Class Notes

Check my latest publications:

Cabin, W. (2024). “They Live in an Isolation Chamber”: Medicare Fails the Depressed Homebound

Elderly. Home Health Care Management and Practice, 36 (1): 12-19. Published online in 2023:

https://doi.org/10.1177/10848223231165274.

Cabin, W. (2024). “What Were They Thinking?”: The Exclusion of Medicare Home Health from Providing

Supplemental Social Needs Benefits. Home Health Care Management and Practice,

Volume 36, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1177/10848223221135576

Dr. Lisa Young Larance's book, Broken: Women's Stories of Intimate and Institutional Harm and Repair, will be available August 6, 2024.

https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520392335/broken

Lindsay Bryan-Podvin shared expert insights on the emotional toll of financial scams in a recent appearance on CNN Central News with Brianna Keilar & Boris Sanchez. She highlighted the misconception that only seniors fall prey to scams and emphasized that anyone can be vulnerable. The discussion centered on a viral story where a personal finance journalist was scammed out of a large sum of money, illustrating how scammers exploit personal information to induce fear and dysregulate the victims' nervous system. Bryan-Podvin stressed the importance of empathy and compassion in combating financial exploitation.

On March 13, 2024 I was recognized for my policy work with the 2024 Outstanding Individual in Academia Award from the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy (CRISP).

After 11 years of federal service to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Bryan has accepted a new role with the US Department of Health and Human Services providing federal oversight of State and community based programs.

In March, I am releasing a novel, Supplemental Needs, about a family coping with a prenatal diagnosis of Klinefelter syndrome, a disorder of sexual development resulting from an extra X chromosome in a male. Popular literature has not addressed the dilemma of prenatal diagnosis of developmental disabilities and rarely atypical development in a child. Previously, I published the widely read guide, Living with Klinefelter Syndrome, Trisomy X and 47,XYY. I used my experience as a social worker devoted to improving life for those with developmental disabilities and as my personal experiences as a special needs parent to write both For more information on both publications, please visit www.virginiacover.com.

I was selected as a 2024 Presidential Leadership Scholar. More info can be found here: https://www.presidentialleadershipscholars.org/2024-class-of-presidenti…

Lauren Davis was featured in the Michigan Daily, profiling her journey to pursuing diversity, equity, and inclusion work at the University of Michigan.

https://www.michigandaily.com/news/administration/my-success-was-findin…

SWWLHC Award for Social Work Leadership in Clinical Practice has been awarded to John Paul Tuanqui Abenojar, Social Services Manager at Arleigh Burke Pavilion - Vinson Hall Retirement Community. He has consistently exemplified the qualities that made Ida Cannon, an iconic figure in health social work leadership. His career dedicated to improving the lives of older adults in long term care settings has called attention to the critical importance of psychosocial care, for both the patient and family.

I am humbled to be selected as an honoree for the de Beaumont Foundation’s 40 Under 40 in Public Health Class of 2023. This is an accomplished group of professionals striving to bring healthier solutions to communities across the nation. https://debeaumont.org/40-under-40/sade-richardson/