Aging & Ethics – UNE School of Social Work

February 27, 2019March 5, 2019 Meg Webster Aging & Ethics, Student Testimonials, Substance Use Disorder, TRIAD

MSW students speak about TRIAD

In 2017, UNE's School of Social Work was granted a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant to develop The Training in Aging Diversity (TRIAD) Project. The school received a supplemental grant in 2018 to develop coordinated training around substance use disorders. TRIAD is a training-in-place program for graduate-level clinical social work students. Though TRIAD reaches people of … Continue reading MSW students speak about TRIAD

February 14, 2019February 15, 2019 Meg Webster Aging & Ethics, Clinical, Community Projects, Faculty Research, Projects, and Presentations, Student Projects, Student Testimonials

A Board Game that Helps Families Learn How Their Aging Loved Ones Want To Be Remembered

We all leave a legacy upon death. Some legacies we know, others we desire, and still others will happen without us ever knowing. Despite growing up in families and keeping in touch with siblings, parents, etc, it is surprising how little we know about what matters most to those closest to us. This is what … Continue reading A Board Game that Helps Families Learn How Their Aging Loved Ones Want To Be Remembered

February 11, 2019February 12, 2019 Meg Webster Aging & Ethics, Clinical, Community Projects, Student Testimonials

Aging and the Arts

UNE's Center for Excellence in Aging and Health and School of Social Work welcomed Dr. Suzanne Doyle from the University of Missouri - St. Louis to facilitate the workshop: Ageless Arts: Harnessing Creativity in Later Life Over 40 participants gathered to EXPLORE the intersections of aging, health, wellness and creativity... LOOK at the "gifts" of aging as assets … Continue reading Aging and the Arts

December 4, 2018December 7, 2018 Meg Webster Aging & Ethics, Student Testimonials, Uncategorized

UNE’s Hospice Immersion Project: Students alter their perspectives on mortality

For the first time this year, social work students participated in UNE’s Hospice Immersion Project at Hospice of Southern Maine Gosnell House. The project was piloted in 2014, initiated by Marilyn R. Gugliucci, MA, PhD ,Professor and Director of Geriatrics Education and Research. Designed and implemented as an experiential medical education learning model, students are “immersed” into … Continue reading UNE’s Hospice Immersion Project: Students alter their perspectives on mortality

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 Meg Webster Aging & Ethics, Student Testimonials

Sometimes You Just Say “Weeeeeee!”

MSW student, Rick Lafrenaye, reflects on his experiences working as a personal caregiver to centenarian, Jim: “Jim” was shaped like a question mark. His spine arched up and over while the top of his head would droop toward the floor if it weren’t for the great effort he spent holding it up enough to see … Continue reading Sometimes You Just Say “Weeeeeee!”