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NEW YORK CITY, Jan. 24??? The Social Work Leadership Institute (SWLI) at the New York Academy of Medicine has awarded its third round of grants to Masters of Social Work (MSW) programs that wish to adopt the curricular program developed by the institute with support from the John A. Hartford Foundation. Called the Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education (formerly known as the Practicum Partnership Program), the initiative addresses the growing demand for social workers as the nation’s aging population is expected to more than triple by 2050.
“One in five Americans will be 65 or older in the next three decades, but the workforce trained to care for them is stretched thin” said Jo Ivey Boufford, MD, President of the Academy. “Expanding the ranks of social workers trained in aging care will help not only the older adults themselves, but their family caregivers, who must navigate this country’s complex web of health care and social services.”
The innovation of the Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education is in building partnerships between universities and community agencies that offer students hands-on and varied experience caring for older adults across a range of settings, including home-based care, community centers, hospitals, and nursing homes. The program differs from traditional MSW programs because it offers students multiple field rotations rather than just one clinical setting, and because the university and agencies collaborate on curriculum development to better bridge academic and practice learning.
“Today, many Americans are living independent and productive years far beyond retirement, but this also means that the range of their needs is growing more diverse, as are the demands on their caregivers,” said Patricia J. Volland, Director of the SWLI. “The students who graduate from the Hartford Partnership Program will enter the workforce with a sophisticated grasp of these evolving needs and how to help families meet them.”
The demand for skilled professionals is growing for families balance caring for their older relatives with work, child-rearing, and other life issues. According to a 2004 survey by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), only four percent of social workers currently specialize in aging. Nearly 30 percent of licensed social workers are over 55 and poised to retire in the next decade. The Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education will help counter this trend: To date about 600 students have graduated from programs around the country, and 80 percent of them have gone on to pursue careers in the aging field.
The new grantees will invite students to specialize in the Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education starting in the Fall 2008 semester. The schools receiving grants are:
Binghamton University, SUNY
California State University Bakersfield
California University of Pennsylvania
Colorado State University
Columbia University
Dominican University
Indiana University
New York University
Southern Connecticut State University
University of Alabama
University of Central Florida
University of Cincinnati
University of Missouri-Kansas City
University of South Carolina
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
University of Wyoming
Wayne State University
West Virginia University
Yeshiva University
Consortium:
Augsburg College
University of Minnesota
SWLI 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. It is housed at The New York Academy of Medicine, an independent, non-partisan, non-profit institution whose mission is to enhance the health of the public through research, education, advocacy, and prevention. More information can be found at www.socialworkleadership.org.
Founded in 1929, the John A. Hartford Foundation is a committed champion of training, research and service system innovations that promote the health and independence of America’s older adults. Through its grantmaking, the Foundation seeks to strengthen the nation’s capacity to provide effective, affordable care to this rapidly increasing older population by educating “aging-prepared” health professionals (physicians, nurses, social workers), and developing innovations that improve and better integrate health and supportive services. Additional information about the Foundation and it programs is available at www.jhartfound.org.
Posted on January 28, 2008
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The 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture - The Affordable Care Act: An Insider’s View
Featured Speaker: Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
November 19, 2012 - The NYAM Section on Health Care Delivery welcomes Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will deliver the 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture on "The Affordable Care Act: An Insider's View."
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The New York Academy of Medicine with support from the New York State Heath Foundation released a new report, Federal Health Care Reform in New York State: A Population Health Perspective.
This report identifies opportunities that build on both the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and New York’s ongoing efforts toward improving the health of its 19 million residents.
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