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The coronavirus pandemic has forced millions of older workers to confront a dilemma: return to work and risk their health or retire early and forfeit their income. Photo by iStock.

The coronavirus has hit older workers hard. Gerontologists at BC want to help.

Christina Matz, an associate professor in the School of Social Work, recently urged the state of Massachusetts to require employers to provide reasonable accommodations to older workers to keep them healthy, safe, and productive in the workplace.
A medical professional comforts a patient during the coronavirus pandemic. Photo by iStock.

COVID-19 has exacted a psychological toll on healthcare professionals. Two graduates recruited social workers to help.

Rachel DiBella and Brooke Huminski teamed up to create a virtual workshop to teach social workers the principles of cognitive processing therapy. Social workers can use the strategy, they say, to help treat medical professionals who have developed post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the pandemic.
People protest at a Black Lives Matter rally

‘Our values force us to not conduct business as usual, but to shine a spotlight on injustices’

Students and faculty in the School of Social Work have reshaped classes and reimagined assignments to address anti-black racism in the wake of the unjust killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery.

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“To solve the most intractable problems of our day—and of tomorrow—we must draw upon a diversity of disciplines and partner with those who actually experience the problems. Only then can we create and scale up appropriate evidence-based interventions.”
Gautam N. Yadama, Dean of Boston College School of Social Work

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