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Ripples
The e-Newsletter of the Geriatric Social Work Initiative
(GSWI)
Volume 3, Issue 3
March 15, 2005
Welcome to Ripples, an e-newsletter designed
to keep interested deans and directors, faculty members,
students, practitioners and others informed about the
work of the Geriatric Social Work Initiative (GSWI).
We welcome your feedback and encourage you to contribute
any story ideas, stories, resources, news and other
content to subsequent issues of the newsletter. To make
a contribution or to subscribe to this e-newsletter,
please contact Carrie Smith at csmith@geron.org.
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Celebrate National Social Work Month: Remember
Mentors!
National Social Work month is an appropriate
time to remember your past mentors, and to begin
mentoring yourself. Dr. Elizabeth Clark, director
of NASW, writes, "You may never know how
you are remembered by the young social workers
you inspire today, but your efforts will be part
of the legacy and proud heritage of our profession"
(NASW News, March 2005). For more ideas about
what you can do to celebrate National Social Work
month, click
here.
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| APM/NGSWC
2005 Meeting Roundup |
| The CSWE Gero-Ed Center wishes to
thank you all for a very successful 3rd Annual National
Gerontological Social Work Conference! Conference
highlights included the following:
*Designation as an Official White House Conference
on Aging (WHCoA) event
*The first-ever and standing room only, NGSWC
Kickoff!
*APM Aging Invitation featuring an insightful
and inspiring presentation by Laura Robbins
*Over 200 presenters from over 80 social work
education programs, representing four countries
*The first-ever (and to be continued) BSW, MSW
and Ph.D. student poster presentation sessions
*Special presentations by Edwin Mendez-Santiago,
NYC Commissioner for Aging and Dr. Dennis Kodner,
Executive Director, Brookdale Center on Aging
*White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA) Roundtables
facilitated by some of the finest faculty from
across the country with an attendance of over
100 conference participants
*A special award ceremony and reception for Dr.
Rose Dobrof, a pioneer in geriatric social work,
sponsored by the Gero-Ed Center, AGE-SW, Haworth
Press and the Institute for Geriatric Social Work
at Boston University
If you attended NGSWC, please visit their website
and fill out a brief evaluation: www.Gero-EdCenter.org.
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Resources &
Opportunities
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| Hartford Doctoral Fellows Pre-Dissertation
Award |
| Up to 20 students will be selected
and be brought to The Gerontological Society of
America's (GSA) annual meeting and will attend an
institute there conducted by AGE-SW. These same
students will be brought to the Society for Social
Work and Research (SSWR) conference where they will
participate in an all-day institute that focuses
on grant writing and research funding. Pre-Dissertation
stage doctoral students are invited to apply. Awardees
will be encouraged to subsequently apply for the
Hartford Doctoral Fellowship that supports dissertation
research in social work and aging. More information
and an application are available online.
Deadline is May 2, 2005. |
| Advertising Opportunity for Schools
of Social Work |
| The Gerontological
Society of America and The Hartford Doctoral Fellows
program are developing a "Special Issue on
Careers in Gerontological Social Work" for
distribution in August 2005. Schools of Social Work
are encouraged to advertise their programs. A quarter-page
ad is only $100. The ad deadline is July 1, 2005.
For more information, click
here. To reserve an ad, email Carrie Smith (csmith@geron.org). |
| 17th Annual National Conference
on Social Work and HIV/AIDS: May 28-31, in Chicago,
IL |
| The theme for this year's conference,
which was organized by the Boston College Graduate
School of Social Work, is the global impact of the
HIV/AIDS epidemic, and the Social Work response
to it. For additional information, click
here. You can also contact Dr. Vincent J. Lynch
by phone (617-552-4038) or email (lynchv@bc.edu). |
| AGE SW Elections |
| AGE SW will be electing three new
board members this spring. One of the three positions
is designated as a student position. If you are
a member of AGE SW and are interested in becoming
a candidate or nominating a colleague, please contact
Marla Berg-Weger (bergwm@slu.edu or 314-977-2224)
as soon as possible. |
| GSA Now Accepting Nominations for
2005 |
| The Gerontological Society of America's
awards program has a dual purpose: to honor outstanding
leaders in the field of gerontology and to focus
attention on new developments in the area of aging.
For a complete listing of all GSA awards, criteria,
and nomination requirements, click
here. You may also contact GSA Award's Coordinator
at cleone@geron.org or by phone at 202-842-1275,
ext. 128. The deadline for all GSA non-paper awards
is May 5, 2005. |
| Research |
| New "Just the Facts"
Released from the Center for Retirement Research
at Boston College |
"What Does Price Indexing Mean
for Social Security Benefits", by Alicia H.
Munnell and Mauricio Soto. Click
here to view the paper.
