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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:
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Interdisciplinary Collaboration: An Essential Element in Geriatric Social Work
Gerontology is, by its nature, an interdisciplinary science. Social workers in gerontology often work together with many other types of professionals including nurses, physicians, policymakers, and administrators. This month, we focus on how social workers and other professionals work together to spread awareness of the growing need for expertise in gerontology. How are social workers important to interdisciplinary collaboration? GeriPal explains why they love social workers.
*NEW*GSWI's Own Interdisciplinary Collaboration Page
Hartford Interdisciplinary Scholars Communications Conference
The Geropsychiatric Nursing Collaborative
The Portal of Geriatric Online Education
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New
*NEW* Ripples, the e-newsletter of the Geriatric Social Work Initiative: Interdisciplinary Collaboration: An Essential Part of Geriatric Social Work
Click here for our latest issue.
*NEW* Congratulations to Dr. Hee Lee, Fesler-Lampert Chair in Aging Studies!
The University of Minnesota Center on Aging has named its Fesler-Lampert Chair in Aging Studies for 2010-11. This year’s honorary is Dr. Hee Yun Lee, Ph.D., a Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar (Cohort VIII) and Hartford Doctoral Fellow (Cohort IV), is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work, where she conducts research on efforts to improve quality of life, increase health literacy, and reduce cancer care disparities among elderly Asian American immigrants and other elderly populations. The endowed chair funds researchers and scholars to pursue projects that will further knowledge and understanding about aging and its effects on people.
Profiles in Social Work
*NEW* Read the latest edition of Profiles in Social Work Technology Use with Older Adults: A Profile of Adrian Kok, PhD. Also, check out the archives to read about the many social workers who have benefited from our programs.
Other News
health AGEnda - The John A. Hartford Foundation Blog
Keep up to date with the latest in the aging and the broader conversation around health, health care and health policy with the Hartford Foundation blog - health AGEnda.
The Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging
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publication by Dr. Barbara Berkman: The Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging. Click
here to order a copy.
"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:
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