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Newsham, Tina M. K.; Schuster, Amy M.; Guest, M. Aaron; Nikzad-Terhune, Katherina; Rowles, Graham D. – Educational Gerontology, 2021
College students are poised to take on important leadership roles in society, and as such, it is vital that they understand the interests and needs of people throughout the life course and that they do not harbor ageist believes that may play out in the policies they enact, the services they provide, or the products they create. Many college…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Older Adults, Grandparents, Service Learning
Krishna, Anand; Rodrigues, Johannes; Mitschke, Vanessa; Eder, Andreas B. – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2021
Facial masks have become and may remain ubiquitous. Though important for preventing infection, they may also serve as a reminder of the risks of disease. Thus, they may either act as cues for threat, priming avoidance-related behavior, or as cues for a safe interaction, priming social approach. To distinguish between these possibilities, we…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Health Behavior, COVID-19, Pandemics
Leek, Joanna – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This paper seeks to extend discussion on ICT and intergenerational learning by examining the experiences of unrelated older adults and immigrant youths participating in the community-based "ICT Guides" project in Gothenburg, Sweden. I claim that ICT-supported learning between unrelated older adults and immigrant youths eliminates…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Older Adults, Immigrants, Young Adults
Liu, Yanping; Zhu, Wenyi; Zhang, Pinghai; Hu, Fawen – Educational Gerontology, 2021
The lack of adequate numbers of people working with older adults in an aging society implies the potential of attracting students from other disciplines to the field. This qualitative study explored the experiences of 52 Chinese psychology students who took a gerontological psychology course designed to prepare them for aging-related careers. As…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Interviews, Psychology, Undergraduate Students
Potter, Judith – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2021
This study uses the McGill Community for Lifelong Learning (MCLL) as a case study to probe issues related to seniors' learning within university contexts, including demographics, effects of learning on the lives of older adults, mutual benefits, and expectations for learners and the university community of which they are members. The intention of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Lifelong Learning, Adult Students
Puebla, Cecilia; Fievet, Tiphaine; Tsopanidi, Marilena; Clahsen, Harald – ReCALL, 2021
In an increasingly ageing, multilingual, and digitalised society, there is still a lack of research on older adults' adoption and use of mobile technology for supporting their self-directed second language learning. In the present study, we investigated the extent to which seniors residing in Germany (aged 60+) engage in mobile-assisted language…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Second Language Learning
Melissa Bishop Yu – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The number of college admissions for older adults has increased at less than expected rates, impacting older individuals by depriving them of educational benefits which promote successful aging, and by depriving society of the benefits of these individuals' wisdom and experience. According to successful aging theory, successful aging includes the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Economic Factors, Adults, Nontraditional Students
Geurts, Hilde M.; Pol, S. E.; Lobbestael, J.; Simons, Claudia J. P. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
As executive functioning (EF) is especially sensitive to age-related cognitive decline, EF was evaluated by using a multi-method assessment. Fifty males (60-85 years) with a late adulthood autism spectrum condition (ASC) diagnosis and 51 non-ASC males (60-83 years) were compared on cognitive tests across EF domains (cognitive flexibility,…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Older Adults, Males, Aging (Individuals)
Curtis, James A.; Dakin, Avery E.; Troche, Michelle S. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Airway protective disorders are common in Parkinson's disease (PD), yet effective methods to rehabilitate these life-threatening impairments are limited. This study examined the effects of two skill-based treatments aimed at improving swallowing and cough in a severely dysphagic person with PD: respiratory-swallow coordination training…
Descriptors: Diseases, Neurological Impairments, Physical Disabilities, Rehabilitation
Ho, Portia; Bulsara, Caroline; Patman, Shane; Downs, Jenny; Hill, Anne-Marie – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: Adults with intellectual disability experience high rates of falls making falls prevention an important health need. The purpose of the study was to seek perspectives of older adults with intellectual disability and their caregivers to (a) explore the experiences of older adults with intellectual disability when seeking healthcare…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, At Risk Persons, Health Promotion, Older Adults
Auais, Mohammad; Cameron, Julie; Turnnidge, Jennifer; Dalgarno, Nancy; Kolomitro, Klodiana; Pelland, Lucie – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: To describe the creation of an educational podcast with 'living cases' of older adults to support students' learning on a gerontology course and report on students' evaluation of the project. Setting: Gerontology course in a graduate programme. Method: We developed a podcast series based on interviews with older adults in the community…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Gerontology
Wark, Stuart; Hussain, Rafat; Janicki, Matthew P.; Knox, Marie; Parmenter, Trevor – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Data specifically comparing outcomes for people with and without intellectual disability is limited. This paper reports perceived health and wellbeing of older Australians resident in metropolitan and rural locations in New South Wales and Queensland. Respondents were community-residing individuals with intellectual disability and mainstream age…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Well Being, Older Adults
Loy, David P.; Autry, Cari; Janke, Megan C.; Fish, Matthew; Burnworth, Rebecca; Whisner, Wendy; Harrell, Lauren – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2023
In response to academic and healthcare restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pirate Wellness Program (PWP), a recreational therapy telehealth program, was developed and implemented in May of 2020 by East Carolina University Recreational Therapy (RT) faculty to provide virtual services and interventions to quarantined individuals with…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Wellness, Health Promotion
Simone E. Pfenninger; Maria Kliesch – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
This longitudinal study with time-serial data examines for the first time whether different types of intraindividual variation in second language (L2) performance and cognitive functioning are related, and how and when they influence L2 development longitudinally in older adulthood. We analyzed the L2 development of 26 German-speaking adults aged…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation, Older Adults
Scerri, Anthony; Schembri, Patrick – Educational Gerontology, 2022
In view of population aging, more older persons are being admitted to acute hospitals. However, the level of care that older people receive is suboptimal. Nurses' negative attitudes and inadequate level of knowledge strongly influence the level of care. The study sought to explore medical and surgical nurses' knowledge and attitudes related to…
Descriptors: Nurses, Aging (Individuals), Hospitals, Older Adults