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Ripples
The e-Newsletter of the Geriatric Social Work Initiative
(GSWI)
Volume 3, Issue 8
October 27, 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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Resources
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| New Journal on Lifelong Learning |
| The National Resource Center for
the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes has announced
a new academic journal, The LLI Review, Annual Journal
of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes (OLLI)
set for publication in late spring, 2006. E. Michael
Brady, Professor at the University of Southern Maine,
will serve as editor. The mission of the peer-reviewed
journal is to present original research and thoughtful
commentary on learning among older adults. The Review
will publish work by members of the OLLI national
network as well as by gerontologists and educators
conducting research in the field of older adult
education. Deadline for submissions is Nov. 30,
2005. For detailed Call for Papers, contact: jridge@usm.maine.edu. |
| Call for Poster Abstracts - National
Hispanic Council on Aging Conference |
| Scheduled for April
7-9, 2006 in Miami, FL, the theme of this conference
is: "Successful Strategies for Generations
of Change: A Roadmap for the Hispanic Community."
Faculty, Researchers, and Health Professions Students
are invited to submit an abstract to be considered
for participation in the Research Poster Exhibit.
NHCOA will hold a Research Poster exhibit throughout
the conference to showcase research being conducted
by health professions, social service and medical
students as well as junior researchers and faculty.
To submit an abstract for consideration, please
submit to Elizabeth Collins, MPH at ecollins@nhcoa.org
by Feb. 3, 2006. Abstracts should include the following
information: Title; Purpose; Methods; Results; and
Conclusions (include all applicable if research
is in progress). Please include researcher's short
narrative biography and complete contact information.
All authors will be notified via e-mail of the status
of their submission by Feb. 17, 2005. For more information:
www.nhcoa.org. |
| Third International Conference
on Aging, Disability, and Independence |
| Scheduled in St. Petersburg, Florida,
Feb. 1-4, 2006. The University of Florida Rehabilitation
Engineering Research Center on Technology and Aging
and the American Occupational Therapy Association
will host this conference in partnership with several
federal agencies, corporate sponsors, and partner
organizations. The conference will bring together
researchers, practitioners, business leaders and
people involved in aging policy issues. Conference
tracks include: Smart Homes, Injury Prevention,
Telehealth, Assistive Technology, Home Modifications
and Universal Design, Transportation and Injury
Prevention. The tracks will address themes including
research and development, consumer perspective,
business perspective, policy, practice/services,
and international collaborations. For more information:
www.icadi.phhp.ufl.edu. |
| New AHRQ Tool for Classifying Mental
Health and Substance Abuse Diagnoses Is Now Available |
| AHRQ announced the availability of
a new tool from the Agency's Healthcare Cost and
Utilization Project (HCUP) for researchers working
in the fields of mental health and substance abuse.
The tool, Clinical Classification Software for Mental
Health and Substance Abuse (CCS-MHSA), assigns variables
that identify mental health and substance abuse-related
diagnoses in hospital discharge records using the
diagnosis coding of ICD-9-CM (International Classification
of Diseases, Ninth Edition, Clinical Modification
). CCS-MHSA can be used with any data that include
ICD-09-CM diagnosis information and can be adapted
to work with various software packages. CCS-MHSA
can be used independently for studies focusing solely
on mental health and/or substance abuse conditions
or used in conjunction with the original software,
Clinical Classifications Software (CCS). This original
software provides a method of classifying diagnoses
or procedures into clinically meaningful categories
to facilitate aggregate statistical reporting. Like
all HCUP tools and software, the CCS-MHSA is free
and can be downloaded from the tools and software
section of the HCUP
website. |
| The Center for the Advancement
of Health and the Health Behavior News Service Are
Proud to Announce the Birth of a Blog! |
| The purpose of HealthBehaviorBlog
is to examine the links between what we know and
what we do to improve the health of individuals
and populations. We will comment critically about
the studies, politics and communications that challenge
or support the assumptions behind consumer-driven
health care -- that if people have access to science-based
information about their health, they will seek,
find and act rationally on it.
HealthBehaviorBlog is moderated by the Center's
founding executive director and president, Jessie
Gruman, Ph.D., and Ira R. Allen, Vice President
for Public Affairs, and appears at the top of
the CFAH Web site www.cfah.org. Every month, as
she has done for the past five years, Dr. Gruman
will post an essay tying the Center's mission
of translating research into policy and practice
to current events. Readers are free to agree,
disagree, inform or amuse. In addition to the
essay, several times a week Dr. Gruman and Mr.
Allen will add observations on the day's health
news.
HealthBehaviorBlog is not only a resource for
researchers and advocates, it is meant to keep
journalists, authors and other bloggers current
with what we think is important. So, please bookmark
us at www.cfah.org and visit www.hbns.org to see
the latest news about peer-reviewed research on
health and behavior.
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| Upcoming Palliative Care Event
for Geriatric Social Work Initiative |
| Building the Hospice-Hospital Partnership:
Special West Coast Palliative Care Leadership Center
Training Event. Dates are January 12-13, 2006, and
location is San Diego Hospice, San Diego, CA. It
is supported by The Center to Advance Palliative
Care (CAPC) and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Palliative Care Leadership Centers (PCLC) provide
two-days of intensive, hands-on training as well
as a full year of follow-up mentoring to teams seeking
to develop and strengthen their hospice-hospital
partnerships. Through a comprehensive curriculum,
you will learn: Systems and needs assessment; Financing
and business planning; How to choose organizational
and service models; Staffing strategies; Measuring
clinical and financial impact; Strategies for ensuring
and managing growth; Marketing palliative care to
clinicians and patients; Approved for 13 Hours,
Category 1, Physician CME Credit; Nursing and Social
Work Accreditation Pending. Early Bird Rates through
November 15, 2005. Limited to teams only. Click
here to register. Space is available on a first-
come, first-served basis only. |
| Funding Opportunities |
| Social Work Leadership Institute
Announces Second Funding Cycle for PPPs! |
| We are pleased to announce our Second
Funding Cycle for master's level schools of social
work to apply for funds to establish a Practicum
Partnership Program (PPP)! This summer, we funded
ten schools across the United States, and next Spring,
will fund another 25 schools to better prepare social
workers to meet the needs of older adults.
Funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation, the
PPP is based on enhanced field practicum experiences
for students specializing in the field of aging.
Simultaneously, the PPP aims to establish and
reinforce dynamic partnerships between universities
or colleges and local community agencies. For
more information, please see our website at: www.socialworkleadership.org
We strongly encourage any school that would be
interested in becoming a PPP site to apply! In
addition, resubmissions from Cycle 1 will be carefully
reconsidered.
Applications for the PPP RFP will be made available
online on Tuesday, November 1, 2005. The application
process will now be done online--in addition,
assistance and feedback is available for your
application! For details, please see our website
or send us your questions at PPP@nyam.org
The deadline for the RFP is January 15, 2006,
11:59 PM EST. Notifications will be made on March
15, 2006.
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| RFP: Research on the Aftermath
of Hurricane Katrina: Immediate Call by NSF for
SGER Proposals for Research in Fields of Science,
Engineering and Education |
The National Science Foundation (NSF)
is requesting immediate submission of proposals
for Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER)
regarding the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The
SGER program is designed to allow investigators
to write brief proposals for funding up to $200,000
for 1-2 years; promising a very short turn-around
time to address research topics that are relevant
to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. For more information,
visit: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11678&from=fund.
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| AHRQ Announces Small Grant Program
for Conference Support |
| The Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ) recently announced its continued
interest in supporting conferences through its Small
Conference Grant Program. AHRQ small conference
grants are for those with direct costs of $50,000
or less over the project period. This program is
intended to complement and promote AHRQ's core research
by providing a mechanism for Agency stakeholders
and others to (1) develop health services research
agendas and identify strategies and mechanisms for
studying them; (2) discuss and develop consensus
around health services research methodological and
technical issues; (3) disseminate health services
research information for formulating or evaluating
health policy, managing health care programs, and
using or purchasing health services; and (4) develop
partnerships with stakeholder organizations and
build their capacity to participate in research
activities and use the results of health services
research. Application deadlines are: August 20,
October 20, December 20, February 20, April 20,
and June 20 annually (beginning August 20, 2005
and ending June 20, 2008). For more information,
visit the NIH
grants website. |
| NIH offers $35,000 in Annual Student
Loan Repayment |
| The application cycle for the NIH
Loan Repayment Programs opens Sept. 1, 2005 and
closes Dec. 1, 2005. The NIH awards up to $35,000
annually in student loan repayments to health professionals
engaged in qualifying research. Details and the
online application are available at www.lrp.nih.gov.
All applications must be completed by 8 p.m. EST,
Dec. 1, 2005. |
| Research & News |
| 1 Million U.S. Children Are Caregivers |
| More than 1 million children in the
USA take care of sick or disabled relatives, a government-financed
study finds. It is the first to document what advocacy
groups call a hidden national problem. The 1.3 million
to 1.4 million child caregivers, ages 8 to 18, have
responsibilities more suited to adults, the national
survey says. It will be presented at a conference
by the National Alliance for Caregiving and the
United Hospital Fund, with financing from the U.S.
Administration on Aging. Click
here to read a copy of the article in USA Today. |
| Announcements |
| Six New Hartford Doctoral Fellows
in Geriatric Social Work Selected |
| Learn
more! |
| Sessions Involving Older Adults
at the 2005 Annual Association of Baccalaureate
Social Work Program Directors (BPD) Conference |
| Click
here for a comprehensive list of sessions at
BPD involving older adults. |
| The CSWE Gero-Ed Center at BPD |
| The CSWE Gero-Ed Center is sponsoring
two sessions for BSW faculty members at the Annual
Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program
Directors (BPD) conference in Austin, Texas November
2-6.
"Exploring the Family Unit: Strategies and
Resources for Infusing Aging and Intergenerational
Content across the Curriculum" is the theme
for our bi-annual Gero-Ed Institute on Thursday,
November 3, 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. With expert trainers
Dr. Cheryl Waites and Nancy Kropf, participants
will have an opportunity to: (1) expand their
knowledge of gerontological and cross-generational
competencies and resources; and (2) develop modules
and projects on aging families and intergenerational
dynamics to infuse in their own social work courses.
A panel presentation "Gero-Ed Center Strategies
for Curriculum and Organizational Change"
will feature BSW faculty members who are participants
in our Curriculum Development Institutes. They
will present effective curricular resources and
effective infusion strategies to embed aging content
in courses related to children and families. Mark
your programs for Friday, November 4, 9:45 - 11:00
AM.
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| Job Opening at the John A. Hartford
Foundation |
| Click
here to learn about the job opening. |
| Major Changes to NIH's Grant Application
Process Coming Soon |
| Click
here to access the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Research Guide to NIH Grants. For recent publications
in the "NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts"
relevant to behavioral and social science research,
click
here.
NIH announced recently that it will begin conversion
from the PHS 398 grant
application form to the new Standard Form (SF)
424 Research and Research
Related (R&R), which will require electronic
submission through Grants.gov
(http://grants.gov). For now, R01 applications
will continue to use the 398.
However, in October 1, 2006, they will also require
electronic submission
via the SF 424. Now is the time to learn and prepare
for the future! For more information, click
here.
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