OLTCSWA was formed in 1989 in an effort to create an organization specifically for social workers in long term care settings. OLTCSWA strives to be the regional leader in the ongoing definition and development of the professional role of the long term care social worker by providing representation, education, and networking.

Our Purpose
· To cooperate in the ongoing definition and
development of the professional role of the social
worker in the long term care facility.
· To provide consultation, mutual support, and resource materials to professionals delivering social services in long term care.
· To promote cooperation and understanding among long term care personnel and other advocates serving the aging and disabled.
· To interpret the social work role in the long term care setting to other professionals through planning and participating in conferences, conventions, and other educational programs.
· To develop liaisons with social work educators and planners for the aging and disabled and realistically interpret the needs and the role of the social worker in long term care.
· To represent the psychosocial needs of the aging and disabled and the role of the social worker in long term care to state and federal regulation agencies and public policy makers.