Interagency Network for Aging

Dr. Rosemary Chapin moderated the Interagency Network for Aging (INFA) Legislative Forum.  INFA is an aging partnership made up of directors from local agencies that provide services to seniors.  The purpose of the forum is for Douglas County legislators to address issues that are important to older adults.

Partnership for Productive Aging Education (PPAE) Project

Showcased at Gero-Ed Forum

(Left to right) Holly Nelson-Becker, Associate Professor, and Kris Matthews, MSW, Assistant Director of Field Education at the University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare showcase their "Partnership for Productive Aging Education" (PPAE) Project at the 2007 Gero-Ed Forum, February 2-4, 2007 in Charleston, SC.  Program faculty/Staff not pictured: Doreen Higgins, Project Coordinator; Rosemary Chapin, Professor and Co-PI; and Jean Peterson, Director of Field Education.

Dr. Chapin served as Kansas Delegate to the White House Conference on Aging

The mission of the White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA) is to identify important issues regarding aging and to make recommendations on how to address them. This conference was the 5th since 1961 and is typically held every decade. Governors, members of Congress, the National Congress of American Indians and the WHCoA Policy Committee collectively select about 1,200 delegates for the conference. A list of 73 resolutions were developed prior to the conference and 50 were chosen to make the final list of resolutions during the conference. President Bush and Congress will be presented with a final report from the Conference by June 2006. To learn about the resolutions and conference in more detail go to www.whcoa.gov.

KU SSW Grads Co-Facilitate Advanced Case Management Training

The Office of Aging and Long Term Care and the Office of Mental Health Research and Training collaborated to offer a workshop for Community Mental Health Center case managers, "Case Management with Older Adults". Assisting them in their efforts were four of the state's leading authorities on mental health and aging:

Nancy Trout of the Shepherd's Center, Jean Holthaus of Prevention and Recovery Services, Nancy Luber of Johnson County Mental Health Center, and Annette Graham of Central Plains Area Agency on Aging. All are graduates of the School of Social Welfare. Thank you, Nancy, Jean, Nancy, and Annette, for your willingness to travel to Great Bend to share your expertise with training participants!