Comments on: Free Training Materials Help Caregivers Prevent Abuse http://phinational.org/archives/free-training-materials-help-caregivers-prevent-abuse/ PHI works to improve long-term care -- by improving the jobs of home health aides, certified nurse aides, & personal care attendants. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:06:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Heather Picotte http://phinational.org/archives/free-training-materials-help-caregivers-prevent-abuse/#comment-508 Heather Picotte Sat, 10 May 2008 16:47:08 +0000 http://phinational.org/archives/free-training-materials-help-caregivers-prevent-abuse/#comment-508 Cathy, thanks for sharing your thoughts on the project. We look forward to hearing from other partners and providers. Cathy, thanks for sharing your thoughts on the project. We look forward to hearing from other partners and providers.

]]> By: Cathy Macomber http://phinational.org/archives/free-training-materials-help-caregivers-prevent-abuse/#comment-197 Cathy Macomber Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:13:11 +0000 http://phinational.org/archives/free-training-materials-help-caregivers-prevent-abuse/#comment-197 As a trainer for the AANP program and a member of the team that developed the training materials I am very excited to see this posting and to have a chance to add my "two-cents" to the information. The key with our program is that it provides tools to preventabuse before there are any incidents. I recently returned from a presentation of the program at the American Society on Aging conference in Washington DC. There I was able to talk and rub shoulders with the people from across the country who are interested in aging issues and working toward a better aging network. Adult abuse was a hot topic of conversation and our presentation was well attended. Many of the questions we received following our presentation made us think people have been out there just waiting for this information. The books we looked over at the event, many of which were on the topic of abuse "prevention" talked about prevention after the fact, after there is already a victim. The books also looked at prevention from a macro-focus, from the point of view of large organizations, government programs, rules, regulations and laws. That is what has been so great about AANP. This program looks at what an individual can do. Perhaps a nurses aide or home help worker can't do anything about the pay they receive or the limited supplies available to them. However, they can have an effect on how they deal with stressful situations in their work and home life. They can learn more about how clients react to various situations and better ways to defuse or de-escalate those situations. The AANP program empowers individuals to take steps to help themselves and those individuals they care for every day. As a trainer for the AANP program and a member of the team that developed the training materials I am very excited to see this posting and to have a chance to add my “two-cents” to the information. The key with our program is that it provides tools to preventabuse before there are any incidents. I recently returned from a presentation of the program at the American Society on Aging conference in Washington DC. There I was able to talk and rub shoulders with the people from across the country who are interested in aging issues and working toward a better aging network. Adult abuse was a hot topic of conversation and our presentation was well attended. Many of the questions we received following our presentation made us think people have been out there just waiting for this information. The books we looked over at the event, many of which were on the topic of abuse “prevention” talked about prevention after the fact, after there is already a victim. The books also looked at prevention from a macro-focus, from the point of view of large organizations, government programs, rules, regulations and laws.

That is what has been so great about AANP. This program looks at what an individual can do. Perhaps a nurses aide or home help worker can’t do anything about the pay they receive or the limited supplies available to them. However, they can have an effect on how they deal with stressful situations in their work and home life. They can learn more about how clients react to various situations and better ways to defuse or de-escalate those situations. The AANP program empowers individuals to take steps to help themselves and those individuals they care for every day.

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