Professor and Chair
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
Dr. Robin Bonifas is a Professor and Chair at the Indiana State University Department of Social Work. She has over 15 years experience working with older adults and their families in both long-term care and inpatient psychiatric settings. Her research focuses on enhancing psychosocial care for persons with chronic illness and disability, especially those with comorbid mental health conditions and those requiring long-term care, and on evaluating curricular interventions designed to prepare social work students for effective practice with older adults. Her current projects examine elder social justice issues such as resident-to-resident aggression in nursing homes, bullying among older adults, and other challenges to social relationships in senior care organizations. In addition, she is examining the impact of high fidelity simulation on students’ competencies for clinical practice. Dr. Bonifas is the author of Bullying Among Older Adults: How to Recognize and Address and Unseen Epidemic available through Health Professions Press. She is a John A. Hartford Faculty Scholar in Geriatric Social Work and earned her doctorate from the University of Washington in Seattle in 2007. She is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work and consulting editor for Health and Social Work.
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Saturday, November 12, 2022
7:45 AM – 8:45 AM