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HPPAE and the VHA/ Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) project

Patricia Volland, Director Social Work Leadership Institute Nora OBrien Suric, Senior Program Officer at the John A. Hartford Foundation Acknowledgment to JoAnn Damron Rodiguez , University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Affairs, Department of Social Welfare.

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HPPAE and the VHA/ Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) project

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  1. Patricia Volland, Director Social Work Leadership Institute Nora OBrien Suric, Senior Program Officer at the John A. Hartford Foundation Acknowledgment to JoAnn Damron Rodiguez, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Affairs, Department of Social Welfare HPPAEand the VHA/ Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) project Friday, October 28, 2011 4:30 pm – 6:30 am

  2. www.socialworkleadership.org 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 will be concurrently enrolled in HPPAE programs • Three GRECCs identified in: • Alabama • Wisconsin • Utah

  3. www.socialworkleadership.org Geriatric Social Work: Addressing Key Issues of OlderPersons and Their Families in VA’s Changing Home & Community-based Care 1.Consumer Direction (Choice, Quality and Satisfaction) 2.Family Caregiving (“VA Cares” Caregiver Centers) 3.Coordinated Community Care (Millennium Act, HHHA, Contract DHC & NH, Olmstead Decision) 4.Addressing Diversity (Growth Minority Veterans)

  4. www.socialworkleadership.org Preparing a Geriatric Social Workforce • By 2020, approximately 65,000 geriatric social workers needed • Approximately 5% of MSW graduates specialize in geriatrics • Increasingly aging content infused in curricula • Social work labor force is aging and reducing in size • John A. Hartford Geriatric Social Work Initiative

  5. www.socialworkleadership.org Preparing for the Future ? GRECC/OAA Trainees VA Geriatric Research Education Clinical Centers

  6. www.socialworkleadership.org VA Geriatric Research Education Clinical Centers

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