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Morin, Charles M.; Azrin, Nathan H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1988
Evaluated behavioral and cognitive methods, relative to control condition, for treating 27 elderly insomniacs. Both treatment methods produced significant improvement on main outcome measure of awakening duration. Stimulus control yielded higher improvement rates than either imagery training or control condition on awakening duration and total…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Effectiveness
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Cipriani, Luca; And Others – Educational Gerontology, 1995
In an Italian university, a multidisciplinary course in nursing home care focused on use of the Resident Assessment Instrument. Students learned to use it effectively and developed decision-making and problem-solving abilities using concepts of comprehensive geriatric assessment and multidisciplinary teamwork. (SK)
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Diagnostic Tests, Foreign Countries, Geriatrics
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Jamison, Christine; Scogin, Forrest – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1992
Developed interview-based Geriatric Depression Rating Scale (GDRS) and administered 35-item GDRS to 68 older adults with range of affective disturbance. Found scale to have internal consistency and split-half reliability comparable to those of Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression and Geriatric Depression Scale. Concurrent validity, construct…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Geriatrics, Interviews, Older Adults
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Holland, Beverley E.; And Others – Educational Gerontology, 1994
The LIFE SPAN geriatric interdisciplinary curriculum trains health occupations students in team dynamics, problem solving, assessment, and care planning to prepare them for interdisciplinary teams that provide holistic health care for older adults. (SK)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Experiential Learning, Geriatrics, Health Occupations
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Van Stewart, Arthur; And Others – Educational Gerontology, 1994
The University of Louisville's School of Dentistry, through student research fellowships, seeks to promote interest in geriatric dentistry by sponsoring gerontological research. In addition to increasing student interest, it provides an opportunity to work in the field in the summer, and research findings enrich the curriculum. (SK)
Descriptors: Dentistry, Fellowships, Geriatrics, Gerontology
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Clark, Phillip G. – Canadian Journal on Aging, 1993
Examples from Canada and the United States are used to explore social values such as individualism vs. collectivism; definition and solution of social problems; social construction of the "crisis" of aging; and public debate and moral discourse as a process for developing public policy. (SK)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Debate, Ethics, Geriatrics
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Chiriboga, David; Newell, Debra – Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 1996
A survey to determine the extent of gerontological and geriatric education for a specific allied health sciences school received responses from 27 of 60 faculty. A substantial number of courses infused aging-related information into the course content, particularly at the graduate level. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Allied Health Occupations Education, Course Content, Frail Elderly
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Abyad, A. – International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 1995
Discusses the roles of Lebanese health care systems and the American University of Beirut. Notes that morbidity burdens of geriatric populations can overwhelm health infrastructures already unable to meet prevention and treatment needs of a younger population with relatively low-cost, easy-to-prevent, easy-to-treat illnesses. Expresses Lebanon's…
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Gerontology, Health Care Costs, Health Services
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Clark, Phillip G. – Educational Gerontology, 2002
An interdisciplinary geriatrics team training institute focused on cutting-edge health care themes had 30 participants. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation showed that participants sought specific, work-applicable insights; the focus on new approaches was critical; and careful attention to educational program marketing was needed. (SK)
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Health Occupations, Institutes (Training Programs), Interdisciplinary Approach
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Adams, Kathryn Betts; Matto, Holly C.; Sanders, Sara – Gerontologist, 2004
Purpose: The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) is widely used in clinical and research settings to screen older adults for depressive symptoms. Although several exploratory factor analytic structures have been proposed for the scale, no independent confirmation has been made available that would enable investigators to confidently identify scores…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Older Adults, Psychometrics, Mental Health
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Cheng, Sheung-Tak; Chan, Alfred C. M. – Psychological Assessment, 2004
Elderly persons (N=310) attending outpatient psychiatric clinics were given an interview on the 30-item Geriatric Depression Scale (T. L. Brink et al., 1982; J. A. Yesavage et al., 1983) and received an independent psychiatric evaluation. A 3-step binary logistic regression showed that 2 items measuring positive affect and 2 others measuring…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Geriatrics, Clinics, Depression (Psychology)
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Freter, Susan; Bowles, Susan K. – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2005
Warfarin dosing for thromboprophylaxis in post-operative patients is time-consuming. Warfarin-dosing nomograms can be used in post-operative arthroplasty patients, but warfarin requirements are lower in frail older people. We modified an existing post-arthroplasty nomogram to a frail-friendly version and evaluated its performance in a frail…
Descriptors: Surgery, Patients, Physicians, Geriatrics
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Links, Paul S.; Heisel, Marnin J.; Quastel, Adam – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
The present study explored the validity of treating suicide ideation as a surrogate endpoint that can serve as a proxy for suicide in clinical intervention research with suicidal seniors. Two criteria; that suicide ideation is modulated by the proposed intervention and that modulation of suicide ideation leads to a quantitative reduction in…
Descriptors: Validity, Suicide, Older Adults, Literature Reviews
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Fajemilehin, Boluwaji – Educational Gerontology, 2004
This descriptive study examined the conceptions and misconceptions students in health professions have regarding older people. The research was conducted in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The findings revealed that students in health professions, as a whole, demonstrated a high degree of stereotypic misconceptions and poor knowledge about aging and older…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Misconceptions, Health Occupations, Geriatrics
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Panos, Patrick T. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2004
The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale-Expanded (BPRS-E) is a widely used outcome measure that assesses change in psychiatric symptoms. The focus of the present study was to clarify and determine the factor structure of the BPRS-E with geriatric and nongeriatric psychiatric inpatients. Two previous studies found different factor structures for the…
Descriptors: Psychiatric Hospitals, Validity, Factor Structure, Rating Scales
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