AGE-u-cate Training Institute Blog

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

Students at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL experience Dementia Live and share with classmates their feelings of frustration, anger, and anxiety.

Topics: Senior Care Professionals, AGE-u-cate Training Insitute, Higher Education

 

Topics: The Family Caregiver, Senior Care Professionals, Family Caregiver, compassionate touch, Hospital Professionals, family caregivers, End-of-life

Students at Northern Illinois University experience Dementia Live

Topics: Senior Care Professionals, Careers in Aging, Students, Aging Courses, Higher Education

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

Employees at Emerald Health and Rehab in North Carolina are immersed in education about the positive effects of expressive touch.

Topics: Senior Care Professionals, aging services, Training, compassionate touch, Dementia Live, Hospital Professionals, education, Employees, health

Loneliness plagues the elderly in long term care.

Topics: Senior Care Professionals

Seniors Living Well

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

The healing benefit of expressive touch is lacking in the lives of older adults.

Topics: AGE-u-cate Training Institute, Senior Care Professionals, Training, compassionate touch, caregiving, older adults, skilled nursing, infection control, expressive touch

Comforting a nursing home resident with a compassionate touch.

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