ASA Generations Today: New Toolkit Offers Ways to Better Connect with Diverse Family Caregivers
The American Society on Aging's (ASA) Generations Today has published an article, "New Toolkit Offers Ways to Better Connect with Diverse Family Caregivers," about the Diverse Elders Coalition (DEC) toolkit.
The "Caring For Those Who Care: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Family Caregivers Curriculum" toolkit was put together to help professional and voluntary caregivers, providers and a wide array of professionals better understand the unique realities and challenges diverse caregivers face and best practices they can employ to better care for diverse family caregivers, and ultimately, the older adults they care for.
The article notes how this toolkit is made even more relevant by what we learned during the pandemic. The toolkit represents the culmination of DEC-sponsored original research, the expertise of the Coalition’s six member organizations and feedback from physicians, researchers, social service providers and aging-focused organizations across the United States. Concentrating on the multiple communities of identity and culture represented by the DEC, the toolkit offers community-specific fact sheets, caregiving and COVID-19 specific resources for healthcare providers, social services providers and aging-focused organizations.
To go to the article, click here.
To go to the toolkit, click here.
To visit the Family Caregiving for Diverse Elders Resource Hub, click here.
JAHF supports the Diverse Elders Coalition through this grant.
