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Religious Diversity in Health Care, Beth Katz |
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Reverse Mortgage, Jody Smythe |
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The Legal Issues of Health Care, Jane Prochaska, JD |
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Elder Abuse, Christopher Kelly, PhD |
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40‐70 Rule; 70‐40 Rule: A guide to conversation starters |
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for boomers & their senior loved ones , Trisha Groth |
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Don’t Fall in Your Home, BevVan Phillips, OTR‐L, CAPS |
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It’s my funeral – I’ll play jazz if I want too, Sarah Bernhagen |
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Diabetes…You Take Control, Speaker‐ Methodist Access Plus |
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Medicare, Mediwhat?, Sheryl Havermann |
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Medicaid Answers For Today, Margaret Schaefer, JD |
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Press Release
The Long Term Living Training Institute of Pennsylvania: Adult Protective Services Collaboration
September 9, 2009. Boston, MA.
In July, 2009, the Institute for Geriatric Social Work (IGSW) at Boston University School of Social Work developed a collaboration with the Long Term Living Training Institute of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Association of Area Agencies on Aging (P4A) to enrich the training of Adult Protective Services (APS) staff across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The training program enables over 2000 APS workers who are located in the 52 Area Agencies on Aging to choose from a course list comprised of the following online courses:
Elder Abuse: Clinical Issues
Elder Abuse: Policy and the Law
Advocacy and Aging
Ethics (available February, 2010)
Legal Issues in Aging
Mental Health and Aging Issues
Compulsive Hoarding in Older Adults
IGSW's online courses have been shown to be effective for busy professionals, providing convenient, focused training that maximizes the transfer of practice skills and practice-relevant knowledge. Participants can access the training 24/7 from any computer with Internet access, and complete the courses at their own pace.
The Institute for Geriatric Social Work (IGSW) at Boston University is dedicated to strengthening the workforce for an aging society through educational innovation. IGSW was established in 2002 with funding from the Atlantic Philanthropies.
Website: http://www.bu.edu/igsw