Additional Information
CCSF has offered HLTH 10, Health and Aging, for over 15 years. Professionals, policy makers, advocates, and educators have been sounding the alert for many years about critical shortages in the workforce of health care professionals and paraprofessionals with training in gerontology to meet the needs of the burgeoning elderly population. In particular, they have noted the need for culturally competent workers with training in chronic care management, knowledge of the broad spectrum of community services and supports, age related conditions including cognitive impairments, and familiarity with public entitlement programs for older adults. Many students in existing CHW specializations are currently working with older adults or plan to do so lack special training in these areas.
List of similar programs at other colleges in the service area which may be impacted, including the name of the college, the name of the program that may be impacted, the name of the person the submitter contacted and the outcome of that contact.
There are no similar programs at any community college in the wider Bay Area. Students may study similar competencies and complete degrees in public health or health education at the bachelor’s level at San Francisco State University and the University of California, Berkeley.