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| American Journal of Nursing (AJN)
series: A New Look at the Old |
| Are you interested in better understanding
what you can do to identify older adults with cognitive
impairment and ease their transition from the acute
care setting? Are you interested in learning about
how intervention and assessment can help curb the
growing threat of malnutrition in older adults?
Follow this link to these two articles in a continuing
American Journal of Nursing (AJN) series called
A New Look at the Old: www.NursingCenter.com/AJNolderadults.
This series is co-sponsored by The Gerontological
Society of America. |
| Social Security Reform Proposals
Raise Concerns for Older Women |
Several popular plans for revamping
the Social Security system contain clauses that
could fail to significantly protect older women,
according to research reported in the February 2005
issue of The Gerontologist (Vol. 45, No. 1). The
study discusses the potential effects of implementing
several different minimum benefits scenarios in
Social Security, which have accompanied proposals
to reform the program. Learn
more.
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| Study Casts Doubt on Increased
Mobility Among U.S. Population |
| A great deal of public policy advocacy
has been influenced by the notion that the United
States is becoming an "increasingly mobile
society" - that the population is changing
residence at increasing levels. However, a new study
provides empirical evidence in favor of an opposite
trend. In fact, overall mobility has generally declined
since about 1950, and interstate mobility has generally
not increased during the same period. The data supporting
this is reported in the February 2005 issue of The
Gerontologist (Vol. 45, No. 1). Learn
more. |
| New Issue in Brief from the Center
for Retirement Research at Boston College |
| "What Makes Retirees Happy?",
by Keith A. Bender and Natalia A. Jivan. Click
here to view this document. |
| Health Research and Educational
Trust Web-based Toolkit |
| Health Research and Educational Trust
(HRET) has just released a new Web-based toolkit
for collection of race, ethnicity, and primary language
information by hospitals and other health care providers.
The toolkit, which was developed with support from
The Commonwealth Fund, can be accessed by clicking
here. |
| Announcements |
| Four New Hartford Doctoral Fellows
Selected |
| Four students have been selected
as Hartford Doctoral Fellows and will receive $50,000
over the next two years to support their dissertation
research. They will also receive mentorship and
leadership development as part of their pre-conference
training at the GSA and CSWE annual meetings. The
four individuals selected for the prestigious Hartford
Doctoral Program in Geriatric Social Work are: Robin
Bonifas, from the University of Washington,
Mythu Chiem-Lu, also from the University
of Washington, Rita J. Chou, from the University
of Wisconsin-Madison, and Tara L. Nickle,
from the State University of New York at Albany. |
| Congratulations to Hartford Faculty
Scholar, Dr. Zvi Gellis |
| Dr. Gellis, a Cohort III Scholar,
received official notice from the National Institute
of Mental Health of funding for his K-Award entitled,
"Treatment for Depression in Medically Ill
Homecare Elderly: A Randomized Control Trial".
The 5-Year K01 grant ($1,009,684) is an NIMH Award
specifically designed to test the effectiveness
of an evidence-based clinical intervention (Problem-Solving
Treatment) with medically ill older adults who are
receiving home health care services. Dr. Gellis
has also been promoted Director, Center for Mental
Health and Aging at the State University of New
York at Albany. |
| News about the Practicum Partnership
Program Adoption Initiative |
| The Practicum Partnership Program
Adoption Initiative (PPPAI) is an eight year initiative
to prepare over 1000 graduate social work students
to work with older adults and encourage graduate
social work education programs to put into operation
a Practicum Partnership Program, a new, flexible,
and winning filed education model developed through
a multi-year demonstration program in six different
sites. This month, The Hartford Foundation Trustees
will be asked to support an expedited timetable
that allows funding to begin in fall 2005. More
information will become available at www.gswi.org. |
| GSA's 4th Annual Careers in Aging
Week: April 11-15, 2005 |
| The Gerontological Society of America's
"Careers in Aging Week" is a program designed
to inform people of the different opportunities
that exist in the field of aging. Universities across
the country participate, organizing activities,
such as career fairs, panel discussions, etc. This
promotion is a great opportunity for Schools of
Social Work to set-up events to inform people about
opportunities in the field of aging. For more information,
email Lindsay McCartney (lmccartney@geron.org). |
| Curriculum Development Institutes
(CDIs) Announced |
| Seventy-five social work education
programs have be selected for CDI participation
through a national application process. Selected
GeroRich Project Directors (www.gerorich.org) will
serve as regional mentors/coordinators for the CDIs
across the three-year period. Through both a series
of regional CDI meetings and ongoing consultation,
participants will learn how to teach gerontological
social work competencies and create internal support
for curricular change and sustainability within
their local social work education programs. The
focus is on programmatic participation in order
to increase sustainability. To view the list of
CDI institutes, click here. |
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