CADER’s Keefe Offers Expertise on Resources for Older Adults’ Behavioral Health
The Boston Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) will bring together local aging, behavioral health, and homeless services providers for a meeting to address behavioral health among older adults in Boston. Bronwyn Keefe from BUSSW’s Center for Aging & Disability Education & Research (CADER) will join experts from over a dozen organizations to discuss resources […]
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 […]
New Grant for BUSSW’s CADER Expands State-of-the-Art Behavioral Health Training for Professionals Who Work with Older Adults
Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) Center for Aging & Disability Education & Research (CADER) expands training and evaluation initiatives across the country with the help of a new grant. The one-year, $115,000 grant from The Retirement Research Foundation (RRF) focuses on workforce training for senior center staff in Florida and Illinois, enabling CADER […]
Tufts Health Plan Foundation Awards Over $130,000 to CADER at Boston University
CADER initiative supports Age-Friendly New Bedford Coalition Tufts Health Plan Foundation announced a two-year grant of $138,889 to Trustees of Boston University to create community outreach and educational campaigns focused on reducing the stigma of mental illness and social isolation. The grant reflects the Foundation’s commitment to building healthier communities by promoting collaboration and improving […]
CADER Launches Two-Year Clergy Training Program Responding to Older Adult Mental Health Needs
On March 21, the Center for Aging and Disability Education and Research (CADER) officially launched a two-year grant-funded program aimed at building the capacity of clergy to address the behavioral health needs of older adults by developing a training program for diverse faith-based leaders throughout Massachusetts. This program, funded by the MA Department of Public […]
Center for Aging & Disability Education and Research to Participate in PCORI Grant; Partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital
BUSSW’s Center for Aging & Disability Education and Research (CADER) will work in partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital on a three-year, $1.9 million PCORI grant. The grant focuses on “Acute Community Care to Avoid Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits,” and examines a new Massachusetts acute community care program–a collaboration between the EasCare ambulance service provider and […]
Kathy Kuhn, Director of Workforce Development, CADER, Appointed to Governor’s Elder Protective Services Commission
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 Receives New Contract with the U.S. Administrative for Community Living
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 […]
IGSW Is Now the Center for Aging and Disability Education and Research at Boston University
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 […]