Older Adults CHW Training

January 4, 2024 through February 29, 2024
Thursday evenings 5:30-8:30pm

*This training has been rescheduled from the training that would have started in November. If you applied to that training, you do not need to re-apply, but please review these new dates to ensure you could still attend if accepted. If the dates don’t work, we would appreciate knowing that and we will take you off the applicant list; please inform Lina Roman at lroman@ric.edu. 

“Building Holistic Partnerships with Older Adults:  A Community Health Work, Person-Centered & Social Determinants of Health Approach” Training for certification in the Specialty of Older Adults.

The virtual Older Adults Training will run over Zoom on Thursdays, from 5:30pm – 8:30pm, from January 4, 2024 to February 29, 2024. Attendance is required at all class sessions.

The FREE training will provide CHWs with knowledge of the following:

• CHWs, Aging & the Workforce
• Sociological Contexts of Aging: Obstacles & Opportunities
• Practice Perspective: Building Partnerships that Empower
• Social Determinants of Health & Aging: Obstacles & Opportunities
• Threats to Health Aging: Behavioral Health Challenges & Dementia
• Healthy Aging
• Empowering Partnerships & Resource Navigation

Training will be comprised of weekly scheduled Zoom sessions, Thursdays from 5:30pm-8:30pm, and assignments and activities requiring about 1-2 hours of additional time weekly.

Eligibility:

• Rhode Island CHW Certification (or currently in process of applying for)
• Experience working or volunteering with the older adult population

This training fulfills the RI Certification Board’s requirements for the CCHW Specialty in Older Adults endorsement. Read more about applying for the endorsement here. This is NOT the application for this training.

The deadline to apply has been extended to Dec 22, 2023 at 5pm. Please contact Bilingual Program Coordinator, Lina Roman, with any questions lroman@ric.edu.