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Community health worker training on older adults: A qualitative needs assessment.

Nora SpadoniAliza BaronElizabeth ZavalaMaureen BurnsKandis DrawWandy HernandezJenil BennettLauren J GleasonStacie Levine
Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2024)
Our findings confirm the critical role that CHWs can play in promoting the health and well-being of urban-dwelling older adults. However, we also demonstrate that many CHWs lack adequate training in age-friendly care. To meet the social and medical needs of a rapidly aging US population, there is a pertinent need to develop a novel community health worker training curriculum on Mentation and Mobility.
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