Hudson Valley 360: CADER & Partners Launch Free Training Seminar on Sepsis
The Center for Aging & Disability Education & Research (CADER) at BUSSW has partnered with the New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) and the Sepsis Alliance to launch a free training seminar to educate the public on sepsis, a devastating response to infection that kills a person in the United States every two […]
Hudson Valley 360: CADER Partners with NY State Agencies to Offer Disability Training to Eldercare Workforce
The Center for Aging & Disability Education & Research (CADER) at BUSSW has partnered with the New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) and the New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (DDPC) to deliver an online training course designed to help New York’s eldercare workforce better understand intellectual and developmental disabilities and their […]
The Network: Professor Keefe to Join American Geriatrics Society’s Initiative Addressing Structural Racism and Ageism
Research assistant professor Bronwyn Keefe, director of The Network for Professional Education and the Center for Aging and Disability Education and Research (CADER) was invited to the American Geriatrics Society’s new initiative created to eliminate racism, ageism, and other forms of discrimination in the aging health community. Excerpt from “American Geriatrics Society Taps Professor Keefe […]
Professor Keefe Named Partner in SAMHSA’s New Center of Excellence in Behavioral Health Disparities in Aging
BU CADER Advocacy Helps Pass Increased State Funding for Elder Mental Health Outreach Bronwyn Keefe (PI) and the BU Center for Aging & Disability Education & Research (CADER) will partner with Rush University Medical Center in a 5-year, $3.5 million grant funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services organization (SAMHSA) to create a new […]
BUSSW’s Hudson and Gonyea Featured at the Gerontological Society of America’s 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting
At the Gerontological Society of America’s recent Annual Scientific Meeting, Robert B. Hudson, Professor Emeritus at BU’s School of Social Work (BUSSW), received the Elaine M. Brody Thought Leader Award acknowledging outstanding career contributions in social research, policy and practice. Hudson was a professor of social welfare policy at BUSSW from 1985 until his retirement […]
TheStreet: Professor Keefe on Helping Isolated Older Adults
Professor and CADER director Bronwyn Keefe shares her expertise on caring for older adults, training the eldercare workforce, and recognizing signs of loneliness and social isolation in older family and friends. Excerpted from TheStreet: “How to Help Older, Isolated Adults” by Jeanette Pavini: The pandemic has affected people physically, emotionally and financially. Our older population […]
The “Aging Disaster” of COVID-19: Professor Gonyea and PhD Student O’Donnell Examine the Impact of Social Isolation on Boston’s Older Residents
Judith Gonyea, professor and associate dean of faculty affairs at BUSSW, is one of five BU faculty to receive funding from BU’s Initiative on Cities (IOC) call for COVID-19 Urban Research-to-Action proposals. Working with Co-PI PhD student Arden O’Donnell, in collaboration with the City of Boston’s Age Strong Commission, Gonyea and the team will examine the […]
Cape Cod MSW Program Launches New Workshop for Field and Career Education
BUSSW’s Cape Cod MSW Program co-hosted an innovative day-long workshop recently with Cape Cod Community College to prepare students for the field by focusing on topical areas of interest not typically part of the course curriculum. The community effort included presenters from local organizations, who volunteered their time, and was open to associate, bachelor, and […]
CADER Receives Grant Renewal to Confront ‘Single Largest Unaddressed Public Health Threat in the 21st Century’
The Center for Aging and Disability Education and Research (CADER) at BUSSW will use grant funding to train providers across Massachusetts who work with individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia. Following significant positive results from their first training of healthcare workers across Massachusetts that concluded in June 2018, BUSSW’s CADER has received a […]
CADER Joins Leading Eldercare Alliance to Prevent Workforce Crisis in Aging America
BUSSW’s Center for Aging & Disability Education & Research (CADER), known for bringing online training and certificate programs to over 20,000 eldercare professionals since 2002, will join the Eldercare Workforce Alliance, created in response to a report by The Institute of Medicine predicting an impending workforce crisis spurred by America’s aging population, which will nearly […]