Webinars, Videos, and Training & Guidelines
NRHA and The John A. Hartford Foundation have partnered to compile resources for rural communities and their providers including webinars, videos, and trainings from trusted partners that highlight opportunities to support the expansion of age-friendly care into rural communities.
Connected Care for Older Adults Webinar
Connected Care for Older Adults is an innovative model that uses Community Health Workers (CHWs) in partnership with primary care providers (PCPs) to improve care for frail older adults in rural areas. Through Connected Care, CHWs trained in Age-Friendly Health Systems conduct a series of home visits with patients and families and implement Connected Care protocols based on the 4Ms.
The Connected Care for Older Adults webinar was presented in partnership with Oregon Health & Science University and the National Rural Age-Friendly Initiative, a collaborative effort led by the National Rural Health Association with support from The John A. Hartford Foundation dedicated to advancing age-friendly care across rural communities.
View the webinar recording by using the following passcode: f8r3sRC+
NRHA & Connected Care for Older Adults Webinar: Rural Health Programs Collaborating with Community Health Workers to Deliver Rural Age-Friendly Care
Thursday, April 9, 2026 from 3:00 - 4:00 PM EDT (2:00 - 3:00 PM CDT)
Join the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) and the Connected Care for Older Adults (CCOA) program team for an engaging webinar with four additional organizations that collaborate with Community Health Workers (CHWs) to provide age-friendly care to rural older adults.
The Connected Care for Older Adults program is an innovative model that works with CHWs in partnership with primary care providers to improve care for frail older adults in rural areas. Through Connected Care, CHWs trained in Age-Friendly Health Systems principles conduct a series of home visits with patients and families and implement Connected Care protocols based on the 4Ms Framework: What Matters to older adults, their Medication, Mentation, and Mobility.
During this panel discussion, representatives from each organization will describe how their various programs are training CHWs and linking them to rural primary care practices to enhance the care provided to older adults.
Panelists will discuss:
- How to engage with leaders/stakeholders to gain support to utilize CHWs for age- friendly care
- How CHWs can be integrated into primary care practices to improve patient care and clinic efficiency, and improve health outcomes and reduce costs
- How to train CHWs to provide age-friendly care to rural older adults
- How their CHW program is funded (including examples of the CMS Rural Health Transformation Program)
- Challenges and lessons learned in building an Age-Friendly CHW Program
- There will be time for audience questions!
This collaborative webinar is presented in partnership with the Oregon Health & Science University, through the Oregon Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program, the University of Texas at Arlington, Trager Institute at University of Louisville, Northwest Technical College, and the National Rural Age-Friendly Initiative, a collaborative effort led by the National Rural Health Association with support from The John A. Hartford Foundation, dedicated to advancing age-friendly care across rural communities.
Webinar Date: Thursday, April 9, 2026
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM EDT (2:00 - 3:00 PM CDT)
Registration is required: Register here
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Presenters:
Moderator: Elizabeth Eckstrom, MD, MPH, MACP
Professor & Chief of Geriatrics, Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Lindsay Miller, MBA
Director, Connected Care for Older Adults - a program of the Columbia Gorge Health Council, Hood River, OR
Denise Hernandez, PhD, MPH, CHWI
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
Sam Cotton, PhD
Trager Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Wendy Potratz, PhD, MCHES,
Northwest Technical College, Bemidji, MN
Dani Luniewski, CHW, CGCP
CHW Solutions
Webinars
- Title VI Webinar: Resources for Older Adults, People with Disabilities & Caregivers
- Growing Challenges Facing Older Adults_ Housing, Homelessness and Rural Aging
- Supports and Tools for Elder Abuse Prevention, Resources from NCEA and n4a
- Combatting Isolation & Loneliness- The Aging Network Responds
- Coordination Connections: Building Transportation Capacity in Rural Areas with Public & Private Partners
- State-Level Leadership In Promoting Social Connection
- Tips and Best Practices for Helping People Living with Dementia Stay Socially Engaged and Connected
- Addressing Social Isolation in Rural America
- Social Engagement and Housing: Effective Programs, Activities and Partnerships
- Social Engagement And Mental Health: Successful Programs And Interventions
- Serving People Living with Dementia: Programs and Interventions to Promote Social Engagement
Learn how the Connected Care for Older Adults model is strengthening primary care and improving outcomes for older adults in rural communities through Community Health Workers. Watch the joint NRHA and Connected Care for Older Adults webinar titled, Community Health Workers and Age-Friendly Care: An Innovative Pilot in Rural Oregon
- Watch Center for Health Care Strategies Webinar: Expanding Access to Community Health Workers in Rural Communities
- Click here to watch the latest Friends of Age-Friendly Webinar Call
- Watch GEDC’s, Caring for Rural Communities in the Geriatric ED
- Watch The Better Care Playbook’s, How the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly Can Meet the Needs of Dually Eligible Individuals in Rural Communities
- Watch the Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy’s: Bridging a Care Gap: Policy Opportunities for Improving Access to Home-Based Primary Care for Rural Populations
- Watch the SCAN Foundation’s, Findings From the CA Rural Master Plan for Aging Initiative
Videos
Learn more about the people working together to improve the lives of older adults in rural America with the Rural Aging Action Network video series from Lutheran Services in America.
"Before I Found PACE" is a video series supported by The John A. Hartford Foundation and West Health to showcase the stories of PACE participants and caregivers.
Reframing Aging
Trainings & Guidelines
AARP offers Age-Friendly Network Training Videos to help communities become Age-Friendly and enroll in their network.
- Video 1: Age-Friendly Network Training
- Video 2: The 8 Domains of Livability
- Video 3: Enrolling
- Complete Lessons
Become an Age-Friendly Public Health System Champion
- Participation as a Champion is open to any and all individuals. Champion recognition is achieved by attending or viewing the recording of six AFPHS monthly trainings. The monthly trainings occur on the third Thursday of each month. Recordings of all the trainings can be viewed on TFAH’s YouTube Channel .
- Individuals should complete the following survey after attending a live training or viewing a recording: AFPHS Training Completion Survey . The AFPHS Team will notify individuals of recognition upon completion of the six surveys.
- For any questions about the program, email afphs@tfah.org .
Medscape Videos: Age-Friendly Care in Action
- Medscape has released a set of training videos, "Age-Friendly Care in Action," for health care professionals to earn cost-free Continuing Education credits.
- The goal of this activity is for learners to be better able to establish age-friendly care in their clinical practice to ensure that older adult patients have the best possible outcomes.
- Upon completion of this activity, participants will:
- Have increased knowledge regarding the
- 4 pillars of age-friendly care
- Have greater competence related to
- Communication strategies that support age-friendly care
- Cost-free Continuing Education credits are available for clinical audiences. Log in at Medscape to watch the series. Shorter versions of these videos were released on WebMD.com/AgeFriendly for the public
IHI offers a getting started guidelines in Age-Friendly Care
- Guide to Using the 4Ms in the Care of Older Adults in Hospitals and Ambulatory Practices
- Guide to Care of Older Adults in Nursing Homes
- Guide to Recognition for Geriatric Emergency Department Accredited Sites
- Guide to Recognition for Geriatric Surgery Verification Hospitals
- Guide to Using the 4Ms in the Care of Older Adults in the Convenient Care Clinic