The Institute for Child and Family Well-Being partnership has been working to bring knowledge gained from research into the real world to provide answers for families in need of help.

The modern health care system requires the work of caregiving to fall to whoever else lives in a household — even if they’re kids.

Social Work Assistant Professor Jane Hereth‘s project, EMBODY: A Community‑Engaged, Movement‑Based Intervention to Support LGBTQIA+ Young Adults, received 2026-2027 funding from UW-Milwaukee’s Discove...

Join us for the second instalment of the Foundations of Young Carer Support webinar series. This session will provide a short introduction to young carers for those joining us for the first time befor...

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Kiley McLean presented a “Brief & Brilliant” talk at the SSWR conference that confronts the lack of investment in people with disabilities.

Artistic Representations of Aging is an annual event hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Helen Bader Office of Applied Gerontology.

Social Work 600 at UW-Milwaukee examines the integration of AI and emerging technologies into health and social services.

As the population ages, grandchildren are taking on caregiving roles, but often struggle with the emotional, financial and physical demands.

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The "Going Home" project is a reminiscence-based intervention using virtual reality to help Asian immigrants with dementia and their family caregivers bring back meaningful memories of their home.

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Callie Ylvisaker did something no one else has ever done: She completed all three study abroad programs offered by the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare at UWM, all within a calendar year.

The partnership comes after UWM at Waukesha closed its campus at the end of last semester.

Social work professors Lisa Berger and Colleen Galambos developed the microcredential Suicide Prevention Across the Lifespan to fill the gap in suicide prevention education for social workers.

"LUKi & the Lights" was created to help children around the world understand the disease in an easily accessible way. The story follows the lovable robot LUKi as his mobility declines and he lives wit...

As chancellor of a university that is supported in part by taxpayer dollars, I am keenly aware of the importance of not overspending.

Ageism in healthcare is often an overlooked form of discrimination, yet its effects can significantly  impact the quality of care older adults receive.

Good things happened when older adults talked candidly with each other about aging

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Caregiving responsibilities can cut young people off from peers and interrupt their emerging life story. And there's been little research or support directed at this group. That's starting to change.

First, we talk about age discrimination in the healthcare system with social work scholar Andrew Steward. Then, it’s exercising for fall prevention with Susan Frikken and Jill Renken. Wisconsin Public...

The student gerontology group hosted an event on the intersection of age, sexuality and gender identity in the older adult LGBTQ+ community.