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Update of the Hartford
Partnership Program for Aging
Education
Patricia Volland , Director
Emma Barker, Program Officer
Social work Leadership Institute
Nora OBrien-Suric, Senior Program Officer
John A. Hartford Foundation
Saturday November 10th, 2012
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
HPPAE today
 72 funded schools
 Normalization Schools Implemented:
• 16 launched
• 4 launching in fall 2012
 VHA/GRECC Schools 5 launched
 Total Schools 97
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Student Impact
 Over 2,600 graduated by spring 2012
 91% agreed that their personal goals in
learning to work with older persons and their
families were achieved in their field practicum
 92% agreed that rotations enabled them to learn
about the range of services to older people
 91% agreed that having experiences in more
than one field agency or department was useful
 95% would recommend the Hartford Internship to
other students in aging
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HPPAE Career Tracking
 Of graduates that completed the career
tracking survey:
 92% were employed and approximately 75%
were in an age-related position
 25% were working in one of their HPPAE
placement sites following graduation.
 The majority indicated that participation in
HPPAE increased their interest in working with
older adults and that HPPAE was important in
preparing them for their career
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Student
Leadership Development
 Continued Student Leadership Strategic Plan:
 More hands-on outreach and “branding” by SWLI
 Student advisory committee
 New student site at:
 https://sites.google.com/site/hppaestudentnetwork
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www.myspace.com/swli
www.facebook.com
Student e-journal Generativity
Student newsletter, HPPAE Happenings
Encourage student attendance and networking at
conferences
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Institutional Impact
 The number of Field Instructors participating in each site’s
HPPAE ranged from 1 to 22.
 72% of HPPAE programs provided special training for field
instructors.
 The majority of programs reported having formal
partnerships with between 5 and 25 agencies.
 Most schools met with their partnering organizations on a
quarterly or monthly basis.
 The majority of sites agreed that they would continue to use
the HPPAE rotational model in the future.
 37% will expand their rotational model
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Institutional Impact
 HPPAE impact on social work programs:
 Expanded recognition for and commitment to
aging focused education
 Brought institutional recognition of aging
programs
 Increased awareness of the importance of
interprofessional education
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Competency-based
Social Work Education
 89% of adoption schools reported HPPAE
benefitted their school:
 Greater emphasis on competency-based
education
 82% “Agreed” or “Strongly Agreed” that they
would continue use of the GSW Competencies
 Utilized by Council on Social Work Education
(CSWE) in adoption of the 2008 Educational
Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS)
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HPPAE Impact,
Deans and Directors
 The National Association of Deans and Directors
(NADD) Gerontological Social Work Survey
 Majority of schools report HPPAE had a positive
impact on:
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Student learning opportunities
School and agency collaboration
Field instruction
Curriculum development
Image and reputation of MSW program
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HPPAE and the
VHA/GRECC Project
•Expand the social work workforce caring for
the older adult population
•Secure stipends for MSW students placed at
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical
Centers (GRECC), developed by the VHA
•MSW students concurrently enrolled in
HPPAE programs
•2012–2015, 12 VHA/GRECC sites and 3 VA
sites to adopt HPPAE, plus new schools of
social work
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VHA/GRECC and HPPAE
Initiative 2012
 7 pilot VHA/GRECC, VA and HPPAE sites
 Orientations conducted at VA Medical Centers in:
 Salt Lake City, Utah
 Birmingham, Alabama
 Madison, Wisconsin
 5 new schools of social work adopt HPPAE
 7 trained mentors from 5 HPPAE grantee
programs
 Follow up conference calls conducted
 Webinar conducted to train Field Instructors
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VHA/GRECC and HPPAE
Initiative 2012-2013
 Pilot Sites continued; Orientations to be conducted
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Baltimore VHA/GRECC
New England, Boston and Bedford VHA/GRECC
San Antonio, VHA/GRECC
Northport, LI, VA
 5 schools of social work new to HPPAE identified
 10 mentors identified
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VHA/GRECC and HPPAE
Initiative 2013-2015
 6 new VHA/GRECC sites to be identified
 2 new VA sites to be identified
 New schools invited to adopt HPPAE
 New mentors from grantee schools
collaborate in partnerships
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Accomplishment:
Marketing Tools
Over the past year, SWLI maintained the communications
infrastructure for the continued learning of the grantees. A variety of
methods for maintaining their communication are in place:
• Listserv
• Upgraded website:
http://www.nyam.org/social
-work-leadership-institute/
• Webinars
• Conference Calls
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Sustaining and
Institutionalizing HPPAE
 Merging of CSWE Gero-Ed Center and
HPPAE of SWLI/NYAM
 Institutionalize HPPAE within Gero-Ed Center;
including: website, materials, technical assistance
 Integrate HPPAE field-based resources with GeroEd classroom materials
 Continue support of HPPAE current and future
partners, students and alumni:
 Mentoring
 Webinars
 E-journal, Generativity
 Newsletter, HPPAE Happenings
 Implement HPPAE-VHA/GRECC partnership within
Gero-Ed/CSWE
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Sustainability
 Active participation in the Eldercare Workforce Alliance –
 Coordinating Council, Policy Committee and Models of Care
Committee
 Actively advocated in the Patient Protection and
Affordability Care Act
 Monitoring relevant legislation with potential to create
scholarship opportunities and actively communicate this
to partners
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The SWLI Team
 Patricia Volland, SVP, NYAM and Director, SWLI
 Michael Ginsburg, Program Manager
 Emma Barker, Program Officer
 Kadia Darby, Administrative Assistant
 Melody Wilding, Consultant
 Jeannine Melly, Consultant