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An Interdisciplinary Approach to Enhancing Health Knowledge and Cultural Awareness with LGBT Older Adults
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Smith, Stephanie D.; Rowan, Noell L.; Arms, Tamatha E.; Hohn, Kristen L.; Galbraith, Craig S. – Educational Gerontology, 2021
A collaboration between social work and nursing faculty created a curriculum to improve cultural awareness and knowledge of LGBT older population's health and quality of life. Social work and nursing students completed a pre/post survey following the educational intervention; results from this mixed methods study indicated positive change in…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, LGBTQ People, Risk, Health Services
Effectiveness of a Service Learning Model with Allied Health Assistant Students in Aged Care
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Zulch, Debbie; Saunders, Rosemary; Peters, Judith; Quinlivan, Julie – International Journal of Training Research, 2016
This paper explores the impact of a student learning activity involving service learning. As part of a vocational course in the Academy of Health Sciences at a Western Australian TAFE (Technical and Further Education) institute, Allied Health Assistant (AHA) students participated in a service learning program focused on work-based learning in…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Allied Health Occupations Education, Qualitative Research, Quality of Life
Communicating with Patients Who Have Advanced Dementia: Training Nurse Aide Students
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Beer, Laura E.; Hutchinson, Susan R.; Skala-Cordes, Kristine K. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2012
The increase of dementia in older adults is changing how medical care is delivered. Recognizing symptoms of pain, managing behaviors, and providing quality of life for people who have advanced dementia requires a new skill set for caregivers. Researchers in this study targeted nurse aide students to test an educational module's effect on students'…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Cognitive Ability, Student Attitudes, Quality of Life
The Role of the University of the Third Age in Meeting Needs of Adult Learners in Victoria, Australia
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Hebestreit, Lydia – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2008
Many older adults are interested in learning long past the age dictated by social norms. Some want to learn simply for the joy of learning, others because of the social contacts made by joining a community of learners, and still others want to learn so that they have a purpose in life. The University of the Third Age (U3A) is one of several models…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Older Adults, Adult Students
The Impact of a Practicum on Aging and Reminiscence on Gifted Students' Attitudes toward the Elderly.
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Allen, Susan M.; And Others – Roeper Review, 1986
Negative attitudes and stereotypic behaviors directed at the elderly were decreased among 49 seventh- and eighth-grade gifted students who participated in an intergenerational practicum in which student conducted reminscence interviews with elderly persons about significant events in their lives and learned about issues facing the aged. (CB)
Descriptors: Aging Education, Gifted, Junior High Schools, Older Adults
Aging in America: Fact, Fiction and Feeling.
Strubbe, Mary A. – 1979
Thirteen lessons on aging in America, appropriate for the secondary school level, are presented. Each lesson is designed to take approximately one day and includes the goal, objectives, background information, reproducible student handouts, materials and equipment needed, procedures, and evaluation forms. In the first lesson students examine their…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Age Groups, Aging (Individuals), Attitude Change