Department: Internal Medicine

Email: mahogany.snead@vcuhealth.org

Social workers in the CF team have an important role to play in helping patients and their families cope more effectively with the inevitable stress of having a chronic illness. By acting as an advocate for patients, social work assessments guide CF patients toward the following:

• Income support
• Housing resources
• Education/college grants
• Help with employment
• Liaison with other agencies
• Financial and benefit advice and how to apply for disability
• Insurance related queries

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