Past traumas often have a significant impact as people age, creating challenges for older adults and for family caregivers. Learn about how to address these challenges by accessing a recording of a recent Webinar, Trauma-Informed Care for Family Caregivers of Older Adults, produced by the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) and featuring NASW member Debbie Rosenwein. The JFNA Center for Advancing Holocaust Survivor Care, which is funded by the Administration for Community Living, recently awarded 30 new grants to enhance person-centered, trauma-informed care for Holocaust survivors and for family caregivers of survivors. NASW served on the review committee for the grant. If continued funding is approved by the federal government, JFNA will issue a request for new proposals this summer.
The 2018 NASW National Conference, "Shaping Tomorrow Together," included an aging conference track and a pre-conference session addressing the Reframing Elder Abuse Project.
In fall 2017, NASW released its most substantive update of the Code of Ethics since 1996. The Official National Training on Revisions to the NASW Code of Ethics is available to the public on demand. The training itself is free; continuing education units are available for a small fee.
NASW is accepting proposals for its 2018 national conference, Shaping Tomorrow Together, until 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, December 8. Aging is one of the issue areas for which proposals are welcomed.
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