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The Clinical Utility of a Comprehensive Periodic Assessment Form for the Geriatric Rehabilitation Patient.
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Yew, Elizabeth; And Others – Gerontologist, 1989
The Comprehensive Periodic Assessment Form is an innovative way to document a patient's rehabilitation progress. This nonnarrative, semi-graphical form digests onto one page many sheets of progress notes. Mobility, Activities of Daily Living (ADL), mental, and medical status over time can be ascertained at a glance. Useful for the aged patient…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Geriatrics, Older Adults, Rehabilitation Programs
Assessment of Hearing Health Knowledge.
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Singer, Jay M.; Brownell, Winifred W. – Gerontologist, 1984
Assessed hearing health knowledge of 336 younger and older adults using the Hearing and Health Inventory. Data analyses revealed serious knowledge deficits regarding hearing aids, communication with the hearing impaired, and the effects of drugs and diseases on hearing. Strategies for developing hearing health education for clients are…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Freshmen, Geriatrics, Health Education
Teaching Principles of Geriatrics Through a Home Health Care Rotation.
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Francisco, George E., Jr. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1983
A one week rotation in home health care for the aged, included in a required clinical clerkship, provided students with exposure to medical, social, and economic influences on the elderly and provided the patient with nondispensing pharmaceutical services. Improved communication skills and knowledge of geriatric drugs and diseases resulted. (MSE)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Communication Skills, Diseases, Drug Therapy