Professor Bronwyn Keefe recently received a $250,000 grant from the Commonwealth Corporation to support health care providers’ understanding of Massachusetts’ health care law Chapter 224. This project will provide workforce development training to address the operational change Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA) is undertaking in an effort to strengthen the capacity to provide team based, person-centered […]
Kathy Kuhn, MSW, LICSW, director of workforce development, Center for Aging & Disability Education & Research, has been appointed by Governor Patrick to serve on the City of Boston’s Elder Protective Services Commission, effective immediately. Kuhn has worked at the Center (formally IGSW) since 2004 and is the Center’s director of workforce development. During her […]
The Center for Aging and Disability Education and Research at Boston University School of Social Work (formerly known as IGSW) has received a one-year $600,000 contract from the U.S. Administration for Community Living (ACL). The Center has been designated as the lead organization in a major new initiative of ACL and the Centers for Medicare […]
New Name, Expanded Focus, Same Commitment October 30, 2012. (Boston, Mass.)—The Institute for Geriatric Social Work is changing its name and expanding its focus, the organization recently announced. IGSW will now be known as the Center for Aging and Disability Education and Research at Boston University, dedicated to strengthening the skills of those serving older […]