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Hands-On Training for Family Caregivers to be offered in Spring 2012
The Vulnerable Seniors Committee has partnered with Thomas Nelson Community College to develop and offer hands-on training to family caregivers. The training, which will initially be offered in the spring of 2012, will provide caregivers training in how to safety move and transfer their family member as well as training in feeding and nutrition and techniques to address the changing relationship that comes from being in a caregiving role.
Check back in December 2011 for more information.
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May 2011
The subcommittee met with Carmen Burrows, Assoc VP for Workforce Training and Continuing Ed., Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC) and Christy Hawkins, Chair of the Health Dept., TNCC, on May 18 to continue planning the Family Caregivers Training session.
The subcommittee toured the TNCC lab, which will be used as the training facility for the caregiver classes. The subcommittee reviewed questionaires that have been completed and identified ways to obtain additional questionaire responses.
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March 2011
The Committee, chaired by Ed Golden, continued work on the development of a training program that will offer family caregivers hands-on training in the skills needed to safely care for their senior family members.
In March, the Family Caregiver Training Subcommittee developed a brief questionnaire that will be used to identify the topics of greatest interest to potential training participants. The questionnaire was sent to area support group facilitators who will distribute it to their group participants.
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February 2011
The Family Caregiver Training Subcommittee, met with Carmen Burrows, Assoc VP for Workforce Training and Continuing Ed., Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC) and Christy Hawkins, Chair of the Health Dept., TNCC, to discuss a possible partnership. Carmen and Christy were very interested in working with CAPOA to develop a program for family caregivers and have experience offering such programs. At the meeting, the following were discussed:
· Possible topics to be covered. These included: Shampooing/Bathing, Toileting/Incontinence care/Skin care, Feeding/Nutrition, Moving/Transferring/Falls, and Memory Care.
· How the course could be structured
· The target audience
· Ways to identify potential students
· Liability issues.
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December 2010
This committee, chaired by Ed Golden, hosted Craig Connors of Riverside Health Systems, who presented information about PACE Programs in general and the Riverside PACE Program in particular. The meeting also included a discussion of ways that CAPOA could help to encourage the creation of a PACE Program in the Greater Williamsburg Area.
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November 2010
This committee, chaired by Ed Golden, President, Comfort Keepers, is working to increase the availability and enhance opportunities for resources that come to a senior’s home and resources available outside the home.
The committee continued work evaluating the possibility of creating a caregivers program targeting family members who need training to ensure that they are able to assist their senior relatives without hurting the senior or themselves. The training will focus on basic personal care topics, such as moving, toileting, and feeding. Several follow up actions are currently underway, including researching possible funding sources and initiating discussions with Thomas Nelson Community College to determine the possibility of creating a partnership to implement the training program.
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October 2010
A contract was signed between the Center for Excellence in Aging and Geriatric Health under which CEAGH will conduct a feasibility study to determine the need for an Alzheimer’s Day Care Center in Williamsburg. The committee continued work evaluating the possibility of creating a caregivers program targeting family members who need training to ensure that they are able to assist their senior relatives without hurting the senior or themselves. The training will focus on basic personal care topics, such as moving, toileting, and feeding. Several follow up actions are currently underway, including researching possible funding sources and existing programs that might serve as models, including programs offered by the Senior Services of Southeast Virginia and Prairie State College’s Geriatric Home Services Worker Program.
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September 2010:
The committee met to discuss how best to facilitate its work and decided to work through one committee rather than several subcommittees.The committee also discussed the possibility of creating a caregivers program targeting family members who need training to ensure that they are able to assist their senior relatives without hurting the senior or themselves. The training will focus on basic personal care topics, such as moving, toileting, and feeding. Several follow up actions are currently underway, including researching possible funding sources and existing programs that might serve as models, including programs offered by the Senior Services of Southeast Virginia and Prairie State College’s Geriatric Home Services Worker Program.
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August 2010:
The committee continued discussions about the possible creation of a caregivers program targeting family members who need training to ensure that they are able to assist their senior relatives without hurting the senior or themselves. The training will focus on basic personal care topics, such as moving, toileting, and feeding. Several follow up actions are currently underway, including researching possible funding sources and existing programs that might serve as models, including programs offered by the Senior Services of Southeast Virginia and Prairie State College’s Geriatric Home Services Worker Program.
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July 2010:
This committee, chaired by Ed Golden, is working to increase the availability and enhance opportunities for resources that come to a senior’s home and resources available outside the home. The committee met to discuss how best to facilitate its work and decided to work through one committee rather than several subcommittees.
The committee also met to discuss the possibility of creating a caregivers program targeting family members who need training to ensure that they are able to assist their senior relatives without hurting the senior or themselves. The training will focus on basic personal care topics, such as moving, toileting, and feeding. Several follow up actions are currently underway, including researching possible funding sources and existing programs that might serve as models, including programs offered by the Senior Services of Southeast Virginia and Prairie State College’s Geriatric Home Services Worker Program.
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June 2010:
This committee, chaired by Ed Golden, is working to increase the availability and enhance opportunities for resources that come to a senior’s home and resources available outside the home. The committee is currently identifying how it can best reinforce initiatives that support informal caregivers and address growing substance abuse issues among seniors (CEAGH study currently underway.)
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April/May 2010:
This committee, chaired by Ed Golden, is working to increase the availability and enhance opportunities for resources that come to a seniors home and resources available outside the home
The committee is currently identifying how it can best reinforce initiatives that support informal caregivers and address growing substance abuse issues among seniors (CEAGH study currently underway.)
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