Follower died here, nursed by social worker (8)
I believe the answer is:
adherent
'follower' is the definition.
(adherent is a kind of follower)
'died here nursed by social worker' is the wordplay.
'died' becomes 'd'.
'nursed by' is an insertion indicator.
'social worker' becomes 'ant' (I've seen this before).
'd'+'here'='dhere'
'dhere' placed within 'ant' is 'ADHERENT'.
(Other definitions for adherent that I've seen before include "One supports" , "Devotee" , "Staunch follower" , "advocate" , "Person supporting" .)