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Recommended Actions: A Workforce Blueprint for Psychology

Identify for all psychologists an essential set of core competencies and a minimum level of graduate training in the care of older adults. Incorporate the minimum competency and educational standards into the APA Guidelines and Principles for Accreditation. Expand content on older adults in the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology. Develop and promote adoption of a graduate-level model curriculum on older adults. Establish an evidence-based continuing education pathway in geropsychology. Develop the caregiving skills of other professionals, direct care workers, older adults, and their families. Advocate for expanded federal financial incentives for work with older adults. Create a supply and demand analysis for psychologists qualified in the care of older adults.