Efforts to prepare more social workers to care for the burgeoning older population got a boost with the announcement that The Institute for Geriatric Social Work (IGSW) at Boston University School of Social Work and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs will join forces for a second year of geriatric training for agency staff […]
The burgeoning of the older population is already affecting social work practice and will have a profound impact on every aspect of the profession in years to come. The Institute for Geriatric Social Work (IGSW), located at Boston University’s School of Social Work, was established through a grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to advance social […]
The Institute for Geriatric Social Work (IGSW), located at Boston University School of Social Work, has received a nine-month grant of $720,000 from The Atlantic Philanthropies. Established in 2002, IGSW has become a national leader in the effort to build a stronger workforce for an aging society through educational innovation, research on training effectiveness, and […]
The Executive Office of Elder Affairs has recently awarded a Mental Health and Aging grant to the Massachusetts Association of Older Americans (MAOA), in collaboration with the Institute for Geriatric Social Work (IGSW) at Boston University School of Social Work. The grant will fund an innovative program of mental health education and supervision for […]