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Andrus, Charles E. – 1977
This paper explored attitudes toward death and dying revealed through interviews with members of the clergy, the medical profession, funeral directors, nursing home residents, and selected others. The sampling was small and results are not intended to be representative of the groups to which these people belong. Rather, the study may be used as a…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Clergy, Death, Interviews
Keys, John R., Jr.; Petkofsky, Jane – 1978
The First National Indian Conference on Aging, sponsored in 1976 by the National Tribal Chairmen's Association, recommended action to correct some of the serious problems detracting from the physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being of the Indian elderly. A principal concern of the Conference was the urgent need for on-reservation nursing…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Certification, Financial Support
Wirzbicki, Philip J.; Smith, Barry D. – 1978
The predictive utility of a proposed need-press competence (NPC) model of satisfaction was compared with that of the traditional need-press fit model. Structured interviews with 30 residents from two nursing homes provided measures of needs, press, competence, and satisfaction. The NPC model was a better predictor of expressed satisfaction than…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Individual Needs, Institutionalized Persons, Interpersonal Competence
1977
The minutes of the meeting of the Special Committee on Aging of the U.S. Senate on the issue of legal services programs for the elderly, specifically programs in effect in the Boston area include statements made by the following: (1) an elderly diabetic woman testifying about living conditions and lack of services in her housing project; (2) the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Services, Federal Government, Hearings
McKnight, Eleanor M. – 1970
The Nursing Home Research Study is concerned with the quantitative measurement of nursing service in nursing homes. The purpose of the project was to provide data needed to establish a basis for proposing minimal staffing patterns for nursing homes. In an adaptation of the methodology used in a study conducted by the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Health…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Medical Services, Nursing Homes, Older Adults
Dickman, Irving R., Ed. – 1972
A guide to offer the nursing home administrator and his inservice education coordinator a source of information about the process of program planning in inservice education is presented. To plan a program, the following steps are necessary: (1) Know the problem; (2) Gather the facts; (3) Examine the facts; (4) Select the best solution; (5) Gain…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Planning, Guides, Inservice Education
Maine's Regional Medical Program Research and Evaluation Service, Augusta. – 1970
A study of nursing homes in Maine was conducted by student researchers during the summer, 1970, under Maine's Regional Medical Program (MRMP). The survey, focusing on staffing patterns and general needs in nursing homes in Maine, was conducted in order to determine ways in which MRMP might assist the nursing homes and the Maine Department of…
Descriptors: Health Facilities, Health Personnel, Health Services, Medical Services

Winn, Francis J., Jr.; And Others – Educational Gerontology, 1978
A review of staff attitudes toward the aged in nursing homes suggests the presence of a negative feedback situation between staff and patients that promotes negative attitudes toward aging by both parties. Suggestions for improvement in the nursing home environment are given. (Author)
Descriptors: Age, Attitudes, Gerontology, Nursing Homes

Stein, Shayna; And Others – Gerontologist, 1986
Examined whether newly admitted nursing home patients' anticipated stresses of institutional care would relate to their experiences of stress one and three months later, and whether patients' experiences of stress would correspond to independent judgments of the quality of the nursing homes. Patients experienced the kinds of stresses they…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Expectation, Institutional Environment, Nursing Homes

Retsinas, Joan; Garrity, Patricia – Gerontologist, 1986
Previous research has shown that only nursing home "short stayers" will return to the community. Analyzed data to predict factors important both to discharge and tenure. Independent variables included age, sex, past residence, prognosis, and family ties. Results point to prognosis as a key predictor both of discharge and of tenure.…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Medical Evaluation, Nursing Homes, Older Adults

Simon, Donald A.; Carner, Erwin A. – Gerontologist, 1987
Describes off-site multi-faceted (community contact, group and individual treatment, and creative art) day treatment program for over 300 mentally impaired nursing home residents from 22 separate skilled or intermediate nursing facilities. Provides case illustrations. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Day Programs, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Disorders

Gurian, B.; Chanowitz, B. – Gerontologist, 1987
Describes sub-acute diagnostic and treatment nursing home program for difficult to manage older adults with medical and psychiatric illness. Notes that assessment and discharge can be completed within seven months, and that among sample population studied, almost equal percentages were discharged to state institutions, remained in the study home,…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Geriatrics, Mental Disorders

Perkins, Kenneth A.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1986
Used a behavioral intervention of goal-setting with feedback and contingent reinforcement to increase stationary bike riding in eight male nursing home residents with multiple major medical and psychiatric disorders. A consistent increase in riding resulted among all participants. Findings support the effectivenes of behavioral strategies in…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Exercise, Goal Orientation

Friend, James R.; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1986
The development of specific educational objectives for and the experiences resulting from an externship in which a student studied with an independent consultant in nursing home pharmacy practice are described. (MSE)
Descriptors: Consultants, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Field Experience Programs

Kane, Robert L.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1986
A comparison of value preferences of various respondent groups involved in long term nursing home care revealed that although societal values varied by resident status, there were large areas of agreement. Family members of nursing home members, however, most often differed from other groups. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Family Attitudes, Family Relationship, Institutionalized Persons, Nursing Homes