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Peer reviewedLewis, Mary Ann; And Others – Gerontologist, 1985
Former nursing home residents (N=197) were followed for 2 years after discharge. Four subgroups of patients were identified on the basis of different patterns of survival and use of health care resources: those who returned home, died in nursing homes, transferred to hospitals, or transferred to other nursing homes. (NRB)
Descriptors: Death, Hospitals, Institutionalized Persons, Longitudinal Studies
Johnston, Susanna, Ed.; Phillipson, Chris, Ed. – 1983
These 11 papers consider the older learner as a consumer of education and examine how the concepts of education, educators, institutions, and learners must be revised if educational involvement in later life is to be regarded as the norm. Following a prologue, "Education and the Interpretation of Life Experience" (Michel Philibert), the…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Adult Education, Adult Students, Biographies
