Reports & Publications

• Connecticut Online Training Programs (2016). Click here to read the report.

• New York Case Management Training Program (2016). Click here to read the report.

• Strengthening Patient-Centered Care through Health Care Workforce Training (2016). Click here to read the report.

• Massachusetts DPH Behavioral Health and Aging: Enhancing Competencies for Senior Centers (2015). Click here to read the report.

• Social Workers Provide Input at White House Conference on Aging (2015).  Click here to read the report.

• Georgia Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) Evaluation Report (2014). Click here to read the report.

• Kentucky ADRC Options Counseling Certificate Program (2014). Click here to read the report.

• Massachusetts DPH Mental Wellness and Resilience Among Older Immigrants and Refugees (2014). Click here to read the report.

• Minnesota ADRC Training Program (2014). Click here to read the report.

• Tennessee ADRC Training Program (2014). Click here to read the report.

• Georgia Certificate in Care Management and Aging (2013). Click here to read the report.

• Massachusetts DPH Suicide Prevention Among Older Adult Immigrants and Refugees (2013). Click here to read the report.

• A summary report (2013) for the “Summit on Older Adults: Behavioral Health Issues” that took place at Boston University is now available.  The Summit was sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, and the Massachusetts Association of Mental Health. This report includes discussions on mental health integration, creating systems that are sustainable and the economic impact of behavioral health needs of this growing population.

• Keefe, B. & Geron, S. (2008). Evaluation Through Collaboration: A Model Program of Agency-Based Training in Geriatric Social Work.

• Ryan, C., Keefe, B., & Godoy, S. (2008). A Statewide Training Program to Promote Workforce Development in Aging.

• Vourlekis, B., Zlotnik, J.L., Simons, K., & Toni, R. (2005). Blueprint for Measuring Social Work’s Contribution to Psychosocial Care in Nursing Homes: Results of a National Conference.

• Gonyea, J.G., Hudson, R.B., & Curley, A. (2004). The Geriatric Social Work Labor Force: Challenges and Opportunities in Responding to an Aging Society.

Publications

• Enguidanos, S., Coulourides Kogan, A., Keefe, B., Geron, S., & Katz, L. (2011). Patient-Centered Approach to Building Problem Solving Skills among Older Primary Care Patients: Problems Identified and Resolved. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 54(3): 276-291.

• Keefe B, Geron, S.M., & Enguidanos, S. (2009).  Integrating Social Workers into Primary Care:  Physician and Nurse Perceptions of Roles, Benefits and Challenges.  Social Work in Healthcare, 48(6): 579-596.

• Mills-Dick, K., Geron, S. M., & Erwin, H.  (2007).  Evaluation through collaboration:   A model program of agency-based training in geriatric social work.

• Mills-Dick, K., Lorge, I., & Geron, S.M. (2006). Training Retired Social Workers: Experience and Innovation to Serve the Aging Population.

• Geron, S.M., Andrews, C., & Kuhn, K. (2005). Infusing Aging Skills into the Social Work Practice Community: A New Look at Strategies for Continuing Professional Education.

• Geron, S.M., & Keefe, B. (2005). Moving Evidence-Based Interventions to Populations: A Case Study Using Social Workers in Primary Care.