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Boston University's Institute for Geriatric Social Work Awarded $3.1-million Grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies
By Colin Riley (Boston) Boston University’s Institute for Geriatric Social Work (IGSW), a national leader in training social workers in competencies related to aging, has received a five-year, $3.1-million extension grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) to continue the institute’s trail-blazing efforts to prepare the…
Author: Boston University
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Economy prompts shift in Plus 50
Original Source By MATTHEW DEMBICKI The slumping economy and increases in layoffs have prompted community colleges that are part of a new national initiative to engage older learners to tilt their programs for that population more toward job training than other types of programs. The…
Author: Community College Times
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Getting the Communication Plan Right From Day One
Stacey Easterling is a Programme Executive for Ageing at The Atlantic Philanthropies. In 2007, The Atlantic Philanthropies began funding a national pilot in which success depended on engaging, and helping shift society’s perceptions of, people over age 60. This pilot needed to take hold in a…
Author: Stacey Easterling, Programme Executive
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JJC helping over-50 job seekers
The last time Walter Corey searched for a job, it was standard protocol to go door-to-door, business-to-business, to distribute a resume. Two decades later, however, Corey learned that not only do the job seekers of today refrain from that practice, but most don’t even leave…
Author: The Herald News
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Employers learning gray matters
by Betty Beard More employers now realize they need to recruit and retrain older workers — especially Baby Boomers. But many aren’t sure how to go about that. And at the same time, mature applicants are seeking jobs in drastically changed workplaces that have gone…
Author: The Arizona Republic
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GSA: Long-Term Care Workers Struggle with Elderly Population Boom
Original Source As America’s aging population increases, so does its need for long-term care, and the workers who provide these services often lack the support they need–particularly in the area of pay and work relationships. These concerns are center stage in “Better Jobs Better Care:…
Author: Gerontological Society of America
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ReServe Explores Sharing its Model with Other Nonprofits
Original Source Retirees looking for meaning and ways to use their skills and experience and nonprofits looking for seasoned talent have been slow to connect. But their parallel paths are now bending into arcs that create can-do circles, and ReServe, with a grant from the…
Author: ReServe
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Purpose Prize Winner Fights for Caregivers
Crusader Barbara Young helped nannies get better pay and benefits. Her new goal: better working conditions for aides to the elderly. When is the last time you worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week for total pay of $225? My guess is probably…
Author: Next Avenue
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Instead of retiring, seniors are REWIRING
by Mike McLean A job-skills program called Plus 50 that’s geared toward retirement-aged people wishing to remain in the work force is achieving early success at Community Colleges of Spokane and has been named as a model training program for other community colleges. CCS’s Institute…
Author: Journal of Business-Spokane
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SERVICES AND CARE FOR THE ELDERLY
SECTION: CAPITOL HILL HEARING TESTIMONY LENGTH: 1726 words Statement of Dr. Diana White Senior Research Associate, Institute on Aging Portland State University Committee on Senate Special Aging July 23, 2008 Good morning Senator Casey, Ranking Member Smith, and members of the Committee; I very much…
Author: Congressional Quarterly