January 2023 Grand Rounds

Padraic Stanley is a program manager for community integration at the Rush University Medical Center Department of Social Work & Community Health in Chicago. He oversees multiple projects to bring evidence-based group interventions for chronic condition management, pain management, emotional wellness, and fall prevention to older adults throughout the city. He is the chair of Rush’s Immigrant Health Working Group; an adjunct instructor in the School of Social Work, Loyola University Chicago; Associate Professor of Social Work for Rush University College of Health Sciences; a member of the Associate Board of Erie Neighborhood House; and on the Executive Board for the International Association for Social Work with Groups (IASWG).

Jeaneane Quinn is a Geriatric Social Worker in the Rush Department of Social Work and Community Health in Chicago. She provides community clinical social work services at four Senior Centers of the Chicago Department of Family & Support Services, and co-facilitates the monthly Friends and Family of People with Memory Loss support group in collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Association. She is highly skilled in the use of motivational interviewing to assess and encourage participant engagement in health promotion and disease prevention programs. As a Master Trainer for evidence-based falls prevention interventions such as A Matter of Balance and Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention, she is dedicated to fostering health, awareness, advocacy, and education.