1. Anita Rosen Panel: Best Practices in Gerontological Infusion CSWE APM San Antonio, TX November, 2009 Nancy Kelley-Gillespie, Ph.D. Ivory Welbourn, MSW Student University of Nebraska at Omaha School of Social Work

2. UNO SSW Background Part of the College for Public Affairs and Community Service Department of Gerontology (MS, Certificate, Minor) School of Social Work houses the only MSW in the state with up to 250 MSW students enrolled in the Foundation and Advanced Standing programs, including a Distance Education program in Kearney, NE (soon to be another distance site in South Sioux City, NE). One of 7 undergraduate social work programs in the state with approximately 55 BSSW students 12 faculty UNO is the state's metropolitan university located in the heart of Nebraska's largest city. Nearly 200 programs of study are offered to more than 15,000 students. The mission of the UNO School of Social Work is to educate students to become highly qualified social workers who serve people of all ages and influence the systems that affect them, to advance knowledge through teaching and research, and to engage with diverse communities to promote socially just societies.

3. Interest in Gerontology in UNO SSW Precipitating Factors Reaccreditation –Revised mission –Revised program goals and objectives –Course audit Revised all syllabi Award Participation –RAND Summer Institute on Aging –NIA Social Work and Aging Research Institute –Hartford Leadership Academy in Aging Grants –Curriculum Development Institute –Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education –Midwest Consortium for Service- Learning in Higher Education –Iowa West Foundation Faculty Buy-In School leadership –Director –Gerontology Subcommittee of School’s Advisory Board Mandatory faculty in-service with CEU’s Course revisions  aided revisions to content with resources and materials Support for well-rounded approach  curriculum and extra-curricular activities Faculty development

4. Highlights of Curriculum Infusion Efforts

5. Infused Courses Pre-Social Work Courses –Introduction to Social Welfare –Volunteer Experience and Civic Engagement BSSW Courses –HBSE I & II –Social Welfare Policy –Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families –Mental Health & Intellectual Disabilities MSW Foundation Courses –HBSE I & II –Social Welfare Policy –Generalist Practice I –Generalist Practice II –Institutional Oppression –Research MSW Advanced Standing Courses Required: –Social Welfare Planning –Clinical Social Work Practice with Individuals –Advanced Research (Program Evaluation or Clinical Research Methods) Electives: –Advanced Community Practice –Social Justice and Advocacy –Social Work Practice with Families –Family and Community Violence –Health/Mental Health Policy and Practice –Social Work Practice with Children –Permanence for Children –Social Work Practice with Sexual Concerns –Social Work Practice with Addictive Disorders

6. Additional Curriculum Efforts in Gerontology Special Studies (2007-2009) –“Hospice Awareness and Utilization in Rural Nebraska” –“An Exploration of Aging in Rural Nebraska” –“Bereavement in Congregate Settings: An Approach to Assisting Older Adults Grieving Multiple Losses” –“Social Security: Past, Present, and Future” –“Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation” Research Other Than Thesis (2007) –“Is the Racial Difference between White Nursing Home Residents and Nonwhite Certified Nursing Assistants a Factor in the Caregiving Relationship?” Cross-listed courses –Working with Minority Elderly –Hospice with Patients and Families New courses developed –Advanced Social Work Practice with Older Adults (2007) –Social Work and Aging (in progress) Curriculum pathways developed for students pursuing BSSW or MSW simultaneously with an undergraduate Minor or Certificate in Gerontology or a Graduate Certificate in Gerontology –Academic Advising –Collaboration with Department of Gerontology Scholarships

7. Additional Infusion Efforts: Practicum Increase in # of aging-related practicum settings –at least 50 out of ≈ 300 approved agencies offer experiences with older adults –24 = L.E.G.E.N.D.S. sites  15 new Since January, 2008, 57 students (29,184 hours) have had a practicum experience in an aging-related setting (Average = 9 students per semester) L.E.G.E.N.D.S. –Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education (13) Seminars –AAA Programs and Services –AARP—Current Hot Topics –Legal Topics in Aging –Ways to Effectively Communicate with Individuals with Dementing Disorders –Issues of Grief and Loss –TimeSlips Training and Certification –Gambling Issues in the Senior Population –Canine-Assisted Therapy and Programs for Seniors –APS Services and the Vulnerable Adult –Hoarding Issues Among Older Adults –Iowa West Foundation  rural practicum sites + build infrastructure capacity

8. Additional Infusion Efforts: Service-Learning Volunteer Experience & Civic Engagement –TimeSlips –Remembrance Books –Hospice Volunteering Advanced Community Practice –Homestead Exemptions Advanced Social Work Practice with Older Adults –Leaving a Legacy –Spiritual Life Mapping –“Looking in my Mirror” –Coping With Loss: Adjusting to Transition From Community Living to Nursing Home Placement –Self-Care for the Grandparent Caregiver –Planning for the Future: Care Transitions for GRG Program Evaluation –5 nursing homes –2 hospice programs –1 adult day care –1 bereavement program –1 senior aquatics program –1 assisted living facility Social Welfare Planning Working with Minority Elderly Social Work Practice with Communities Research

9. Highlights of Extra-Curricular Opportunities and Infusion Efforts

10. EXAMPLES OF FACULTY SERVICE EFFORTS RELATED TO AGING Community Presentations –Grandparent Resource Center –NASW-NE –VNA –Community College –Good Samaritan Center Conference Presentations Grants –Nebraska Geriatric Education Center –Program for Women and Successful Aging –L.E.G.E.N.D.S. Displays –National Older Americans Month –National Social Work Month Advocacy –Step Up for Children Rally –Letter to legislature on behalf of AAA $ Campus/Community Service –Partnerships in Aging Network –Program for Women and Successful Aging –Lifelong Learning Initiative –Careers in Aging Week –Teaching Circle –Research Triangle –Community Engagement Link 2007 and 2009 Aging with Passion and Purpose Conference –UNO Gerontology Interest Group –Chancellor’s Commission on the Status of Women –Eppley Cancer Research Institute Consultant –Nebraska Humanities Council—“Growing Older in Nebraska” –Heartland Family Services –Munroe Meyer Institute –Neighbors Helping Neighbors

11. EXAMPLES OF FACULTY RESEARCH ACTIVITIES RELATED TO AGING Aging Parents of Adult Children with Disabilities (2 Graduate Assistants) Impact of Race/Ethnicity on Perceptions of Quality of Care and Quality of Life of Older Adults Receiving Care from Nonrelative Caregivers (1 BSSW Research Assistant) Challenges and Successes of Matching Homecare Workers and Care Receivers Building a Continuum of Care for Older Adults Cancer Across the Lifespan Early Life Health Circumstances and Later Life Health Outcomes

12. EXAMPLES OF STUDENT SERVICE AND RESEARCH EFFORTS RELATED TO AGING Campus Activities –Annual Careers in Aging Week events –UNO Gerontology Interest Group Sigma Phi Omega Community Activities –Program for Women and Successful Aging TimeSlips “Leaving a Legacy” –Retirement Community Weekly Seminars End-of-Life Care/Hospice Info Advanced Directives Lifelong Learning Initiative Civic Engagement Falls Prevention –TimeSlips training and certification Conferences –Annual conferences of the Nebraska Geriatric Education Center –Biennial Aging with Passion and Purpose Conferences –Aging in the Heartland Conference –Gero-Ed Conference –Midwest Consortium for Service- learning in Higher Education –Annual Elder Abuse Symposium Publications –1 MSW student submitted Special Studies for publication Scholarships –MEN’S

13. MSW STUDENT GERONTOLOGY SURVEY: What difference did our efforts make? PRETEST N=161 Fall 2006, 2007, 2008 –HBSE I and Clinical SW Practice with Individuals 132 female, 21 male, 1 transgendered Perceived preparation to work with older adults = 22% Aging as area of social work practice most interested in = 26% POSTTEST N=50 (matched  n=19) Graduated 2007, 2008, 2009 –Majority reported beginning MSW program in 2005 48 female, 2 male Perceived preparation to work with older adults = 34% Aging as area of social work practice most interested in = 28% 32% reported that the MSW program increased their level of interest in working with older adults