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Counseling Older Adults at Risk of Suicide: Recognizing Barriers, Reviewing Strategies, and Exploring Opportunities for Intervention
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Sawyer, Patricia; Williams, Beverly Rosa – Alabama Counseling Association Journal, 2012
Age-related challenges to health and well-being among older adults give rise to a distinctive array of risk factors for suicide, calling for a unique approach to suicide interventions. Americans over the age of 65 are disproportionally overrepresented in the number of completed suicides. This paper examines the epidemiology of geriatric suicide,…
Descriptors: Older Adults, At Risk Persons, Suicide, Counseling Techniques
Functional Recovery of Older Hip-Fracture Patients after Interdisciplinary Intervention Follows Three Distinct Trajectories
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Tseng, Ming-Yueh; Shyu, Yea-Ing L.; Liang, Jersey – Gerontologist, 2012
Purpose To assess the effects of an interdisciplinary intervention on the trajectories of functional recovery among older patients with hip fracture during 2 years after hospitalization. Design and Methods In a randomized controlled trial with 24-month follow-up, 162 patients [greater than or equal to]60 years were enrolled after hip-fracture…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Risk, Surgery, Depression (Psychology)
The BRIGHTEN Program: Implementation and Evaluation of a Program to Bridge Resources of an Interdisciplinary Geriatric Health Team via Electronic Networking
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Emery, Erin E.; Lapidos, Stan; Eisenstein, Amy R.; Ivan, Iulia I.; Golden, Robyn L. – Gerontologist, 2012
Purpose: To demonstrate the feasibility of the BRIGHTEN Program (Bridging Resources of an Interdisciplinary Geriatric Health Team via Electronic Networking), an interdisciplinary team intervention for assessing and treating older adults for depression in outpatient primary and specialty medical clinics. The BRIGHTEN team collaborates "virtually"…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Geriatrics, Depression (Psychology), Program Descriptions
Innovative Interdisciplinary Training in and Delivery of Evidence-Based Geriatric Services: Creating a Bridge with Social Work and Physical Therapy
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Rowan, Noell L.; Gillette, Patricia D.; Faul, Anna C.; Yankeelov, Pamela A.; Borders, Kevin W.; Deck, Stacy; Nicholas, Lori D.; Wiegand, Mark – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2009
With focus on interdisciplinary education models, social work and physical therapy faculty from two proximate universities partnered to create an evidence-based geriatric assessment and brief intervention research, training, and service project for community-dwelling older adults. Assessment tools and interventions were selected from the…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Geriatrics, Physical Therapy, Social Work
Use of Readers Theater to Enhance Interdisciplinary Geriatric Education
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MacRae, Nancy; Pardue, Karen T. – Educational Gerontology, 2007
This article focuses on the design and implementation of an interdisciplinary geriatric educational project at a small New England University. A novel, affective teaching approach of Readers Theater is highlighted as a beginning classroom instructional strategy for interdisciplinary students. The physical and psychosocial considerations for health…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies, Interdisciplinary Approach, Geriatrics
Effects of a Geriatrics Interdisciplinary Experience on Learners' Knowledge and Attitudes
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Fitzgerald, James T.; Williams, Brent C.; Halter, Jeffrey B.; Remington, Tami L.; Foulk, Mariko A.; Persky, Neal W.; Shay, Barbara R. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2006
This study examines the impact of an interdisciplinary training program on knowledge and attitudes of learners from four health care programs: medicine, pharmacy, social work, and nursing. Sixty-two learners participated in a 4-day educational program (one day each week for 4 weeks) focusing on interdisciplinary geriatric care. After completing…
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Intervention, English (Second Language), Social Work