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Normalization of the Hartford
Partnership Program for Aging
Education model
April 28, 2011
Emma Barker, MSW, MFA
Program Officer, New York Academy Medicine,
Social Work Leadership Institute
www.socialworkleadership.org
The Social Work Leadership
Institute’s Goals from the beginning
The Social Work Leadership Institute is a national
initiative working to ensure that America’s older
adults receive the care they need to live life to the
fullest – and that their caregivers also get the
support they deserve.
To achieve this goal, we’re working to increase the
number of social workers who specialize in aging
through research, policy and public education to
create a rich network of care for every older adult.
www.socialworkleadership.org
What we know about the current care
The Aging Imperative
US faces critical shortage of all health care providers
working with aging persons, including social workers
By 2020, The National Institute of Aging estimates the
nation will require 70,000 “aging savvy” professional
social workers
This represents more than a 40% increase over the current
social work labor force.
Today, fewer than 3% of social work students
specialize in aging.
Lack of retention: low pay + low visibility = poor
image
Misimpressions of scope of aging and career
functions
Perceptions of social workers specializing in aging
can be ambivalent or negative
www.socialworkleadership.org
Hartford Partnership Program for
Aging Education (HPPAE)
Funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation
A university-community partnership based on a
collaborative educational model
Recruits MSW students to specialize in aging
Plays leadership role in national efforts to advance aging
education in social work
Employs competency-based training
Offers a unique rotational approach to field education
www.socialworkleadership.org
HPPAE Six Essential Components
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University-community partnership
Competency-based education
Field rotations
Expanded role of the field instructor
Student recruitment
Leadership
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HPPAE Today
Working Toward a Goal to Train Over
2,500 Social Workers by 2011
Number of Students Graduated, Proposed, and
Estimated for HPPAE Demonstration Sites, Cycle 1, 2,
and 3 (2000-2011)
700
600
# of students
500
Cycle 3
400
Cycle 2
Cycle 1
300
Demo Sites
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www.socialworkleadership.org
20102011
Knowledge and Skill Outcome
www.socialworkleadership.org
HPPAE Outcomes
The HPPAE is in 38 states with a total of 99 programs
graduating over 2,669 students in 2011
80% of students plan to work in field of aging after graduation
Student satisfaction high for achieving learning goals and
with rotational model for internships
HPPAE implementation sites, and cycles 1 and 2 schools
have achieved a 95% sustainability rate for their programs
(43 out of 46 sites)
Schools have been able to redirect resources to keep
programs in place
Why Implement the HPPAE?
The rapid aging of the population
The need for more specialists in aging
The aging of the current workforce
The need for more effective models of care
The shift to competency based education = EPAS requirement
The opportunity to strengthen ties with the community
The opportunity to recruit students – the jobs will be in aging
The need for competent community leadership
The feasibility to generate/redirect resources
HPPAE “Normalization”
SWLI, in consultation with the National
Advisory Panel has embarked on a
grassroots effort to expand the program
to other schools of social work, facilitating
an exchange of knowledge and
resources among schools
HPPAE National Advisory Panel
Paula Allen-Meares, University of Illinois at Chicago and IOM – Co-Chair
Katharine Briar-Lawson, University at Albany, SUNY – Co-Chair
Marla Berg-Wegener, St. Louis University
JoAnn Damron-Rodriguez, UCLA School of Public Affairs
Ronnie Glassman, Yeshiva University
Robyn Golden, Rush University Medical Center
Roberta Greene, University of Texas, Austin
Lenard Kaye, University of Maine
Betty Malks, Community Representative
Nora O’Brien, Hartford Foundation
Mike Patchner, Indiana University
Susan Reinhard, Public Policy Institute, AARP
Ginger Robbins, University of Houston
Stacey Sanders, HPPAE alumni, WOW
Karen Teigiser, University of Chicago
SWLI’s National Advisory Panel
mission
Develop collaborative strategies for expanding
HPPAE to other sites
Develop network of partners to assist schools in
implementing and sustaining HPPAE
Support dissemination of knowledge and share
expertise in implementing and sustaining
HPPAE
Participate in SWLI Leadership initiatives
www.socialworkleadership.org
Normalization and the Breakthrough
Series Collaborative Model (BSC)
BSC is a collaborative model that serves as the
theoretical framework to establish the process of
Normalization
The BSC Model:
Creates a structure in which universities and
community partners can learn from each other and
from recognized experts.
Provides an environment for learning, action, and
evaluation that engages organizations in making real,
system-level changes that lead to dramatic
improvements.
Designed to close the gap between what we know
and what we do
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What is the Breakthrough Series?
Developed by the Institute for Healthcare
Improvement (IHI)
The BTS is an improvement method that
relies on spread and adaptation of existing
knowledge to multiple settings to accomplish
a common aim
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The framework:
IHI Breakthrough Series
Select
Topic
Participants (10-100 teams)
(develop
mission)
Expert
Meeting
Congress,
Prework
Develop
Framework
& Changes
Planning
Group
P
A
P
D
A
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LS 1
D
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LS 2
LS 3
Email / list serve Visits
Assessments
Monthly Team Reports
Source: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
D
S
Supports
Phone
Guides,
P
Publications
etc.
Holding
the Gains
and Spread
Spread occurs when successful change and
innovation is moved from the pilot population to the rest of
organization / system.
Leadership
Measurement and Feedback
Better Ideas
Set-up
Successful Sites
Knowledge Management
Source: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
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Social
System
A Collaborative Framework
National Advisory Panel
Identify regional hub network
Develop leadership at the local levels
Initiate collaboration with local schools
Creates a structure in which schools can easily learn
from each other and from recognized experts
Provides a network that supports positive change
Close the gap in knowledge
Normalization Regions
www.socialworkleadership.org
HPPAE Normalization
Region 5, February 2009
15 schools, 12 adopting/ interested
18 students projected to graduate per year
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi
Region 10, December 2010
18 schools, 15 adopting/ interested
30 students projected to graduate per year
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Total schools to date = 99
HPPAE Normalization
Region 3, January 2011
14 schools, 9 interested
18 students projected to graduate per year
Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin
Region 6, February 2011
24 schools, 19 interested
38 students projected to graduate per year
Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Washington
D.C., West Virginia, Maryland, and Virginia
Support and Technical Training
Business case
Communications
Outreach/information sharing
Mentors
Technical Assistance
On-site
Materials (HPPAE Manual)
Via Web
www.socialworkleadership.org and www.hartfordpartnership.org
Resources for HPPAE
students and alumni
Join a national network for HPPAE students and
alumni at the HPPAE Google Page
https://sites.google.com/site/hppaestudentnetwork/
HPPAE Happenings newsletter
Generativity, e-journal
Committee on Leadership In Aging (CLIA)
www.socialworkleadership.org
The Hartford Partnership Program for
Aging Education
Training the next generation of leaders
in older adult care
www.socialworkleadership.org