Older Adult Mental Health First Aid Training - March 18, 2025 - In-Person (Fairbanks, AK)

Name: Older Adult Mental Health First Aid Training - March 18, 2025 - In-Person (Fairbanks, AK)
Start: 2025-03-18T08:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-03-18T17:00:00-08:00
Location: Tanana Valley Clinic

Schedule

Tue Mar 18 2025 at 08:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Tanana Valley Clinic | Fairbanks, AK

Older Adult Mental Health First Aid Training - Mental Health First Aid
Hosted by: Alaska AHEC / UAA College of Health / Interior AK AHEC
📅 Date: Monday, March 18th, 2025
⏰ Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
📍 Location: Multimedia Room, TVC (1001 Noble St, Fairbanks, AK 99701)
Why Older Adult Mental Health First Aid?
Older adults experience unique mental health challenges, including late-onset anxiety, depression, and substance use disorders—but these often go unrecognized and untreated.
✅ 1 in 4 older adults has a mental health condition.
✅ Men aged 75+ have a higher rate of death by suicide than any other age group.
✅ More than 1 million adults age 65+ experience substance use challenges.
This evidence-based training will equip you with the skills to support older adults experiencing mental health or substance use challenges and reduce stigma in this population.
What You'll Learn:
This 8-hour, in-person training teaches you to:
✔ Recognize the unique mental health and substance use challenges affecting older adults.
✔ Identify risk and protective factors that impact mental well-being in aging populations.
✔ Apply the MHFA Action Plan (ALGEE):
• Assess for risk of suicide or harm.
• Listen nonjudgmentally.
• Give reassurance and information.
• Encourage professional help.
• Encourage self-help and support strategies.
✔ Connect older adults and caregivers with local, regional, and national mental health resources.
Who Should Attend?
This training is ideal for:
• Caregivers & family members of older adults.
• Healthcare professionals & social workers supporting aging populations.
• Community members & volunteers engaged with older adults.
Prerequisites:
Participants must complete self-paced MHFA Connect prerequisite work before attending the classroom session.
Continuing Education Credits:
• 7.5 Nursing Contact Hours available.
• Approved by the Alaska Nurses Association, a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
🔗 Register here to receive access to MHFA Connect for your pre-work and additional information:
https://bit.ly/MHFAOA2025
Questions?
📩 Contact:
Email us at [email protected]
We look forward to seeing you there!
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