Resources
Trauma-informed care is a relatively new approach to health care and human services. Best practices and evidence are still evolving and draw from many different perspectives and sectors. This section provides a collection of resources that can help guide your organization.
In aging services and long-term care, nursing homes and home and community-based services are required to provide trauma-informed care, but these sectors are underdeveloped compared to early childhood or K-12 education, for example. This presents opportunities to design tailored responses and challenges in that there is no single process or pathway that will fit with all organizations.
Aging with a History of Trauma
The Jewish Federations of North America’s The Center on Holocaust Survivor Care Institute on Aging and Trauma offers guidance for everyone working with older adults and their families, regardless of setting. The guide, Aging with a History of Trauma, will orient you and your team members to the role of trauma in aging and how to use the person-centered, trauma-informed approach with diverse groups of elders.
Foundations of Trauma-Informed Care: An Introductory Primer
Leading Age Maryland has produced this introductory primer for senior leadership in nursing homes to prepare for the Phase 3 regulations relative to trauma-informed care.
Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed Service
The Administration for Community Living offers an introduction on Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed Service for serving older adults through the lens of person-centered, trauma-informed care.
Resource Guide to Trauma-Informed Human Services
This Resource Guide to Trauma-Informed Human Services from the United States Department of Health and Human Services: Administration for Communities and Families provides an overview of key concepts related to trauma and trauma-informed care.
Practical Guide for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach
The Practical Guide for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach by SAMHSA is specifically referenced in the Phase 3 regulations to assist nursing facilities in getting started with a trauma-informed approach to care. While this guide is not specific to nursing facilities or older adults, its value is universal in that it gives an excellent introduction to trauma-informed approaches and examines ten domains of organizational management through a trauma-informed lens.
The Pioneer Network
The Pioneer Network offers free or low-cost resources on trauma-informed care and cultural competency in long-term care.