PhD Student Receives Farnsworth Scholarship to Study Compulsive Hoarding in Older Adults
BUSSW doctoral student Christiana Bratiotis has been awarded the Charles H. Farnsworth Trust Aging Policy Research Fellowship in the amount of $30,000 for pre-dissertation research on "The Community Response to Compulsive Hoarding in Older Adults." The study will be conducted between June 2006 and May 2007. The substantial risk to health and safety for older […]
New Program to Train Geriatric Service Providers
The Institute for Geriatric Social Work (IGSW) at Boston University School of Social Work is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) to provide geriatric training to staff at twenty-seven Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) serving older adults across the state. During this one-year partnership, IGSW […]
SSW Receives Grant to Study Post-Foster Care Adolescents
Original Post: April 26, 2006 (Boston) — The latest statistics from the Massachusetts Department of Social Services (DSS) report that more than 10,000 children and adolescents across the state are currently placed in foster care homes. In an effort to examine the experiences of youth after they leave foster care, the School of Social […]