Programs

• Title VI Webinar: Resources for Older Adults, People with Disabilities & Caregivers
• Coordination Connections: Building Transportation Capacity in Rural Areas with Public & Private Partners
• Tips and Best Practices for Helping People Living with Dementia Stay Socially Engaged and Connected
• 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
• Responding to Complex Community Needs: Trends and New Directions From the 2025 National Survey of Area Agencies on Aging
• Caregiver Services and Supports Pilot Sites Evaluation Support Meeting with Scripps 
• On the Road to Access: How AAAs Expand Mobility for Older Adults and People with Disabilities
• Promoting Social Connection Among Veterans
• New Strategies for States to Support Sustainability through Community Care Partnerships

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

JAHF Briefings & Webinars

• Opportunities to Transform Care for Rural Older Adults: Using the RHTP to Create Sustainable, Age-Friendly Healthcare
  • Access additional resources from the briefing here.
• Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act: What's at Stake
• Medicaid Spending Reductions: Implications for Older Adults
• How Policymakers Can Support Caregivers
• What Older Adults Want: Emerging Breakthroughs & Opportunities for Age-Friendly Care

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Webinars

• The Intersection of Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Aging and Older Adults
• Reframing Obesity Care for Older Adults: Lessons from the New EASO Position Paper
• The Concentric Value of Vaccination: How Vaccines are Important for Older Adults - and All of Us
• Bringing Home Breakthrough Alzheimer’s Treatment: Anti-Amyloid Therapy in Rural Communities
• Homelessness and Aging: Insights from The Gerontologist Special Issue
  • Registration is required to access the webinar recording. This event has already taken place.

Additional Webinars

• Center for Health Care Strategies: Expanding Access to Community Health Workers in Rural Communities

• Friends of Age-Friendly Webinar Call: (Latest recording)
• GEDC: Rural and Remote Geriatric ED Care
• The Better Care Playbook: How the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly Can Meet the Needs of Dually Eligible Individuals in Rural Communities
• The Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy: Bridging a Care Gap: Policy Opportunities for Improving Access to Home-Based Primary Care for Rural Populations
• The SCAN Foundation: Findings From the CA Rural Master Plan for Aging Initiative
• TFAH: Understanding Food Security Among Older Adults with Disabilities
• Kansas Health Institute: Person-Centered Care and Aging in Place in Rural Kansas
• California Collaborative for LTSS: Policies that Work: A Blueprint to Improve Aging in Rural Areas
• Rural Health Association of Tennessee:
  • Age Friendly in Rural Tennessee Series: Stronger Together - Dementia Care & Caregiver Support in Rural Tennessee
  • Age Friendly in Rural Tennessee Series: Food Insecurities & Navigating Community Resources as a Solution

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 .

The Oregon GWEP Free Online Training Program for Healthcare Professionals and CHWs

• Developed by the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) partners and based on the Connected Care for Older Adults protocols, this free training is designed to equip Traditional Health Workers (THWs) in Oregon to better support older adults in their communities. Course modules cover:
  • Working with Older Adults
  • An Introduction to Age-Friendly Health Systems and the 4Ms
  • System Navigation for Older Adults
  • Community Resources for Older Adults
  • Incorporating CHWs in Age-Friendly Care
• The course may be submitted to the Oregon Health Authority THW Program for 8 continuing education credits. For questions regarding the training, contact gwep@ohsu.edu. 

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

ASTHO Free E-Learning Courses

• Equipping Community Health Workers To Address Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) in Their Communities 
  • This course aims to enhance CHWs' existing knowledge, skills, and expertise and support the application of these competencies to address Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in their communities. 
• Integrating Healthy Aging into Public Health 
  • This course provides public health agencies with a foundation for integration and action toward healthy aging as a public health priority. It guides organizations in how to support partners that serve older adults through approaches that improve quality of life and health outcomes.

IHI offers 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 

CMS' GUIDE (Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience) Model:

• The GUIDE Model aims to support people with dementia and their caregivers by establishing a standardized approach to dementia care delivery, providing comprehensive services, and improving the quality of care for those affected. 

Oregon Health Authority's Home Visitor Safety Guide: 

• Read the Oregon Health Authority Home Visitor Safety Guide, which the Connected Care for Older Adults program uses to deliver a 90-minute internal training for CHWs on home-visiting safety, based on the guide's tips and best practices.