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Ruggles, Steven – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2011
This study uses a new source of linked census data (N = 6,734) to test theories proposed to explain the high intergenerational coresidence in 19th-century America. Was it a system of support for dependent elderly, or did it reflect intergenerational interdependence? I focus on transitions from middle age to old age, and I assess key predictors of…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Family Relationship, Family Structure, Parent Child Relationship
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Black, Kathy – Educational Gerontology, 2011
Professional practice with older adults is performed in a variety of settings and across a broad range of areas. Planning for care throughout the end of life represents an increasingly important aspect of work with older adults as a result of the nation's aging demographic and concomitant health care needs. Community-based geriatric case managers…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Health Needs, Geriatrics, Aging (Individuals)
Gray, Kelsey Farson; Eslami, Esa – US Department of Agriculture, 2014
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) serves as the foundation of America's national nutrition safety net. It is the nation's first line of defense against food insecurity and offers a powerful tool to improve nutrition among low-income individuals. SNAP is the largest of the 15 domestic food and nutrition assistance programs…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Food Service, Welfare Services, Welfare Recipients
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Antman, Francisca M. – Journal of Human Resources, 2012
This paper considers the intrafamily allocation of elderly care in the context of international migration where migrant children may be able to provide financial assistance to their parents but are unable to offer physical care. To investigate sibling interaction, I estimate best response functions for individual physical and financial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigration, Global Approach, Older Adults
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Zhang, Wei; Niu, Weihua – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2013
This study examined a total of 140 elderly Chinese from China and the United States to investigate the relationship between attitude toward aging, daily activities, general health, education, and other demographics and rated creativity as measured by collage making and storytelling. The result of this study shows that creativity declines with age.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Creativity, Retirement
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Bowden, Stephen C.; Saklofske, Donald H.; Weiss, Lawrence G. – Assessment, 2011
Examination of measurement invariance provides a powerful method to evaluate the hypothesis that the same set of psychological constructs underlies a set of test scores in different populations. If measurement invariance is observed, then the same psychological meaning can be ascribed to scores in both populations. In this study, the measurement…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Construct Validity, Older Adults, Measures (Individuals)
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Binstock, Robert H. – Gerontologist, 2010
During the 50 years in which "The Gerontologist" has been publishing, the politics of aging in the United States has undergone distinct changes. The political behavior of older individuals has remained largely the same even though different birth cohorts have succeeded each other in populating the ranks of older people. But the politics…
Descriptors: Conflict, Baby Boomers, Intergenerational Programs, Older Adults
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Cherlin, Andrew J. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2010
Demographic trends in the 2000s showed the continuing separation of family and household because of factors such as childbearing among single parents, the dissolution of cohabiting unions, divorce, repartnering, and remarriage. The transnational families of many immigrants also displayed this separation, as families extended across borders. In…
Descriptors: Population Trends, Immigrants, Family (Sociological Unit), Classification
Ladner, Matthew – Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2015
"Turn and Face the Strain: Age Demographic Change and the Near Future of American Education" outlines a fierce battle looming between the needs of public health care and education. A crisis is fast approaching that makes comprehensive improvement of America's public schools more important than ever. Faced with rapidly expanding…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Baby Boomers, Retirement, Public Schools
Ladner, Matthew – Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2015
"Turn and Face the Strain: Age Demographic Change and the Near Future of American Education" outlines a fierce battle looming between the needs of public health care and education. A crisis is fast approaching that makes comprehensive improvement of America's public schools more important than ever. Faced with rapidly expanding…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Baby Boomers, Retirement, Public Schools
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King, Scott P.; O'Brien, Catherine J.; Edelman, Perry; Fazio, Sam – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2011
A person-centered care (PCC) training program was developed and disseminated to 84 institutes for retired religious persons across the United States. The program was delivered via a train-the-trainer model wherein institute trainers attended a 2-day training conference, then taught the material to direct care workers (DCWs) at their respective…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Retirement, Aging (Individuals), Geriatrics
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Castel, Alan D.; Humphreys, Kathryn L.; Lee, Steve S.; Galvan, Adriana; Balota, David A.; McCabe, David P. – Developmental Psychology, 2011
Although attentional control and memory change considerably across the life span, no research has examined how the ability to strategically remember important information (i.e., value-directed remembering) changes from childhood to old age. The present study examined this in different age groups across the life span (N = 320, 5-96 years old). A…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Older Adults, Memory, Attention
Kim, Eung-Hun – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Over the last decade, personal health records (PHRs) have been increasingly recognized and actively promoted by the U.S. federal government and experts as a tool for improving healthcare and containing skyrocketing costs in the U.S. More recently, the 2010 health reform legislation includes PHRs as an important means to improve the quality and…
Descriptors: Expertise, Management Systems, Physicians, Computer Uses in Education
Christian, Dorinda M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Tourism opportunities are being promoted heavily on the web, yet one of the largest and most lucrative markets, older adults are least likely to use the internet. In an effort to explore barriers to and potential acceptance of technology for tourism experiences, this study followed closely ten older adults through a learning process with…
Descriptors: Internet, Older Adults, Science and Society, Tourism
Henson, Kenneth T. – School Administrator, 2012
The economy has school districts in a stranglehold. But there is a way out. Despite beliefs to the contrary, the grant money pot has not dried up. The author's book "Successful Grant Writing for School Leaders: 10 Easy Steps" shares strategies and success stories from some of his own 30 school grants and from school districts small and…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, School Districts, Grants, Grantsmanship
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