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Download full textCarroll Community Coll., Westminster, MD. – 1998
The Home Care Challenge was a 4-year National Workplace Literacy Grant project conducted by Carroll Community College in partnership with Carroll Hospice, Carroll Lutheran Village, and Home Call to provide workplace literacy education for health care workers in these agencies. The project's goals were as follows: improving reading fluency, problem…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Caregivers, Chronic Illness, Diseases
Washington State Office of Financial Management, Olympia. – 1995
This document provides tables and figures of current demographic data for the state, counties, cities, and towns of Washington. The report is divided into two main sections: (1) "State, County, City Populations"; and (2) "Selected Estimates and Information". Section 1 presents such data as: population change and net migration…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Business, Change Agents, College Students
Crawford, Sharon; Bailey, Nancy – 1990
This curriculum guide contains 16 units aimed at training entry-level workers as patient care assistants in nursing homes. The units cover the following topics: the role of patient care assistants; psychosocial needs of geriatric patients; work ethics; legal issues; communication skills; infection control; safety issues; patient hygiene; patient…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Check Lists, Classroom Techniques, Competence
Anderson, D. J.; And Others – 1987
Detailed information is provided about the characteristics, needs, and service arrangements of 370 elderly persons with mental retardation living in 235 residential facilities operated or licensed by state developmental disabilities agencies. Representative national samples of foster care homes, small group homes, large private facilities, and…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Child Caregivers, Day Programs, Delivery Systems
McDermott, Bill P. – 1981
The Senior Adult Education Program (SAEP) for Monroe County, Michigan, conducted a documentation and analysis of the program component that provides high school completion classes in two local nursing homes. Three general research questions were (1) benefits to nursing home residents from the programs, (2) design of classes in nursing homes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Gerontology
Hole, F. Marvin – 1977
The purpose of a curriculum project was to identify selected areas in which modules needed to be c developed for Pennsylvania's vocational programs for the occupation of home-health assistant, and to develop a minimum of three modules for field testing. By reviewing current literature and information, the area of need for curriculum materials for…
Descriptors: Administration, Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
McKinnon, Cole Marie – 2001
In an effort to conform to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) staff development requirement regarding elder abuse, a learning module was developed. It was designed to be administered to an individual caregiver for the purpose of self-study or to small groups of caregivers using the lecture-discussion format. Following the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Allied Health Occupations Education, Attendants
Mallory, Virginia; And Others – 1989
This manual, which is intended for use in conducting individualized inservice training sessions for certified nurse aides employed in nursing homes and boarding homes throughout Maine, contains six learning modules designed to help health care workers better meet the needs of elderly nursing home residents who are challenged with mental illness.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Allied Health Occupations Education, Behavioral Objectives
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1988
Two hearings held a month apart examine major issues concerning Medicaid benefits in family welfare and nursing home reform. The first set of hearings discusses the proposed Family Welfare Reform Act of 1987 (H.R. 1720), which is intended to replace the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program of the Social Security Act Title IV.…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Employed Parents, Employed Women, Employment Problems
Joint Economic Committee, Washington, DC. – 1984
The first of two hearings on the topic of health care costs, their effects on the economy, and ways to curb costs was held in Washington, D.C. Testimony was heard from representatives of Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington Business Group on Health, American Association of Retired Persons, American…
Descriptors: Business, Cooperation, Costs, Economically Disadvantaged
Haldeman, Virginia A., Ed. – 1992
These proceedings contain 70 papers and summaries of panel discussions and workshops. Selected titles are as follows: "Consumer Access to Health Care" (Jones); "Credit Education for the Disadvantaged Consumer" (Schuchardt et al.); "The Jouranl of Consumer Affairs" (Herrmann et al.); "The Consumer's Role in a Changing Marketplace" (Edwards);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Children, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education
Lyon, Juana P., Comp. – 1978
A culmination of the efforts of many Indian and concerned non-Indian people, the conference, attended by almost 1,500 American Indians and Alaska Natives representing 171 tribes, aimed to promote effective and adequate services needed by the Indian elderly. Based on input from the Indian community and service providers, five concurrent workshops…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Delivery Systems
Fornelli, Linda K.; Bartel, Myrna J. – 1983
This curriculum guide is designed for use by instructors whose responsibility it is to prepare persons to provide basic direct care for residents living in adult care homes. Addressed in the individual units of part I (which contains information to be covered in the first 40 hours of training) are the following topics: working in an adult care…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Aging (Individuals), Allied Health Occupations Education, Annotated Bibliographies
Wyse, Linda; Casarotto, Nadia – 2002
Australia's Aged Care Act of 1997 mandates a number of key reforms aimed at ensuring consistency in the quality of care and well-being for all residents of aged care facilities. The law required residential aged care facilities to provide high-quality care within a framework of continuous improvement which requires aged care workers to perform the…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Allied Health Occupations Education
