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Download full textAvoseh, Mejai, Ed.; Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2020
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. These papers are from the CIAE 2020 Virtual International…
Descriptors: Adult Education, International Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Peer reviewedJutras, Sylvie; Veilleux, France – Canadian Journal on Aging, 1991
Telephone interviews with 294 people in Quebec involved in informal care of elderly persons found that perceived burden was related to level of assistance provided, participation in personal care activities, the elderly person's functional independence and health status, caregiver's age, relationship between caregiver and patient, living…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Daily Living Skills, Family Caregivers, Foreign Countries
Direct linkClarke, Philippa; Colantonio, Angela – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2005
Older adults are the largest group of wheelchair users yet there are no peer-reviewed studies on the national profile of older wheelchair users in Canada. We investigated the characteristics of wheelchair users in a national sample of community-dwelling older adults from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA-2). Questions on the use of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Assistive Technology, Risk
Peer reviewedMacAdam, Margaret – Gerontologist, 1993
Presents estimates of paraprofessional home care revenue and size, the composition of the industry, and the workforce incentives inherent in different forms of reimbursement. Findings from the review are discussed, including indications that industry's reliance on public funding places special importance on payment policies that recognize critical…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Disabilities, Employment, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBadry, D. E.; And Others – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1989
The study of 742 older persons (above age 45) with a developmental handicap residing in either community or institutional settings in Alberta, Canada, found those residing in congregate care settings had significantly higher frequencies of health impairments. Persons residing in the community had significantly better independent living skills and…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Community Programs, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities
British Columbia Dept. of Education, Victoria. Div. of Continuing Education. – 1982
This directory provides summaries of 65 1980-81 continuing education projects in British Columbia. Projects are categorized into the two broad sections of Adult Basic Education and Community Education which are subdivided by major subject area. Section A, Adult Basic Education, has these three subject areas: Literacy/Up-Grading/Life Skills,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Action, Community Education
McKeever, Pam, Comp. – 1991
Workplace literacy programs are employer- and/or union-sponsored basic skills upgrading programs for workers and their families. Community-based literacy programs can support workplace programs. Several factors should be considered in Northern Ontario workplace literacy programs: (1) technological change; (2) aging population; (3) outmigration of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Programs, Continuing Education
