The River Garden Geriatric Training Center is a not-for-profit postsecondary school providing training for people who want to become nurses.

History
The River Garden Geriatric Training Center was established in 1995 in order to provide training and employable skills for persons desiring to become certified nursing assistants.

Philosophy
The River Garden Geriatric Training Center believes that any person who is willing to apply himself/herself to the study of health care assisting can benefit from the training offered at the school.

The mission of the Training Center is to provide training to an individual so that he/she may be able to provide assistive health care in a courteous, competent, compassionate, and caring manner.

Nursing Assistant Program
The Nursing Assistant program offers classroom training and clinical experience in a long- term care facility. Upon successful completion of the Nursing Assistant program, the student will possess knowledge and skills necessary to function successfully at an entry-level position as a nursing assistant in a long-term care facility or hospital. The student will have the opportunity to gain cognitive skills enabling them to pass the State of Florida Certification Exam for Nursing Assistants, which is locally administered at the River Garden Hebrew Home for the Aged. Certification is required for employment in long-term care facilities.

The program commitment is 200 plus hours over an eight week period which includes both classroom, clinical, and lab time.

Location
11401 Old Saint Augustine Road, Jacksonville, FL 32258

The school is located at River Garden Hebrew Home/Wolfson Health and Aging Center, a long-term care facility which is a subsidiary of the River Garden Holding Company.

Clinical practice and application of learning occurs on one of five 36-bed resident units of River Garden Hebrew Home/Wolfson Health and Aging Center. Teaching and learning methods involve classroom lecture, audiovisuals, demonstration and return demonstration, and selected clinical experiences.

Parking is available at no charge in the North parking lot adjacent to River Garden and the school.

Policy Statement
River Garden Geriatric Training Center is an equal opportunity school. Students are chosen on the basis of ability and qualifications regardless of race, religion, sex, age, national origin, handicap, marital status or status as a disabled veteran in compliance with federal, state and municipal laws.

Ownership/Governing Body
The River Garden Geriatric Training Center is wholly owned, operated, and governed by the River Garden Holding Company, 11401 Old Saint Augustine Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32258, and is operated at 11401 Old Saint Augustine Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32258. The River Garden Holding Company also operates River Garden Hebrew Home/Wolfson Health and Aging Center ( a 180-bed not-for-profit skilled nursing facility), The Coves (an 80-unit not-for-profit retirement apartment complex), and the River Garden Foundation.

Licensed by the Commission for Independent Education, Tallahassee, Florida.

For further information including admission requirements and tuition expenses, please contact Linda Shubert.