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Peer reviewedKayne, Ronald C. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1981
A good experiential training program in geriatrics provides students with the opportunity to apply their knowledge in the basic pharmaceutical disciplines; develop management and communication skills; formulate corrective and preventive strategies; and learn rational, safe, and effective drug use among the elderly. (MLW)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Drug Therapy, Experiential Learning, Geriatrics
Download full textCiferri, William B. – 1983
Professionals and paraprofessionals working in long term care facilities for institutionalized older people come from various educational backgrounds. To investigate the learning needs of long term care employees in gerontology, and to determine the validity of the Foundations for Gerontological Education Project as it relates to long term care…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Geriatrics, Gerontology, Interdisciplinary Approach
Cifferri, William B. – 1984
This paper describes a new model for teaching nursing homes, which places a strong emphasis on teamwork by combining the resources of a comprehensive retirement community and three universities to train faculty, students, and staff, and to generate research basic to geriatric care. The four organizations involved in the project (Southwestern Ohio…
Descriptors: Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Geriatrics, Gerontology, Higher Education
Fitz, Don; Simon, Judith – 1987
Because of administrative difficulties, therapeutic services provided at a nursing home by Project Adapt, through the St. Louis (Missouri) Regional Community Placement Program, were discontinued. At 2-month intervals, from June through December, 1986, 10 residents from the home where services were discontinued were compared with 10 and 15…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Comparative Analysis, Geriatrics, Gerontology
Hing, Esther; Cypress, Beulah K. – 1981
As the American population increases, the health problems of older women will be of greater concern to health planners, because it is the elderly woman who most often survives to old age and has greater need of services. Data from the National Health Survey was used to determine characteristics, conditions, management, and outcomes of patients at…
Descriptors: Females, Geriatrics, Health Needs, Health Services
Lewis, Madeleine Bryant – 1978
As part of the community service program of a community college, courses in world literature were taught to residents of two nursing homes on a non-credit, tuition-free basis. This paper explains the origin of the project, course organization, types of subjects taught in response to student needs, and types of evaluative instruments completed by…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Educational Gerontology, English Instruction
Brammer, Robert; Haller, Katherine – 2000
The psychological factors associated with paranursing expertise were examined in a study of 135 certified nursing assistants (CNAs) at a geriatric nursing facility in Amarillo, Texas. Data were collected through a project-developed screening tool called the Geriatric Employee Screening Tool (GEST), which is a true-false instrument patterned after…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Allied Health Occupations Education, Competence, Employment Qualifications
