New online course announcement: Supporting Individuals Caregiving for Older Adults

Description

Learning objectives

After the course, participants will be able to:

• Outline services and supports for people caregiving for a friend, family member or neighbor that are available through AC, ECS, EW and the National Family Caregiver Support Program, which is an Older Americans Act program.
• Describe the caregiver consultant role and the support they can provide to a person who is caregiving.
• Connect people who are caregiving with caregiver services and supports.

Target audience

All interested parties, including:

• People who work directly with people enrolled in AC, ECS, EW or Older Americans Act programs provided through Area Agencies on Aging (AAA).
• Care coordinators.
• Case managers.
• Assessors.
• Caregiver consultants.
• Caregiver support providers.
• AAA staff.

Registration information

Register using TrainLink

You must have a unique key to receive credit for this course.

Steps

• Go to the Older Adult Programs Learning Center in TrainLink.
• Sign on in the upper-right corner using your unique key.
• Select Course catalog search.
• Search for “Supporting Individuals Caregiving for Older Adults” or course code “AASD-CARE.”
• Select the course from the search results.
• Select Start course.

More registration information

• TrainLink – Frequently asked questions.
• TrainLink – Unique key request form.

Accommodations

To request an accommodation, email dhs.aasd.hcbs@state.mn.us.

For more information about caregiver services, refer to:

• CBSM – Family caregiver services – AC, ECS and EW.
• Minnesota Board on Aging – Family caregiving.
• Minnesota Aging Pathways.

For questions, email DHS at dhs.aasd.hcbs@state.mn.us or Minnesota Board on Aging at mba.dhs@state.mn.us.