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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
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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
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Bolton, Christopher R. – Gerontologist, 1976
The humanistic instructional strategies employed in a retirement education program package represent a previously untried and viable alternative to traditional instructional strategies. A heuristic evaluation study measured pilot program participants' reactions to several aspects of the program package; 74 percent responded favorably and 93…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Geriatrics, Gerontology, Humanistic Education