The Pacific Islands Geriatric Education Center, Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI (RF).
Yap Area Health Education Center (AHEC), Yap, Federated States of Micronesia (PY).
Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2020 Jun 1;79(6 Suppl 2):78-81.
The US Affiliated Pacific Islands have an urgent need for family caregiver education to prevent caregiver burnout and strengthen the existing culture where seniors are cared for at home by their families. The Pacific Islands Geriatric Education Center conducted a 32-hour family caregiver train-thetrainer workshop in partnership with the Yap Department of Health Services and the Yap Area Health Education Center (AHEC) from October 16 - 20, 2017. Twenty-seven participants including community health workers, peer educators, health assistants, nurses, and physicians were trained as instructors. Confidence in caregiving increased following the training and feedback was extremely positive. Competence in geriatric syndromes was improved after attending the workshop (P < .001). Lessons from the field revealed an immense value of adding home visits to the training practicum as well as the need to translate caregiving handouts into the outer island languages. Yap AHEC is committed to offering this course as part of caregiver education at the hospital and in the community.
美属太平洋群岛急需对家庭护理人员进行教育，以防止护理人员精疲力竭，并加强现有的文化，即让家庭在老年人在家中得到照顾。太平洋岛屿老年医学教育中心于 2017 年 10 月 16 日至 20 日与 Yap 卫生部和 Yap 地区健康教育中心（AHEC）合作举办了为期 32 小时的家庭护理人员培训师培训研讨会。共有 27 名参与者，包括社区卫生工作者、同伴教育者、卫生助理、护士和医生，他们接受了培训师的培训。培训后，护理人员的信心有所增强，反馈非常积极。参加研讨会后，对老年综合征的认识有所提高（P<.001）。实地考察的经验表明，在培训实习中增加家访以及将护理人员的讲义翻译成外岛语言具有巨大的价值。 Yap AHEC 致力于将该课程作为医院和社区护理人员教育的一部分。
