Training and Education

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Essential Resources and Tools to Guide Progressionals in their Practice.

Building capacity for direct service providers and professionals working with Asian American older adults is at the core of ASIAAN’s work.

Asian Americans, Aging, and Caregiving” is a learning module that provides a broad overview of cultural perspectives related to aging and caregiving, as well as service disparities experienced by AAPI older adults. This information may be adopted as a tool to educate current service providers and the future workforce including students in health and social science majors.

“Benefits Literacy Toolkit: Hindi and Vietnamese” is a series of learning modules that provides guidance on a range of public benefits for Hindi and Vietnamese-speaking older adults. Information on health navigation, food assistance, language assistance, and income assistance are some of the topics covered. These modules were created as part of Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) capstone projects conducted by Andrea Carol Celestine and Jenny Pham

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