CSWE National Center for Gerontological Social Work Education

2006 Gero-Ed Forum

4th Annual Gero-Ed Forum
February 16-19, 2006
Chicago, IL
Hyatt Regency Chicago

Summary of the 2006 Gero-Ed Forum.

2006 Abstract Book - Full Abstracts from the 2006 Gero-Ed Forum

Photos from the 2006 Gero-Ed Forum.

Old, Poor & Vulnerable: The Other Side of the Baby Boom (PDF) - Elizabeth J. Clark, NASW Executive Director, delivered the keynote address at the 2006 Gero-Ed Forum Kick-off.

Gero-Ed Center/AGE-SW Roundtables Summary (PDF): The goal of this year's roundtables was to create an agenda related to older adults, social justice and social work education and practice.

Doctoral Student Session (PowerPoint) - Nancy R. Hooyman, Gero-Ed Center co-PI, led a special session for doctoral students interested in gero infusion. (Presentation includes content developed by Jean Munn, MSW).

Gero-Ed Forum Special Sessions -A list of special sessions and events from the 4th Annual Gero-Ed Forum.

Film Festival - A list of films from the 1st Annual Gero-Ed Forum Film Festival.

Past Rosen Award Winners

4th Annual Gero-Ed Forum - Chicago, IL

Raising the Bar: Promoting Student Involvement in Social Work Research
Stephanie Herbers
Saint Louis University
MSW Student

Labor Force Participation Decisions by Older Workers : International Comparative Study
Jeungkun Kim
University of Wisconsin-Madison
PhD Student

Anita Rosen and Stephanie Herbers with the Rosen Award
Anita Rosen presents Stephanie Herbers with her award, Gero-Ed Forum 2006.

Jeungkun Kim and his poster during the Student Poster Session
Jeungkun Kim stands in front of his poster, Gero-Ed Forum 2006.

Sponsors

A special thanks to all of the 2006 Gero-Ed Forum sponsors:

Haworth Press, Inc. www.haworthpress.com
Rush University Medical Center www.rush.edu
National Alzheimer's Association www.alz.org
Anita Rosen

Related Information

For more information about conference-related events and speakers, please visit the following Web sites:

Perceptual Motion, Inc. www.perceptualmotiondance.com
Almost Home (Feature Film) www.pbs.org/independentlens/almosthome
Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGE-SW) www.agesw.org
National Association of Social Workers (NASW) www.naswdc.org

Photos from the 2006 Gero-Ed Forum

Four dancers from multigenerational dance troupe.
Kick-off audience learns a dance.
Dancers from Perceptual Motion, Inc. teach the audience to dance during the Gero-Ed Forum Kick-off.

Dancer as Sea Nymph
Dancer performs as a sea nymph.

Dancer in yellow portrays young woman. Dancer in red portrays woman in midlife.
Dancer in white portrays old age.
The Dancers portray three distinct stages of womanhood: the choices of youth, the confusion of midlife, and the joys of older adulthood.

Rosen Award Judge Ashley Brooks-Danso
Left: Ashley Brooks-Danso helps judge student poster for the Rosen Awards.
Right: Students present their posters during the student poster session.

Gero-Ed Center/AGE-SW Roundtable

Almost Home filmmakers with popcorn machine at the special screening of their film Conference participants at the Film Festival
Left: Filmmaker Brad Lichtenstein and others in the film Almost Home at the special screening of their film.
Right: Participants watch gero-related films during the 1st Annual Film Festival.

Nancy R. Hooyman and Ashley Brooks-Danso Shannon Dorsey and Jeanie Hines
From right to left: Nancy Hooyman, Ashley Brooks-Danso, Shannon Dorsey, and Jeanie Hines, Gero-Ed Center staff.