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Feasibility of a Brief Community-Based Train-the-Trainer Lesson to Reduce the Risk of Falls among Community Dwelling Older Adults
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Gunter, Katherine B.; John, Deborah H. – Journal of Extension, 2014
The Better Balance, Better Bones, Better Bodies (B-Better©) program was developed to disseminate simple home-based strategies to prevent falls and improve functional health of older adults using a train-the-trainer model. Delivered by Family & Community Education Study Group program volunteers, the lesson stresses the importance of a…
Descriptors: Safety, Older Adults, Health Promotion, Training
Beechem Risk Inventory for Late-Onset Alcoholism.
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Beechem, Michael – Journal of Drug Education, 1997
Describes an instrument that identifies the risk of late-onset (reactive) alcoholism and the presence of unresolved loss-grief issues. Instrument was tested on 96 adults aged 60 and over. Found an interrelationship between unresolved loss-grief issues and depression. Rates the likelihood that these conditions may lead to alcoholism. (EMK)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, At Risk Persons, Attitude Measures
Eldercare Volunteer Corps Demonstration, A "Project Care" Initiative. Final Report.
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Kentucky State Dept. for Social Services, Frankfort. – 1994
The goal for this project was to recognize the volunteers at the beginning of the project and to focus on a program to increase the utilization of volunteers in essential service delivery to at-risk persons in the Big Sandy region of eastern Kentucky. A diverse committee made up of business, education, civil leaders, service providers, and…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Elder Abuse, Low Income Groups, Older Adults