Challenging ethical dilemmas for social workers

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The process of assessing older adults can create a number of very challenging ethical dilemmas for social workers. Refer to the Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) as you think about and discuss one the following ethical dilemmas:You are making a home visit with an older adult with mild dementia when she tells you that she suspects her health-care aide of stealing money from her. She has no family to take care of her and asks that you not contact the police or talk to the home health aide. What do you do?

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