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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
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.
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.
Student Activities
Well elder home visits Assessment, health teaching
Community agency visits Respecting Choices
Individual and group presentations Long Term Care
Long Term Care Task Force Actions Collaboration with agencies Well elder client enrollment and
coordination Americorps Member Data Collection and Analysis
Well elder surveys Student pre and post tests
Creating a More Elder Friendly Workforce Change in Student Perceptions towards Older Adults
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.
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
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