Mid-Atlantic Chapter
Aging Life Care Professionals® The Experts in Aging Well We are so grateful to Positive Aging Sourcebook for continuing to be a champion for older adults by connecting them with the people and services they need to age well. For those of you who have not worked with an Aging Life Care Professional before, you are in for a treat! You will be hard pressed to find a group of health and human services professionals with more education, experience or knowledge in the field of aging than the members of The Aging Life Care Association. Though we have diverse backgrounds, we come together around adherence to a code of ethics and a commitment to the highest standards of practice in the field. As the President of the MidAtlantic Chapter, I am proud to serve this amazing group of expert care managers. 2020 was an especially challenging year for elders, and their families. As we navigate 2021 and the continued impact of SARS-CoV-2, elders need the kind of advocacy, guidance, connection with resources and expert care coordination that ALCA members are poised to provide more than ever. Visit us at midatlanticalca.org. We look forward to working with you.
Heather Suri BSN RN CMC President Aging Life Care™ Association Mid-Atlantic Chapter
Aging Life Care Association™ (ALCA) Membership Levels ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL MEMBER Advanced Professional Members must: • Hold a Bachelor’s, Master’s or Ph.D. with at least one degree in a field related to Aging Life Care/ care management (i.e. counseling, gerontology, mental health, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychology or social work); • Be primarily engaged in a paid position in the direct practice, administration or supervision of clientcentered services to the elderly and their families; • Have two years of post-degree supervised experience in a paid position in the field of Aging Life Care/care management within the last ten years; and • Hold a current ALCA-approved certification. Professionals can also qualify for the Advanced Membership level if they hold a Bachelor’s, Master’s or Ph.D. degree in a field unrelated to Aging Life Care/care
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management. However, these members must meet all of the other criteria outlined above, and they must have three years of post-degree supervised experience in the field of Aging Life Care/care management within the last ten years. The Advanced Professional level also includes members designated as Fellows of the Leadership Academy. PROFESSIONAL MEMBER Professional Members must: • Hold an Associate’s, Bachelor’s, Master’s or Ph.D. degree with at least one degree held in a field related to Aging Life Care/care management (i.e. counseling, gerontology, mental health, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychology or social work); • Be primarily engaged in a paid position in the direct practice, administration or supervision of client-centered services to the elderly and their families; and
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