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Direct linkKemeny, Elizabeth; Mabry, J. Beth – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2015
This study addresses the transfer of training to quality care practices among leisure services professionals who serve older adults by applying the Social Structure and Personality approach, a social psychology framework that accounts for layers of influence in that process. Multiple demographic and policy changes contribute to a need for a…
Descriptors: Well Being, Aging (Individuals), Aging Education, Professional Development
Fitzgerald, Margaret A.; Chromy, Barbara; Philbrick, Candace A.; Sanders, Gregory F.; Muske, Kara L.; Bratteli, Marlys – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2009
A training curriculum on mental health and aging was developed and disseminated to 32 natural caregivers throughout a frontier state using a train-the-trainer model. Those certified as trainers included social workers, religious professionals, volunteers, long-term care employees, nurses, home health workers, and professional and informal…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Aging Education, Caregivers, Mental Health
Tumosa, Nina; Morley, John E. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2006
In gerontology and geriatrics, learning often requires both the acquisition of new facts and a change in attitude towards elderly persons. Games, in addition to stimulating a desire to learn, are powerful instruments to change attitudes. This paper introduces games currently being used by the Gateway Geriatric Education Center to teach…
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Exercise Physiology, Educational Gerontology, Games
Hyer, Lee; Leventhal, Gerald; Gartenberg, Melissa – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2005
The profession of psychology is responding to this culture's rapidly changing problems related to an aging population. A central theme regarding the training of clinical geropsychologists has been that education should be sequentially organized across levels, from undergraduate, to graduate, internship, postdoctoral, and continuing education for…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Models, Psychologists, Doctoral Programs
DeVries, Helen McKean – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2005
While a relatively small number of clinical psychology graduate programs offer specialized tracks in clinical geropsychology, the need for psychologists trained to work with older adults is increasing. This paper presents a model of training that could be adopted by generalist training programs to better prepare their students to work with older…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Doctoral Programs, Service Learning, Older Adults
Ruiz, Jorge G.; Smith, Michael; van Zuilen, Maria H.; Williams, Christine; Mintzer, Michael J. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine whether training with a multimedia tutorial would have an impact on LPN students' knowledge of dementia care, attitudes toward dementia care, and self-efficacy ratings. A total of 38 nursing students participated. Pre-post comparisons of outcome measures revealed significant improvements in knowledge,…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Residential Care, Nursing Students, Self Efficacy
