AGE-u-cate Training Institute Blog

Validation helps caregivers step into the world of a person with dementia, creating understanding and empathy.

Topics: Senior Care Professionals, Memory Care, Family Caregiver, dementia, Family, caregivers, compassionate touch, Alzheimer's disease, Hospital Professionals, dementia friendly, understanding, touch

Family caregivers need support to handle the emotional toll.

Topics: Senior Care Professionals, Family Caregiver, Senior Care, Family, family caregivers, Assisted Living

Individual preferences determine if one feels they have a high or low quality of life.

Topics: Senior Care Professionals, Family, Stress, Person centered care, staff, Nursing homes

Foster dignity to improve quality of life.

Topics: Senior Care Professionals, Elders

People in care can often feel invisible.

Topics: Senior Care Professionals, Senior Care, Caregiver, compassionate touch, Hospital Professionals, Caregiver Training, Person centered care, touch

Human needs remain intact regardless of age, situation, or condition.

Topics: Senior Care Professionals, Memory Care, Senior Care, Caregiver, Alzheimer's disease, understanding, alzheimer's, touch

In recognition of Grief Awareness Day August 30, here are five tips for how to listen when someone you know is grieving.

Topics: Senior Care Professionals, compassionate touch, Grief, Empathetic Listening, communication, touch

Beginning November 28, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will require nursing homes to provide trauma-informed care. Consequently, they must  "ensure that residents who are trauma survivors receive culturally competent, hence minimizing triggers that may cause retraumatization."

Topics: Person-centered, Senior Care Professionals, Training, AGE-u-cate Training Insitute, Nursing homes

Seniors Living Well

Topics: Senior Care Professionals, aging, Seniors, AGE-u-cate Training Insitute, Living well, wellness

Comforting a nursing home resident with a compassionate touch.

Topics: Senior Care Professionals, care staff, compassionate touch, staff, Skilled Touch