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Building Geriatric Competencies : Critical Skills Needed to Serve
Older Adults in All Settings
Building Geriatric Competencies : Critical Skills Needed to Serve
Older Adults in All Settings
Hanna Thurman
WV Bureau of Senior Services
Kristina Hash
Division of Social Work
Hanna Thurman
WV Bureau of Senior Services
Kristina Hash
Division of Social Work
Description: This workshop will discuss the critical issues facing older adults and their families and introduce a set of geriatric competencies for use in traditional aging and other agency settings. Participants will be asked to assess the usefulness of the competencies for their practice as well as identify unique competencies for working with older adults and their families in small towns and rural areas. Ideas for implementing competencies into student learning contracts
will also be discussed.
Description: This workshop will discuss the critical issues facing older adults and their families and introduce a set of geriatric competencies for use in traditional aging and other agency settings. Participants will be asked to assess the usefulness of the competencies for their practice as well as identify unique competencies for working with older adults and their families in small towns and rural areas. Ideas for implementing competencies into student learning contracts
will also be discussed.
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Discuss critical issues facing older adults and their families in WV and surrounding areas
2. Identify a set of competencies for working with older adults and their families
3. Assess the usefulness of the competencies for their own practice
4. Identify unique competencies for working with older adults and their families in small towns and rural areas
5. Implement competencies into student learning contracts
Note: This workshop is intended for professionals and students who work and intern in a variety of settings, not just those focused on geriatrics
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Discuss critical issues facing older adults and their families in WV and surrounding areas
2. Identify a set of competencies for working with older adults and their families
3. Assess the usefulness of the competencies for their own practice
4. Identify unique competencies for working with older adults and their families in small towns and rural areas
5. Implement competencies into student learning contracts
Note: This workshop is intended for professionals and students who work and intern in a variety of settings, not just those focused on geriatrics
AgendaAgenda
IntroductionsAging in WV and Surrounding AreasThe Crisis and Call to ActionIntroduction to Geriatric CompetenciesResources for TrainingAging is Just a Number
IntroductionsAging in WV and Surrounding AreasThe Crisis and Call to ActionIntroduction to Geriatric CompetenciesResources for TrainingAging is Just a Number
IntroductionsIntroductions
Aging in WV and Surrounding AreasAging in WV and Surrounding Areas
WV is Aging- Test your knowledgeWV is Aging- Test your knowledge
In 2009, what % of West Virginians were 65+?
West Virginia is ranked ? in the nation in having the highest percentage of total population age 65 years or older
What are the unique problems faced by older adults in WV and surrounding areas?
In 2009, what % of West Virginians were 65+?
West Virginia is ranked ? in the nation in having the highest percentage of total population age 65 years or older
What are the unique problems faced by older adults in WV and surrounding areas?
WV is Aging- Test your knowledgeWV is Aging- Test your knowledgeStudent exposure to gerontological content in their BSW
and foundation MSW coursework is:
Minimal, Moderate, Significant?
Student exposure to older adults in their BSW and MSW field placements is:
Minimal, Moderate, Significant?
Student exposure to gerontological content in other programs?
Minimal, Moderate, Significant?
Student exposure to gerontological content in their BSW and foundation MSW coursework is:
Minimal, Moderate, Significant?
Student exposure to older adults in their BSW and MSW field placements is:
Minimal, Moderate, Significant?
Student exposure to gerontological content in other programs?
Minimal, Moderate, Significant?
WV is Aging- Test your knowledgeWV is Aging- Test your knowledge
• Are most BSW and MSW graduates competent/prepared to work with older adults?
• Are most graduates of other health professions competent/prepared to work with older adults?
• Are most BSW and MSW graduates competent/prepared to work with older adults?
• Are most graduates of other health professions competent/prepared to work with older adults?
WV is Aging- Test your knowledgeWV is Aging- Test your knowledge
Are you scared yet? Are you scared yet?
The Crisis and Call to ActionThe Crisis and Call to Action
“Health Care Work Force Too Small, Unprepared For Aging Baby Boomers; Higher Pay, More Training, And Changes In Care Delivery Needed To Avert Crisis”
-04/08, Institute of Medicine
“Health Care Work Force Too Small, Unprepared For Aging Baby Boomers; Higher Pay, More Training, And Changes In Care Delivery Needed To Avert Crisis”
-04/08, Institute of Medicine
Now, are you terrified?
What can we do…?
Now, are you terrified?
What can we do…?
