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Boston University Office of Research event in January 2025 on "How Social Policies Shape Our Lives from Birth to Old Age" with CADER Director and Assistant Dean for Workforce Development, Bronwyn Keefe, PhD, MPH, MSW and colleagues from Boston University School of Social Work.
View the PDF ReportBUSSW presentation by Megan Nizza, MSW, PhD candidate, and Bronwyn Keefe, PhD, MPH, MSW at the Society for Social Work Research Conference in Seattle, Washington in January 2025.
View the PDF ReportBUSSW presentation by Jordana Muroff, PhD, LICSW, Megan Nizza, LMSW, PhD candidate, and Bronwyn Keefe, PhD, MPH, MSW at the Society for Social Work Research Conference in Seattle, Washington, January 2025.
View the PDF ReportThrough our partnership with the New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA), CADER continues to offer a customized six-course Person-Centered Case Management Certificate Program to ensure that New York case managers are equipped with the knowledge and skills to provide quality services to older adults. Participants learned about performing assessments, identifying resources, providing person-centered care, and other relevant skills.
View the PDF ReportTri-Valley, an Aging Services Access Point in Central Massachusetts, developed the Case Management Accelerated Training (CMAT) program, an 11-week professional development program that equips participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to become case managers. In Session 3, 18 participants completed CADER's Person-Centered Case Management (PCCM) Certificate. Participants reported that the training was highly applicable to their work and gained key case management knowledge and skills.
View the PDF ReportIn the ever-evolving landscape of higher education, there is a growing demand for micro-credentials, which offer a concise learning experience leading to skill development. In this presentation, Dr. Bronwyn Keefe described how CADER training meets this demand in the aging field.
View the PDF ReportHoarding disorder (HD) is a challenging mental health and public health problem. 110 practitioners completed CADER's course, Hoarding Disorder in Older Adults, and showed significant improvements (p<.001) in all learning competencies. The largest change was in the area of being able to identify intervention options and current treatment approaches with hoarding. This poster was presented at the 2024 Gerontological Society of America (GSA) conference.
View the PDF ReportFaith leaders can play a leading role in recognizing and supporting the mental health of their older congregants. To increase faith leaders’ knowledge and skills pertaining to mental health and aging, CADER developed an online course, Mental Health and Aging for Faith Leaders, and piloted the course with 44 faith leaders. Faith leaders showed significant improvements (p< 0.05) in all learning competencies. This poster was presented at the 2024 Gerontological Society of America (GSA) conference.
View the PDF ReportThrough a partnership between CADER and the E4 Center for Excellence, a group of faith leaders in Chicago completed CADER's Mental Health and Aging for Faith Leaders course. Faith leaders gained skills in key competency areas pertaining to mental health and aging. They provided positive feedback on the course and many described plans to add more mental health programming at their congregations.
View the PDF ReportThis evaluation report presents findings from a training initiative completed in partnership with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA). For the training initiative, 136 leaners completed the Behavioral Health in Aging certificate program and 190 learners completed the Person-Centered Case Management certificate program. Learners gained key skills that they will apply in their job roles. The training helped learners feel more confident in their ability to provide better informed and culturally competent care.
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