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A Field Guide for Guardians is the book that should have been in your hands from day one. Written for professional and family guardians navigating the real complexity of the role, this is not a legal manual or a policy document. It is a field-tested resource for the situations that do not come with clean answers, the furious family member, the facility that is pushing back, the discharge planner who wants a decision by noon, and the client whose safety depends on choices you have to make with incomplete information and no guarantee of getting it right.
With more than two decades of experience as a licensed clinical social worker, legal guardian, and professional guardian, Joyce McHugh writes from inside this work, not above it. Every chapter addresses a situation you will recognize. Every script gives you language you can actually use. Every framework is built for the moment when the pressure is real and the stakes are high.
A Field Guide for Guardians is the book that should have been in your hands from day one. Written for professional and family guardians navigating the real complexity of the role, this is not a legal manual or a policy document. It is a field-tested resource for the situations that do not come with clean answers, the furious family member, the facility that is pushing back, the discharge planner who wants a decision by noon, and the client whose safety depends on choices you have to make with incomplete information and no guarantee of getting it right.
With more than two decades of experience as a licensed clinical social worker, legal guardian, and professional guardian, Joyce McHugh writes from inside this work, not above it. Every chapter addresses a situation you will recognize. Every script gives you language you can actually use. Every framework is built for the moment when the pressure is real and the stakes are high.