Education Resources
Find all your Aging Services of California education information by clicking on a topic heading below.
- Best Practices Manual for Service Coordinators
- Media Takes: On Aging
- Aging in Context
- Avoid the Market Crunch
- Before the Age Boom Goes...
- CCRC Transfer and Review Protocol
- California Medication Training Program
- Scholarships
- NHAP resources
- Education initiative
- Innovative aging services and housing models
- Continuing Education Units
Best Practices Manual for Service Coordinators
Download the Best Practices Manuel that was compiled from the August 2009 Service Coordinator Conference.
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Media Takes: On Aging
Purchase Media Takes: On Aging by the International Longevity Center - USA and Aging Services of California. The styleguide is a resource for media professionals in journalism, entertainment and advertising to represent older adults and the aging process in an accurate, contemporary and unbiased manner.
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Aging in Context
Download Aging Services' new prospectus titled Aging in Context. The publication outlines the association's goals and strategic vision; and includes an overview of recent accomplishments in education, communications, advocacy and member services.
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Avoid the Market Crunch: Resident Entrance Fees and Alternative Financing Methods
Buy the 90-minute CD from a conference call with Bob Thompson and John Rodriquez of the Department of Social Services, Continuing Care Contracts Branch where they discuss alternative methods to finance resident entrance fees. Discussion included: Flexible payment options and move-in requirements, methods to expedite home sales, and consumer education.
Before the Age Boom Goes...
20 national authorities present their most inventive strategies to ensure the aging experience for boomers and future generations is healthy, secure, affordable and independent.
CCRC Transfer and Review Protocol
Created by Hanson Bridgett, LLP, this packet contains documents intended to assist continuing care retirement communities to comply with the requirements in California law regarding the transfer of residents between levels of care. After purchasing the documents, you will recieve an email with the protocols.
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California Medication Training Program
AB 2609 requires that all staff who assist with the self-administration of medications in residential care facilities for the elderly obtain training. Aging Services partnered with Advanced Healthcare Studies, LLC to offer its members a discount on the program (Item#TS008). Click on the link to purchase the kit.
Current Scholarships
To download the available scholarship applications, click on the image or title. The listed documents are pdfs.
Read about Aging Services' application information and guidelines.
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Annual Conference Scholarship Application
Scholarship deadline: March 15, 2010
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IAHSA Scholarship Application
Scholarship deadline: March 13, 2009 Currently unavailable
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Angela Brown Memorial Scholarship Application
In honor of Aging Services of California's late associate director of public policy for her dedication and passion for the association, its members and influencing policy, the Angela Brown Scholarship Fund was established. Scholarship deadline: January 8, 2010 Currently unavailable
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LA Valleys Region Scholarship Fund
Offered educational grants to personnel seeking to advance their careers through additional schooling. Read below for more infomation.
Distribution of Funds
Grants will be awarded in amounts of up to $300 annually per recipent, and subject to annual review. Funds may be designated for tuition, laboratory fees, books, and other school expenses. Funds will be paid directly to the educational institution, or as a reimbursement to the organization or recipient upon submission of payment receipts. The Scholarship Fund will be administered by the Executive Committee of Aging Services of California LA Valleys Region.
Qualifications to Receive Grant
1. Employment: Applicant myst be employed by an Aging Services of California facility during the time of enrollment in the educational program and must intend to stay at facility if an appropriate position is available.
2. Educational Goals: Applicant must have a specific educational goal, e.g. to become a certified dietary manager or activity director. If there is no course of study designed to meet the applicant's educational goal, the applicant must submit a list of courses, chosen in consultation with an advisor in the educational institution.
3.Letters of Recommendation: Applicant must submit one letter of recommendation from his/her department head, supervisor, and one from the facility administrator.
4. Couse of Study: Must be appropriate to departmental operations of Aging Services of California members or within the field of gerontology. Limited to Bachelor's level or less; no grants may be used for Master's level work. An accredited correspondence school course may be approved.
Application Procedure
1. Send the completed application form to the chair of Aging Services of California LA Valleys Region.
2. Applicant and Administrator will be informed by mail of the Committee decision.
NHAP Resources
Link to the most recent Nursing Home Administrator forms on the California Department of Public Health website. Questions? Call the NHAP at (916) 552-8780.
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Nursing Home Administrator Guide to an Amazing Career |
FAQs to becoming a Nursing Home Administrator |
Aging Services Grant to Study LTC Workforce
Aging Services of California and the Institute for the Future on Aging Services (IFAS) received a $195,000 grant from the Allied Health Workforce, UCSF Center for Health Professionals in February 2001.
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Addressing Shortages in the Direct Care Workforce
The goal of the project “An Examination and Evaluation of Recruitment and Retention Practices in California’s Not-for-Profit Long Term Care Industry” was to identify successful strategies and interventions in recruitment and retention practices of the paraprofessional workforce in the long term care continuum. The project has yielded some interesting findings. For example, the survey data has identified a number of facilities that, even in the toughest markets, do not appear to have problems with either worker recruitment or retention. Community support, ethnic cohesiveness and a culture of worker empowerment may be some of the variables that explain their apparent success. From the focus group work, a significant gap was discovered between the perceptions of direct care staff and administrators and supervisors about why staff turnover is so high in some facilities. Supervisors seem more likely to attribute turnover to low wages and benefits or lack of commitment on the part of the workforce, while workers believe that individuals leave the industry because they are not valued or respected by supervisors.
In July and August focus group discussion was conducted with charge nurses and directors of staff development, based on discussions from the C.N.A. focus groups and survey results. There were several facilities identified based on the survey results that prompted us to conduct telephone interviews with the director of nursing. Based on the results of the additional focus groups and telephone survey three case-study sites will be identified.
For more information about the grant contact Jan Guiliano.
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Innovative Aging Services and Housing Models Summary
Members...download Aging Services of California's summary detailing the innovative aging services and housing models across the country.
Continuing Education Units
Link to online courses to gain valuable continuing education credit.
