Helping Social Workers Focused on an Aging Population

Boston University’s Institute for Geriatric Social Work has received a five-year, $3.1 million grant to continue efforts to prepare the social services workforce for an aging society. Bureau of the Census population projections released in 1996 predict that from 2010 to 2030, the U.S. geriatric population will rise from 39 million to 69 million, a 75 percent increase. From 2030 to 2050, the growth rate is projected to increase another 14 percent, bringing the total of older Americans to 79 million. BU Today