Welcome to LTLTI

Welcome to the Long Term Living Training Institute of Pennsylvania.  Our organization is dedicated to providing the highest quality training and development programs for professionals working within the various fields of human services.  Please feel free to take a look around to learn more about our organization and the educational opportunities we provide.

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News & Announcements

New NASUADiQ Course Available

Affordable Housing for Older Adults and People with Disabilities

A new course is available on NASUAD's free online learning center, NASUADiQ.org. Affordable housing is a basic human need that many older adults and people with disabilities struggle to find and keep. This self-paced course entitled: "Affordable Housing for Older Adults and People with Disabilities," is designed to give an overview of the types of affordable housing that are available to these populations. To register for NASUADiQ and to sign up for this course, visit NASUADiQ.org. 

PCMI Announces 2 New eLearning Programs

Working with Hoarding Behaviors

Beat the Odds - Senior Problem Gambling

Cost effective, powerful, and timely training is now available for two topics for which there has been limited training in the past.  Here are just a few features of these programs:

  • Based on sound, real world, and practice driven approaches;
  • Designed to be completed in short time segments, allowing flexibility in when and how the programs are completed;
  • Interactive in nature with activities to reinforce key concepts and learning;
  • Competency based with quizzes and a final examination.

To learn more about the program goals, content, and cost, please visit our special announcement page on our website by clicking here.

 

 

Caregiver Webinar Series

The Department of Aging's Caregiver Support Program sponsors a webinar series for caregivers who provide unpaid care for an elderly relative or friend. This presentation was given by Debbie Wisinski, Family Service Coordinator, titled Coping Strategies for the Alzheimer Caregiver.  Feel free to visit the Consumer Information area of this website to view all past webinars in this series.  Please log into the LMS to register or visit the Department of Aging website at www.aging.state.pa.us

 

 

Motivational Quote

"Believe in what you do because you may have to do it for a long time before it catches on."

- Seth Godin

Options Counseling Training is now available!!

The PA Link to Aging and Disability Resources developed this online training program to augment the skills of those who provide information, referral and education services to people and families with long term care needs who want to understand the full range of options and opportunities.   Sign into the LMS now to take this new course!

The Silver Tsunami

The Hidden Epidemic of Older Adults/Boomers with Addiction Disorders

Please view the following You Tube webinar at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hy1DgaHr8I.  Dennis Grantham presented the above webinar on Thursday, August 9, 2012 which lasted approximately one hour.

 

Interview with Brian Duke, Secretary - Department of Aging

 

Comcast Newsmakers interviews, Brian Duke, Secretary, Department of Aging.  He discusses Pennsylvania's Plan:  Finding Best Practices for an Aging State and his 'Age and Live Well' plan for Pennsylvania's aging population. 

Log into the Learning Managment System and select the General training category within the Resource Archives area.  Please contact us at 717 541-4214 if you have any questions. 

 

Healthy Steps for Older Adults Train-the-Trainer Online Course

 

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging is offering a Train-the-Trainer online course as both a pre-requisite to the Healthy Steps Master Trainer Certification and as a resource and refresher course for current HSOA trainers.  This online course contains a complete videotape series related to the popular Healthy Steps program.  They provide refresher lessons for trainers on over seventy exercises taught in the Healthy Steps for Older Adults and Healthy Steps in Motion classes.  These videos provide certified Healthy Steps trainers a range of exercises and stretches that help prevent falls, a leading cause of injury among older adults.  

Enter our Learning Management System to take this course!

 

Assisted Living Frequently Asked Questions: New document on the PDA/OLTL website

The PA Department of Aging and Office of Long Term Living have published another assisted living residence frequently asked questions document. 

These questions were posted to the Department during the recent Assisted Living Administrator Orientation Course.  Please refer to the web link to view the questions and responses.

Click here to access Assisted Living page on PA Dept of Aging Website

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