Caregiving Recruitment Training
Contributing Organization(s): International Longevity Center-USA
Author(s)/Creator(s): Judith Estrine
Publishing Date: 2008-09-22
Issue Areas: Health and Medicine; Aging
Ownership/Rights Info: Copyright 2008 International Longevity Center-USA, Ltd. All rights reserved.
File info: 4 pages; 292.11 KB file size
A 2007 recipient of our Community College Caregiver Training Initiative grant, Piedmont Virginia Community College Workforce Services (PVCC), received funding to develop a comprehensive, 48-hour curriculum for aspiring home health aides to participate in a noncredit certificate program, and to convene an advisory board of local experts on aging to develop modules for certification in a variety of specialized areas of caregiving. In a phone interview, the ILC asked Lyn van der Sommen, M.D., director of the program, to give her impressions of its first year and her thoughts for the future.
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Type/Format: Policy Brief
Language code: English
Type/Format: Policy Brief
Language code: English
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