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Trait Routinization, Functional and Cognitive Status in Older Adults
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Zisberg, Anna; Zysberg, Leehu; Young, Heather M.; Schepp, Karen G. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2009
This study examined the associations between trait routinization and functional and cognitive as well as demographic indicators. A sample of American older adults living independently in a retirement community (n = 80) were assessed regarding their functional status, cognitive status, and preference for routine. Robust associations between…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Retirement, Residential Programs, Personality Traits
Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Relationship between the Use of Health Care Services and Functional Disability: The Health and Retirement Study (1992-2004)
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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
A Research and Training Model for Pre-Retirement Education Programs for Minority Populations.
Boyack, Virginia L. – 1977
This report covers the first phase of a study on the development, administration and evaluation of a Pre-Retirement Education Research and Training Program for Minority Program Leadership Aides. Thirty-eight Aides, all Black, were trained in an intensive 66-hour program to act as PREP Aides in assisting with the development of PREP Life Planning…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cultural Awareness, Daily Living Skills, Gerontology