SAGE Certificate Program

The Stanford SAGE Certificate Program is available in English and Spanish. We have extensive experience training the direct care workforce in all the Bay Area Counties. Supported by the Stanford Aging and Ethnogeriatrics Center and the Stanford Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Dr. Periyakoil and her team have trained 241 community health workers from the Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties.

Additionally, we have conducted conferences, hosted webinars as well as in-person training for multi-disciplinary health professionals in close collaboration with our community partners. In 2022, we partnered with 26 community organizational partners to host 4 educational sessions in Spanish (attended by 222 trainees), one conference on aging and dementia (attended by 136 people), 12 outreach events attended by 183 health workers, 70% Latinx Americans.

Past SAGE Certificate Training events in English and Spanish

SAGE Certificate Training and Materials Samples

Overview of Dementia

Descripción general de la Demencia

What do we know about dementia in the Hispanic/Latino population?

¿Qué sabemos sobre la demencia en la población hispana?

SAGE Trainee Testimonials

SAGE Training helped me get a job!

Currently in the process of being offered a position in which I will be caring for an elderly person with Alzheimer’s. I also had the opportunity to take a nursing assistant course and volunteering in clinics or nursing homes with patients who have Alzheimer’s.

¡Todos los temas del entrenamiento SAGE fueron de gran ayuda!

“Todos los temas fueron de gran ayuda no solo para mi familia sino para poder promover lo que aprendemos en otras familias”

I liked everything about the SAGE training!

I liked everything, and that the training is done in Spanish. I believe that this information is really helpful and necessary in our community. The Latino community needs more training like this.

¡Los instructores de the SAGE son sobresalientes!

“De hecho, todo es muy útil y las personas encargadas de la formación son muy accesibles y saben cómo ayudarte”.

I learned a lot about dementia!

“For me, it was such an honor being able to participate in this training and I learned a lot, thanks to you. I learned a lot about the brain and the illness related to it. I want to thank you for the lessons you provided because now I can educate and explain to my family about Alzheimer’s.”

¡Cuido a una persona con la enfermedad de Parkinson y la capacitación SAGE fue muy útil para mí!

“Fue muy útil; Estoy compartiendo la información con otros. Cuido a una persona con Parkinson y me enseñaron cómo ayudarlos más y aprender más sobre las personas con demencia. Cuando ya tienes un reconocimiento previo y una comprensión de lo que es la demencia, ayuda mucho, especialmente cuando se trata de ayudar a otra persona”.

SAGE Training helped me to provide better care to my patients!

“This training is something very interesting, we can help people with dementia more, training ourselves more and thus giving them better help.”

¡He aprendido a tratar a los pacientes profesionalmente!

“Concluyo agradeciendo esta gran oportunidad que se me ha brindado al ser parte de este gran proyecto. Esto ha fortalecido más mis conocimientos en la rama de la medicina. He aprendido a tratar a los pacientes de manera más profesional”.