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Download full textZarit, Steven H. – 1983
A widespread bias exists among legal, medical, and social service professionals that the appropriate placement for elderly individuals with cognitive impairment (dementia) is a nursing home. Two major reasons for institutionalization are to remove the patient from a potentially harmful situation and to relieve the family of the burden of care.…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Dementia, Family Programs
Rice, Susan – 1984
Single, elderly, childless women are a specialized population needing social support. To examine the association between life satisfaction and social support among this population, 65 women (30 widowed, 35 never-married) were interviewed and completed the Life Satisfaction Scale. An analysis of the results showed that the never-married sample had…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Females, Gerontology, Group Experience
