Get
Involved
The number of older people, particularly
those over 85, is growing, and they need more assistance to
remain active and independent. Well-trained, aging-savvy
social workers serve as "navigators" and "expediters,"
empowering older adults and families to understand and choose
among the bewildering array of available health and social
services. They also provide counseling and direct services,
facilitate family support, and coordinate care delivered
through professional systems.
The Geriatric Social Work Initiative (GSWI) is
collaborating with social work programs, organizations and
other funders around the country to prepare needed,
aging-savvy social workers and improve the care and well-being
of older adults and their families.
We invite you to join us in this important work.


What's
New

*New* Hartford Pre-Dissertation Awardees Cohort IV Selected. Press release and rosters.
Hartford Doctoral Fellows Cohort VIII Selected. Press release and rosters.
Hartford Faculty Scholars Cohort IX Selected. Press release and rosters.
Ripples: May Edition. Check out the latest issue of the GSWI
e-newsletter.
HGSWI Translational Research Conference
On April 4-6, 2008, geriatric social work scholars and fellows from across the country met in Chantilly, Virginia to attend the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Translational Research Conference. In addition to the translational research themed conference, the event doubled as a celebration, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Geriatric Social Work Initiative. Approximately 150 past and present Hartford Doctoral Fellows, Hartford Faculty Scholars, and Program Committee Members attended this unique career development opportunity. To visit the post-conference page, click here.
The Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging
A
publication by Dr. Barbara Berkman: The Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging. Click
here to order a copy.
Other News

"Experience Exciting Careers in Social Work and
Aging" Click
here to access the first edition of "Experience Exciting
Careers in Social Work and Aging", a magazine about careers in
gerontological social work created by the Hartford Geriatric
Social Work Initiative.
Action Briefs of the Hartford Geriatric Social Work
Initiative are now available:
Profiles in social work
Carmen
Morano, PhD, MSW, brings real world experience to Social Work
education. Read
profile.
This website was last updated on
July 8, 2008
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