Our social worker is involved with most of our pulmonary rehabilitation patients in order to establish that each patient has a good support system as well as assist in aiding the other therapists in developing a treatment plan of care for each individual.
Upon evaluating each patient, she is able to assess if ongoing counseling sessions may be needed. There are many factors in each patients situation that may interfere with positive outcomes in pulmonary rehab, having a licensed social worker on staff is beneficial for both the therapists as well as the patient.