Grant Will Prepare Bethany Social Workers for Changing Population
September 25, 2008
September 25, 2008
LINDSBORG, Kan., Sept. 25 -- Bethany College issued the following news release:
By 2020, one in six Americans will be age 65 or older. That's according to the Council on Social Work Education Gero-Ed Center and the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Initiative, which recently awarded the Bethany College Social Work Department a $5,000 grant to help prepare social work students to work with older adults and their families. The grant funds will be matched by Bethany College.
By 2020, one in six Americans will be age 65 or older. That's according to the Council on Social Work Education Gero-Ed Center and the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Initiative, which recently awarded the Bethany College Social Work Department a $5,000 grant to help prepare social work students to work with older adults and their families. The grant funds will be matched by Bethany College.