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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
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# of students
500
Cycle 3
400
Cycle 2
Cycle 1
300
Demo Sites
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20102011
Knowledge and Skill Outcome
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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
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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)
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mission)
Expert
Meeting
Congress,
Prework
Develop
Framework
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Planning
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Email / list serve Visits
Assessments
Monthly Team Reports
Source: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
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Phone
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Publications
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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
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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
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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