New Training Course: Holding the Whole Story: Older Adults, Homelessness, and the Work We Share
Are you a…
Social worker?
Healthcare professional?
Housing or homelessness services provider?
Aging services professional?
Case manager or direct-service provider?
Community advocate?
Policymaker or community leader?
Student or future professional?
Researcher, educator, or trainer?
If you work with — or want to better understand — older adults experiencing homelessness, this training is for you.
Sign up today for this free, online, 2-hour professional training exploring the intersection of aging, homelessness, housing instability, trauma, and wellbeing.
Grounded in the lived experiences of older adults, this course offers practical tools and frameworks to help you provide more person-centered, trauma-informed, and holistic support.
Learn. Listen. Strengthen your practice. Build belonging.
You are invited to take our two-hour course "Holding the Whole Story: Older Adults, Homelessness, and the Work We Share" -- a no cost online training to gain knowledge and skills to support older adults experiencing homelessness and housing instability. Complete the course, including the pre- and post-surveys, to receive the VCU Digital Badge "Supporting Older Adults: Whole Story Practitioner."
Created as part of our RRF Foundation for Aging project, Home is Where I Belong, the course features photographs and oral histories with elders.
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Click here for a guide to getting started: Holding the Whole Story getting started walk through guide.pdf
Interested in being a pilot participant?
Housing instability requires unique, empathetic approaches. Virginia Commonwealth University has launched an online training to develop learners’ skills in trauma-informed, narrative approaches to care for older adults who are experiencing housing instability. Created in partnership with RRF Foundation for Aging, USAging, The Span Center, and Homeward, the two-hour asynchronous training focuses on person-centered story-listening and offers strategies to counter ageism and ableism. Selected pilot participants will receive a $100 gift card. Interested in completing the pilot training course? Complete the brief information card today!