A brief review of research on attitudes of children and youth towards the elderly and programs designed to change these attitudes and help young people understand the aging process. Implications for educational program development are outlined. (CM)

Describes a month-long nonaccredited daytime program for senior citizens from Montreal. Senior students, two college students and one administrator from Dawson College spent a month in Florida, combining a vacation with an educational experience. (Author/BEF)

Describes a program in which nursing home residents make biweekly visits to a near-by day care center, and day care children, on alternate weeks visit the nursing home. (CM)

Reviews the various emerging roles that senior citizens can play in the educational field. (AM)

The underlying goal of design proposals for local (public) authority homes for old people--minimizing residents' dependence on staff--is outlines, as are physical features of institutional accommodation held to counter fulfillment of the goal. How these issues and the related goal of independence have influenced design proposals is described.…

Describes a program developed to meet the needs of individuals, and their families, new to the experience of vision loss. Program components address education services and resources, issues concerning the emotional response to vision loss and adjustment, tips and ideas for daily functioning, and ways to enhance families' awareness. (RJM)

The Senior Alumni Program at the University of Western Ontario is a logical variation on alumni special-interest groups. Currently with 500 members and 400 on the waiting list, the only problem is limited staff and meeting space. The group provides the university with a talented, active volunteer force. (MLW)

The SMILES (Senior Motivators in Learning and Educational Services) program was initiated in 1977 by Salt Lake City School Volunteers, Inc., a nonprofit organization working with the Salt Lake City School District, as an addition to an established, successful school volunteer program. The purpose of the SMILES program is to recruit and train older…

Use of the life history technique with the elderly is described in two settings--in a university class and in a class of senior citizens. The technique helps the elderly to record and interpret their histories, to make intergenerational connections, and to experience the continuity of their lives. (Author)

This paper describes the Gerontology Alcohol Project (GAP), which was established by the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse as a pilot treatment/research project for late life drinkers, those who begin abusing alcohol after age 50. Two strategies developed by GAP for identifying elderly alcohol abusers are described including…

Nothing's glum about a community college program in Pennsylvania that offers older people with young minds a chance to stay with it. (Editor)

This report reviews the literature relating to computer uses for elders. Topics include: (1) variables affecting computer use by elders; (2) organizations and programs serving elders in Champaign County, Illinois; (3) University of Illinois workshops on problems of older people; (4) The Senior Citizens Project of Volunteer Illini Projects; (5)…

Article focused on the need for universities to turn their attention to those citizens who are older or retired and in need of opportunities to learn and contribute to society. A number of mature student programs were described. (RK)

To dramatize the human resource potential of persons over 65 years old and of the disabled, oral interpretation presentations using oral histories were developed. These presentations were designed to lead to a stimulating exchange of ideas concerning the potential contribution to daily life of the elderly and of the disabled, and to pose questions…

These seven papers and the summary of discussion that accompanied their presentation represent the proceedings of a seminar on bibliotherapy conducted by the Library School of the University of Wisconsin. The papers were designed to distinguish the role of psychotherapist from that of librarian or educator in the bibliotherapeutic process, and to…