social services practitioners. The significance of this study is to address CF and how it may affect social workers in their daily activities. Geriatric social workers who work on a regular basis with vulnerable populations can lead to experience symptoms of CF. These symptoms include: emotional disconnect from their clients, less motivated at work, apathetic towards sensitive situations and affecting their quality of care towards the client. This study is quantitative in its nature by collecting online surveys and be statistically analyzed by correlation analysis. The implications of this study for social work practice helps improve the quality of work the social worker provides and may improve policies in the work environment.
Recommended Citation
Dawson, Nicole Elise and Jacobo, Joanna Romero, "HOW DOES COMPASSION FATIGUE AFFECT GERIATRIC SOCIAL WORKERS IN THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES?" (2021). Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations. 1198.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/1198