2010 Foundation Scholarship Announcement
This year, 50 inspiring long term care employees have been awarded scholarships from the Massachusetts Senior Care Foundation. This year's class of Foundation Scholars, many of whom are seeking nursing degrees, will use the assistance to further their professional development within the long term care setting. The Scholars represent a broad cross-section of employees and facilities across Massachusetts and were selected from more than 300 applicants for this year's program.
Congratulations to our 2010 Scholars!
Meet Lourdes Jouillet in our Scholar Profile of the Week:
Lourdes Juillet first dreamed of becoming a nurse when she was a young child visiting the hospital and was inspired by a kind nurse who comforted her. Even then she knew that she too wanted to care for patients, and help make their experience as painless as possible. Lourdes works as an LPN and Charge Nurse at Goddard House in Jamaica Plain, where she is viewed as an excellent team player. With over seven years of nursing experience, Lourdes is eager to further her education and skills by obtaining her Associates Degree in Nursing through Excelsior College. Lourdes’ commitment to her residents both drives and inspires her: “What I love the most are the smiles on their faces after you make them feel better, not only physically, but also mentally.”
View the 2010 Scholar Profile Archives
Background
The Massachusetts Senior Care Foundation has awarded over $2 million dollars in scholarships to over 1,250 deserving long-term care staff since 1987. The annual scholarship program is funded through the generosity of long term care providers and related businesses. Applications are reviewed and recipients are selected by a panel of scholarship judges representing the senior care, academic and workforce development fields.
The Mass Senior Care Foundation Scholarship program assists long term care employees in meeting their professional goals through continuing their education. This also helps to achieve the profession-wide objective of building an experienced, skilled workforce.
Program Details
Scholarships of up to $2,000 are available for people currently employed full or part time by a nursing facility or assisted living residence in Massachusetts who have:
- worked in long term care for at least one year;
- received above average evaluations from their supervisors and;
- been accepted into or are enrolled in an accredited education program, or have applied and are awaiting acceptance into an accredited institution.
Candidates must:
- Complete an application and write a brief essay including a biographical sketch and description of their career goals and;
- Provide a recommendation from their supervisor, and have the approval of their facility’s administrator or executive director.
Please contact Alissa Weintraub at 617-558-0202 or aweintraub@maseniorcare.org if you have any questions about the Foundation's Scholarship Program.
Other Scholarship Opportunities
Below you will find links providing scholarship, loan and grant information. Please note that the placement of these links on the Mass Senior Care web page does not constitute an endorsement of any of the sites.