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Direct linkGiaconi, Catia; Bianco, Noemi Del – Research on Education and Media, 2017
The purpose of this paper was to analyse the core of the quality of life, intended as a complex construct with specific and transversal features. The approach to this issue, by linking it to the great emergency of disability in adulthood, pushes the analysis into deep conceptual pedagogical reflections, which lead the authors' initial reflections…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Quality of Life, Intervention, Aging (Individuals)
Wallace, Cara L.; Thielman, Kara J.; Cimino, Andrea N.; Rueda, Heidi L. Adams – Journal of Social Work Education, 2017
Social workers rarely receive education and training in the areas of grief, bereavement, and death and dying, which may lead to difficulties in compassionately and ethically addressing concerns in end-of-life or grief-related contexts. This article presents actual and potential outcomes from three challenging end-of-life case studies using…
Descriptors: Ethics, Death, Older Adults, Social Work
Jung, Seung Eun; Parker, Stephany; Hermann, Janice; Phelps, Joshua; Shin, Yeon Ho – Journal of Extension, 2018
We explored rural older adults perceptions of health to inform health promotion program development, using social marketing as our framework. Participants in seven focus groups viewed independence and holistic health as indicators of health and identified healthful eating and physical activity as actions to promote health. Barriers to these…
Descriptors: Health Education, Rural Areas, Older Adults, Health Promotion
Brandmaier, Andreas M.; Ram, Nilam; Wagner, Gert G.; Gerstorf, Denis – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Well-being is often relatively stable across adulthood and old age, but typically exhibits pronounced deteriorations and vast individual differences in the terminal phase of life. However, the factors contributing to these differences are not well understood. Using up to 25-year annual longitudinal data obtained from 4,404 now-deceased…
Descriptors: Well Being, Individual Differences, Longitudinal Studies, Structural Equation Models
Ellison, Caroline; White, Amy; Chapman, Libby – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2011
Background: Most people with a disability want to remain living in their own home as they age. Without additional support, people with a disability may not be able to avoid moving into residential aged care, attending day programs, or becoming isolated from participation in the wider community. This study examined whether participants perceived…
Descriptors: Day Programs, Older Adults, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities
Boerner, Kathrin; Wang, Shu-Wen – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2010
This study examined the impact of loss of vision on important life domains depending on life context. The sample included two groups dealing with vision impairment: middle-aged (n = 44) and older adults (n = 107). Findings showed important group differences in extent, type, and facet of life changes across and within four life domains:…
Descriptors: Vision, Adults, Older Adults, Visual Impairments
Darling, Rosalyn B.; Heckert, D. Alex – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2010
This article presents the results of a study of differences in orientation toward disability over the lifecourse. The study was based on an instrument developed by the authors, the Questionnaire on Disability Identity and Opportunity (QDIO). This instrument measures two dimensions of disability: participation and orientation. Orientation, in turn,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Questionnaires, Identification (Psychology)
Haveman, Meindert; Perry, Jonathan; Salvador-Carulla, Luis; Walsh, Patricia Noonan; Kerr, Mike; Lantman-De Valk, Henny Van Schrojenstein; Van Hove, Geert; Berger, Dasa Moravec; Azema, Bernard; Buono, Serafino; Cara, Alexandra Carmen; Germanavicius, Arunas; Linehan, Christine; Maatta, Tuomo; Tossebro, Jan; Weber, Germain – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2011
Background: POMONA II was a European Commission public health-funded project. The research questions in this article focus on age-specific differences relating to environmental and lifestyle factors, and the 17 medical conditions measured by the POMONA Checklist of Health Indicators (P15). Method: The P15 was completed in a cross-sectional design…
Descriptors: Public Health, Check Lists, Life Style, Mental Retardation
Ostir, Glenn V.; Ottenbacher, Kenneth J.; Fried, Linda P.; Guralnik, Jack M. – Social Indicators Research, 2007
The aim of the current study was to examine the interactive effects of depressive symptoms and lower extremity functioning on social participation for a group of moderately to severely disabled older women. The study used a cross-sectional community based sample, enrolled in the Women's Health and Aging Study I, randomly selected from the Centers…
Descriptors: Females, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Physical Fitness, Risk
Peer reviewedTownsend, Aloen L.; Franks, Melissa M. – Family Relations, 1997
Tests a path model of the mediational effects of the quality of relationships between spouse caregivers (N=75) and their impaired partners. Emotional closeness mediated the impact of the partner's cognitive impairment, but not functional impairment, on the caregiver's subjective effectiveness. Conflict had a direct but not a mediating influence on…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Conflict, Disabilities, Interpersonal Relationship
Peer reviewedChang, Bei-Hung; Noonan, Anne E.; Tennstedt, Sharon L. – Gerontologist, 1998
Examines how religious/spiritual coping was related to caregiving and psychological distress among informal caregivers (N=127) to community-residing disabled elders. Caregivers who used religious or spiritual beliefs to cope with caregiving had a better relationship with care recipients, which was associated with lower levels of depression and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Role, Coping, Depression (Psychology), Disabilities
Peer reviewedGreene, David – Educational Gerontology, 1998
Sixteen occupational therapy students participated in service learning with older adults in nursing homes and 20 with people with disabilities. Both groups were aware of reciprocal benefits from service learning. Older adults seemed unaware of their own efficacy as educators. (SK)
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Educational Benefits, Higher Education
Download full textVinick, Barbara – 1982
Because the life expectancy of women is longer than that of men and because men seem to marry younger women, most of the literature on caregivers of the elderly has focusd on women who care for elderly, disabled husbands. In order to explore the role of men as caretakers of disabled wives, 25 elderly widowers (aged 63-93) participated in…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Family Involvement, Family Relationship, Gerontology
Peer reviewedPraderas, Kim; MacDonald, Marian L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1986
In an effort to reduce social isolation, procedures which included modeling, behavioral rehearsal, feedback, and reinforcement were used to train four elderly nursing home residents in four conversational areas: expressing common courtesies; making positive self-disclosures; asking questions; and making interjections and acknowledgments. Results…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Disabilities, Gerontology, Institutionalized Persons
Grant, Gloria, Ed. – 1977
The teacher's guide contains 51 activity units for implementing multicultural education in areas of social studies, language arts, science, math, and art. Activities, designed for elementary and junior high students, focus on racial and cultural diversity, the elderly, sex-role stereotyping, and the handicapped. Two introductory units suggest…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Art Activities, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences
