Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging creates Ways to Age Well for older adults by
conducting translational research and education for professionals who serve them.
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Learn about our applied research focusing on workforce, wellness, and senior living trends.
Our monthly e-newsletter that summarizes the latest news in the field of aging from a wide variety of sources.
Seniors Housing & Care Journal
This peer-reviewed publication focuses on applied research and best practices in the fields of seniors housing and long-term care.
Improving the Senior Living Workforce:
Provides employers with in-depth knowledge of their changing workforce, focusing on employees' perspectives on career paths, intergenerational communications, caregiving, and their knowledge about and attitudes toward retirement options.
LEAP
Achieve your goals in recruiting, training, and retaining qualified health care professionals.
PREPARE
Get comprehensive disaster plan templates and teaching materials to train your staff.
Training from gerontology experts in cutting-edge aging research, and best practices that may be integrated into an organization or expand the knowledge base of a professional working in the field of aging.
The Ways to Excel Collection is an invaluable training resource for new staff and a great refresher course for seasoned veterans.
Care Coaching Online
The focus of this course is to provide working caregivers - both current and future - with essential tools, knowledge, and behaviors to effectively deal with a variety of issues arising from caring for older relatives or friends through application of effective coaching skills.
Empower Online
Gain the knowledge and tools to enable caregivers to better care for themselves.
Introduction to Caregiving Online
This in-depth, five-lesson online course introduces the basics of the caregiver role and explores the challenges and experiences associated with elder-care.
Making Sense of Memory Loss Online
Get educated about the causes of and treatments for memory loss as well as effective ways of coping.
Making Sense of Memory Loss Toolkit
A training package for professionals interested in educating families and friends of people with memory loss.
Promoting Wellness & Vitality:
National Whole-Person Wellness Assessment Learn new information about whole-person wellness programs in CCRCs.
Whole-Person Wellness Assessment
The Whole-Person Wellness Assessment identifies strengths and opportunities, and provides a process and tools for: (1) improving the well-being of individuals in six dimensions of wellness, and (2) enhancing the culture of wellness and wellness programming in communities/organizations.
SAFE-TI: A Falls Reduction Program
Participating communities will use the toolkit to develop comprehensive fall reduction programs in their communities resulting in decreased fall rates.
S.E.L.F.
Learn to use a person-centered approach to help those with memory loss retain their sense of self.
Quality of Life in Dementia
This innovative observational tool can help you develop more appropriate care plans, train staff, provide more useful feedback to family members, and assessors.
