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Direct linkLee, Kathy; Richardson, Virginia E. – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Seasoned geriatric community health workers offered valuable data that will inform educators and community health workers working with older persons. Geriatric community health workers' views about retirement and about facilitators and barriers that keep them engaged with older adults during retirement were identified. Twenty geriatric community…
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Educational Gerontology, Aging (Individuals), Public Health
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
George, Daniel R.; Stuckey, Heather L.; Dillon, Caroline F.; Whitehead, Megan M. – Gerontologist, 2011
Purpose: To evaluate whether medical student participation in TimeSlips (TS), a creative group-based storytelling program, with persons affected by dementia would improve student attitudes toward this patient population. Design and Methods: Fifteen fourth-year medical students from Penn State College of Medicine participated in a month-long…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Student Attitudes, State Colleges, Dementia
Shapiro, Johanna; Cho, Beverly – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2011
Medical Readers' Theater (MRT) is an innovative and simple way of helping medical students to reflect on difficult-to-discuss topics in geriatrics medical education, such as aging stereotypes, disability and loss of independence, sexuality, assisted living, relationships with adult children, and end-of-life issues. The authors describe a required…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Geriatrics, Medical Students, Reflection
Bowen, Mary Elizabeth; Gonzalez, Hector M. – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine racial/ethnic differences in the relationship between functional disability and the use of health care services in a nationally representative sample of older adults by using the Andersen behavioral model of health services utilization. Design and Methods: The study used 12 years of longitudinal…
Descriptors: Health Services, Health Needs, Retirement, Physicians
Vocational Education Journal, 1990
This annotated bibliography lists organizations and publications in the following categories: general information on aging, career guidance, curriculum materials, education and training, family services, health care, intergenerational programs, nutrition, opportunities for older adults, program development, and research. (SK)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Allied Health Occupations, Caregivers, Educational Resources
