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Creating a More Elder- Friendly Healthcare Workforce

Creating a More Elder- Friendly Healthcare Workforce. NY Connects Genesee Care Options Genesee County Office for the Aging Genesee Community College. Solutions to Workforce Challenges.

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Creating a More Elder- Friendly Healthcare Workforce

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  1. Creating a More Elder- Friendly Healthcare Workforce NY Connects Genesee Care Options Genesee County Office for the Aging Genesee Community College

  2. Solutions to Workforce Challenges • Goal: “Preparing an elder-friendly aging-sensitive nursing workforce in the Genesee-Orleans –Wyoming- Livingston region”. • Working Together: Genesee Community College Nursing Program and the Long Term Care Task Force, under the leadership of NY Connects Genesee Care Options/OFA, work together to develop and implement the GCC Geriatric Clinical Rotation.

  3. Long Term Care Task Force Collaboration • GCC’s Lifespan Nursing Course: Geriatric Clinical Rotation and Gundersen-Lutheran Respecting Choices ACP Facilitator Training. • Long Term Care Task Force host agencies: agency visits and one on one well elder visits with nursing students.

  4. Student Activities • Well elder home visits • Assessment, health teaching • Community agency visits • Respecting Choices • Individual and group presentations • Long Term Care

  5. Collaboration with agencies Well elder client enrollment and coordination Americorps Member Data Collection and Analysis Well elder surveys Student pre and post tests Long Term Care Task Force Actions

  6. Creating a More Elder Friendly Workforce Change in Student Perceptions towards Older Adults

  7. Surveys & Testimonials • Surveys and testimonials from RN Students validate the change in attitude and knowledge regarding their work with older adults. • Students particularly surprised by the range of community and home based support services available. Most only vaguely aware of prior to this experience. • Many stated that their perceptions of older adults changed and they would be more favorable in working with older adults in their nursing career.

  8. Results • 193 RN Students complete Geriatric Clinical Rotation August ’08 through December ’09 • Awareness of resources • Perceptions of the well elder • Value of ACP • Health needs of older adults • Collaboration within the community

  9. Future – Sustainability of Initiative • Curriculum development completed • Working relationships with agencies established and ongoing • Involvement and recruitment of well elders • Tracking and scheduling systems in place • Americorp Member • Training Kit for implementation in other nursing programs

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