Transform How Your Organization Understands Aging
Build empathy. Reduce ageism. Transform service delivery.
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✔ Strengthen staff empathy and communication
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✔ Reduce age-based bias in service delivery
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✔ Improve outcomes for older adults across systems
Why This Work Matters
Ageism is one of the most overlooked barriers to quality care and service. It impacts:
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How staff communicate with older adults
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The assumptions made about ability and independence
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The quality of support, services, and decision making
Without intentional intervention, these biases persist even in well-trained teams. We help organizations interrupt that pattern.
Our Approach: Not Just Training, Transformation
Most trainings inform. Ours transforms.
Experiential Learning
Participants engage in guided activities using ailment
simulation kits, allowing them to physically and emotionally experience common age related challenges.
Research Based Instruction
Grounded in doctoral level research, our training is designed to measurably reduce ageist attitudes and improve engagement with older adults.
Immediate Application
Staff leave with practical strategies they can apply immediately in their roles.
Proven Impact
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166+ professionals trained across service sectors.
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Measurable reductions in ageism.
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Evidence backed change.
Who We Serve
We partner with organizations committed to improving outcomes for older adults, including:
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Affordable housing providers
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Nonprofit organizations
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Government and public service agencies
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Healthcare and community-based providers
Work With Us
In-Person Training: Interactive, high-impact sessions using simulation kits for maximum engagement and transformation.
Virtual Training + Kit Experience: A hybrid model combining shipped kits with live virtual facilitation.
Grant-Funded Training Opportunities: Limited opportunities available for qualifying nonprofit organizations.
Meet Our Founder
Dr. Nikki O. Tyson, EdD, CPG
With over 20 years of experience in aging services, housing programs, and workforce development, Dr. Tyson brings a unique blend of research, practice, and leadership to anti-ageism training. Her work is grounded in a convergent mixed-methods doctoral study focused on reducing ageism in service systems and translating that research into real-world impact.
Ready to Transform Your Team?
Whether you’re looking to improve staff performance, enhance service delivery, or address bias in your organization, we’re here to help.
Our Mission Building empathy. Reducing ageism. Transforming service.
AgePractice also offers many more services. Please visit our Services page for more ways AgePractice can benefit your organization.
Led by Dr. Nikki O. Tyson, AgePractice delivers interactive, research-based training that helps organizations better serve older adults by changing how staff think, feel, and respond to aging. Our approach goes beyond traditional training. We combine evidence-based instruction with hands on sensory experiences to create lasting mindset shifts that improve real world outcomes.
