Publications: Caregiving

		The Need for National Training Standards/Guidelines for Privately Paid Geriatric Home Caregivers Calls for development of national caregiving training standards and a certifying organization. See Details				An Educational Pathway for Geriatric Home Caregivers Provides two model pathways toward becoming a Geriatric Home Caregiver. See Details

		Caregiving Training in America & Southern California This report presents findings of a national review—or environmental scan—of caregiver training programs and curricula. See Details				Developing National In-Home Caregiver Training Standards Discussion by experts on the topic of paid in-home caregiver training standards. See Details

		Caregiving in America About 1.4 million older Americans live in nursing homes, nearly 6 million receive care at home, and significant numbers go completely without the help they need. See Details				Caregiving Recruitment Training Piedmont Virginia Community College discusses their curriculum for aspiring home health aides. See Details

		Innovative Programs Serving Diverse Populations: The Community College Caregiver Training Initiative Turnover among homecare workers is alarmingly high, due to difficult working conditions, low pay, few benefits and little opportunity for career advancement. See Details				Lackawanna College: Training Both Family and Paid Caregivers Continued expansion of caregiver training programs among community colleges will have a positive impact in communities throughout the country. See Details

		Kapi’olani Community College: Answering the Challenge of an Aging Society Kapi’olani Community College has adopted a curriculum based upon three tiers of training, for a total of 100 hours of training. See Details