The CSWE Gero-Ed Center addresses a variety of gerontological issues through publications including ane-newsletter, a monograph on curricular and organizational change, and other reports.
Aging Times
Keep current with Gero-Ed Center activities and resources by visiting the archives of, or subscribing to, our bi-monthly e-newsletter, Aging Times. Each issue addresses a contemporary topic with articles by faculty and students.
Textbook Reviews
In 2004 and 2009, the CSWE Gero-Ed Center conducted Textbook Reviews of widely used generalist texts to analyze the quality and quantity of gero content.
Transforming Social Work Education
In 2009 CSWE Press published Transforming Social Work Education: The First Decade of the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Initiative, edited by Nancy Hooyman and including chapters written by all the GSWI Principal Investigators. Lessons learned regarding community partnerships, scholarly capacity-building, mentoring, communications marketing, and curricular and organizational change are relevant across a range of practice areas and disciplines.
Caregiving Initiative
The State of the Science: Professional Partners Supporting Family Caregivers report was published through the Journal of Social Work Education (JSWE) and the American Journal of Nursing (AJN). It is a must-read for caregiver scholars and practitioners. Full-text articles from JSWE are available.
GeroRich Monograph
The GeroRich Monograph, Achieving Curricular and Organizational Change: Impact of the CSWE Geriatric Enrichment in Social Work Education Project (PDF), summarizes findings and lessons learned from the CSWE Geriatric Enrichment in Social Work Education (GeroRich) Project, funded by the Hartford Foundation 2001-04, and highlights strategies to engage faculty, students, and practitioners in the process of sustainable change.
A Blueprint for the New Millennium
In anticipation of geriatric workforce needs, the former CSWE Strengthening Aging and Gerontological Education for Social Work Project (SAGE-SW) developed A Blueprint for the New Millennium (PDF) in 2000 to guide efforts to train gerontologically competent social workers.