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Providing dementia outreach education to rural communities
 — lessons learned from a train-the-trainer program
Author(s)Cathleen M Connell, Sara B Holmes, Judith E Voelkl
Journal titleJournal of Applied Gerontology, vol 21, no 3, September 2002
Pagespp 294-313
KeywordsDementia ; In-service training ; Teaching methods ; Rural areas ; United States of America.
AnnotationThe Dementia Education Train-the-Trainer Program (DE-TTT-P), designed to disseminate information about dementia in rural areas of Michigan, is described. Twenty-eight health care providers completed the Program and now serve as trainers. Over the course of the 18-month programme, 3,276 rural residents attended one of the 223 dementia education sessions offered by the trainers. (KJ/RH).
Accession NumberCPA-020924202 A
ClassmarkEA: QWD: VB: RL: 7T

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