“The report, Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce, calls for bold initiatives starting immediately to train all health care providers in the basics of geriatric care and to prepare family members and other informal caregivers, who currently receive little or no training in how to tend to their aging loved ones. Medicare, Medicaid, and other health plans should pay higher rates to boost recruitment and retention of geriatric specialists and care aides, said the committee that wrote the report.”
-04/08, Institute of Medicine
“The report, Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce, calls for bold initiatives starting immediately to train all health care providers in the basics of geriatric care and to prepare family members and other informal caregivers, who currently receive little or no training in how to tend to their aging loved ones. Medicare, Medicaid, and other health plans should pay higher rates to boost recruitment and retention of geriatric specialists and care aides, said the committee that wrote the report.”
-04/08, Institute of Medicine
Introduction to Geriatric Competencies
Introduction to Geriatric Competencies
QuestionQuestion
What is professional competence?What is professional competence?
Competency-based SW EducationCompetency-based SW Education
According to the Council on Social Work Education’s 2008 EPAS, competency-based education is an outcome performance approach to curriculum design.
Competencies are measurable practice behaviors—what all graduates are able to do—that are comprised of social work knowledge, skills, and values learned in foundation class and field curriculum.
According to the Council on Social Work Education’s 2008 EPAS, competency-based education is an outcome performance approach to curriculum design.
Competencies are measurable practice behaviors—what all graduates are able to do—that are comprised of social work knowledge, skills, and values learned in foundation class and field curriculum.
Geriatric SW CompetenceGeriatric SW Competence
Social Work Competence:the achievement and demonstration of core knowledge, values and skills in social work practice (Vass, 1996)
Geriatric Social Work Competence:Establishing geriatric competencies could shape curricular, field training, and continuing education programs that effectively prepare practitioners to address the needs of older adults and their families (JCAHO, 2001).
Social Work Competence:the achievement and demonstration of core knowledge, values and skills in social work practice (Vass, 1996)
Geriatric Social Work Competence:Establishing geriatric competencies could shape curricular, field training, and continuing education programs that effectively prepare practitioners to address the needs of older adults and their families (JCAHO, 2001).
Geriatric Social Work Competencies
Geriatric Social Work Competencies
I. Values, Ethics, and Theoretical Perspectives
II. Assessment
III. Intervention
IV. Aging Services, Programs and Policies
V. Leadership
I. Values, Ethics, and Theoretical Perspectives
II. Assessment
III. Intervention
IV. Aging Services, Programs and Policies
V. Leadership
In Small Groups…In Small Groups…
1. Review the Geriatric Social Work Competencies2. Identify 1-2 competencies from each of the 5
areas that should be expected of all social work graduates and related professionals
3. Brainstorm unique issues and competencies for working with older adults in small towns and rural areas
4. Identify competencies that you would like to increase (rate yourself!) and identify ways to build competency
1. Review the Geriatric Social Work Competencies2. Identify 1-2 competencies from each of the 5
areas that should be expected of all social work graduates and related professionals
3. Brainstorm unique issues and competencies for working with older adults in small towns and rural areas
4. Identify competencies that you would like to increase (rate yourself!) and identify ways to build competency
Training OpportunitiesTraining OpportunitiesSummer Institute on Aginghttp://www.wvsioa.orgSocial Work Leadership Institutehttp://socialwork.nyam.org/nsw/index.phpNational Center for Gerontological Social Work
Education (National Gero-Ed Center)http://depts.washington.edu/geroctrNational Association for Social Workers (NASW) --
Aginghttp://www.naswdc.org/aging.asp
Summer Institute on Aginghttp://www.wvsioa.orgSocial Work Leadership Institutehttp://socialwork.nyam.org/nsw/index.phpNational Center for Gerontological Social Work
Education (National Gero-Ed Center)http://depts.washington.edu/geroctrNational Association for Social Workers (NASW) --
Aginghttp://www.naswdc.org/aging.asp
Training OpportunitiesTraining Opportunities
Institute for Geriatric Social Work
http://www.bu.edu/igsw/
WV Geriatric Education Center
http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/charleston/WVGEC/
Others?
Institute for Geriatric Social Work
http://www.bu.edu/igsw/
WV Geriatric Education Center
http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/charleston/WVGEC/
Others?
Some Things that We Are DoingSome Things that We Are Doing
Opportunities in Aging (handout)Opportunities in Aging (handout)
Are you less scared now that you know that there is something we all can do?
And now, to add to our happy ending….
Are you less scared now that you know that there is something we all can do?
And now, to add to our happy ending….
Seniors of the WorldSeniors of the World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjjVFLFIOP0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjjVFLFIOP0
