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WHEN THE FRENCH NATIONAL RAILWAY CONVERTED FROM STEAM TO AN ELECTRIC AND DIESEL-ELECTRIC TRACTION SYSTEM, IT WAS NECESSARY TO RETRAIN OLDER (OVER 40) SKILLED WORKERS--DRIVERS, LOCOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE MEN AND SUPERVISORS OF WORKSHOPS AND DEPOTS. THE INTELLECTUAL AND EMOTIONAL DIFFICULTIES OF OLDER PERSONS IN RETRAINING WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN PLANNING THE RETRAINING. THE PROGRAM COVERS 11 WEEKS--THREE WEEKS OF STUDY OF DIRECT AND ALTERNATING CURRENT, FIVE WEEKS ON THE CONTROL INSTRUMENTS, DRIVING AND RUNNING REPAIRS, AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING ELECTRIC TRACTION, AND THREE WEEKS OF DRIVING. TO INCREASE THE CONFIDENCE OF TRAINEES, DRIVING AND REPAIR MANUALS HAVE BEEN DRAWN UP, YOUNGER AND OLDER WORKERS ARE RETRAINED TOGETHER, INSTRUCTORS ARE CAREFULLY SELECTED AND WELL TRAINED, AND FELLOW-WORKERS WHO HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED TRAINING ARE CALLED BACK TO ACT AS MONITORS DURING THE DRIVING TRAINING. THE PROGRAM HAS PROVED VERY EFFECTIVE IN THAT THE NUMBER OF BREAKDOWNS DUE TO IGNORANCE ON THE PART OF RETRAINED DRIVERS IS VERY SMALL AND THE NUMBER OF DRIVING LICENSES FOR DIESEL AND DIESEL-ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES REFUSED TO EX-STEAMDRIVERS WAS NEGLIGIBLE. THIS PAPER WAS PREPARED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT SEMINAR ON JOB-REDESIGN AND OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING FOR OLDER WORKERS IN LONDON, 1964, AND LATER PRESENTED TO THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANPOWER TRAINING AND THE OLDER WORKER, HELD IN WASHINGTON, JANUARY 17-19, 1966. (PT)

Including community health workers (CHWs) in the care for older adults may be an effective approach to delivering interventions that are supported by evidence and improving the clinical outcomes of older adults with health needs (cite ). A Community Health Worker (CHW) is a public health worker who is either a trusted member of the community or has a deep understanding of the community they serve. They act as a link between health and social services and the community to improve access to services and their quality. CHWs also help increase health knowledge and self-sufficiency through outreach, education, counseling, social support, and advocacy. Our intention is to undertake a scoping review to delineate the existing evidence pertaining to the training methodologies and strategies employed in studies that depict training programs for CHWs who care for older adults. Our ultimate objective is to utilize the findings to enhance training programs for CHWs, thereby enabling them to deliver high-quality care for older adults. In light of the scarcity of literature specific to Community Health Workers (CHWs) serving older adults and the broad spectrum of disciplinary influence within CHW literature, our study will employ a scoping review methodology. The purpose of this scoping review is to ascertain the characteristics of training curricula for CHWs who provide care for older adults (aged 65+). The findings from this review can inform the development of training guidelines for CHWs who work with older adults.