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Davies, Bleddyn; Challis, David – Gerontologist, 1980
Characteristics of the target population, services, and potential source of helpers are determining factors in the cost effectiveness of home health services. Welfare of patients in the experimental group was improved, and lower probability of residential care helped keep costs down. (JAC)
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Geriatrics
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Nelson, Arthur A., Jr.; Maddox, Ray R. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1992
A study investigated the effectiveness on entry-level skills of training six pharmacy graduate students in a primary care facility. Required clerkships in medicine, ambulatory care, and geriatrics were combined into a single rotation in a family practice ambulatory care clinic. Results were positive and have implications for improving some…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Educational Environment, Family Practice (Medicine), Geriatrics
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Dolan, Teresa A. – Journal of Dental Education, 1992
Several recent national initiatives by both professional associations and public agencies provide measurable health objectives and suggestions for educational activities in geriatric oral health promotion. These can be used to evaluate current educational programs in geriatric dentistry and to plan programs and health promotion activities to meet…
Descriptors: Dental Schools, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria, Geriatrics
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Suggs, Patricia K.; And Others – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 1993
Responses from 20% of 3,850 nurses, pharmacists, physicians, physician assistants, and social workers surveyed, from rural and urban areas, displayed variability in preferred continuing education program length and a preference for self-directed learning. Lack of financial aid and preference for local events suggested that programs requiring…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Continuing Education, Geriatrics, Gerontology
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Journal of Dental Education, 1990
The proceedings include an executive committee report, officers' reports, and reports on a student recruitment program, income and expenditures, association policy and positions, constitution and bylaws, component groups, and membership and attendance. Abstracts of a special meeting on geriatrics and a directory of officers are also included. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Conference Proceedings, Dental Schools
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Blazer, Dan G.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1996
Investigates paranoia in older adults. In cross-sectional analyses, symptoms were strongly associated with black race, lower income and education, less exercise, and more depressive symptoms. In longitudinal analysis, three years following initial interview, symptoms were predicted by baseline paranoid symptoms, education and depressive symptoms…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Aging Education, Blacks, Community Attitudes
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Ivry, Joann; Lawrance, Frances P.; Damron-Rodriguez, JoAnn; Robbins, Virginia Cooke – Journal of Social Work Education, 2005
The Geriatric Social Work Practicum Partnership Program was funded to attract graduate students to the field of aging and to strengthen field education in geriatric social work. Rotation was selected to achieve the program's goals to provide students with exposure to the spectrum of care in geriatric social work services. This paper describes the…
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Social Work, Practicums, Graduate Students
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Lieff, Susan; Andrew, Melissa; Tiberius, Richard – Academic Psychiatry, 2004
Objective: This study examines the issues influencing psychiatrists' decisions to provide care to the under-served geriatric population. Methods: Community-based psychiatrists who see geriatric patients participated in focus group discussions exploring factors that influence the characteristics of their current practices. Results: Personal themes,…
Descriptors: Psychiatry, Decision Making, Influences, Older Adults
Zaki, Gamel; Zaki, Sylvia – 1982
Day care is a growing service in the field of long-term care, increasing the options available to the impaired elderly. To study the development of adult day care centers in southeastern New England, and to identify the relationship of day care centers to the long term care network of services, the 11 day care centers in the catchment area of the…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Case Studies, Delivery Systems, Geriatrics
Billings, A. E.; And Others – 1980
Because of increased life spans and lower fertility rates, adults over 65 will continue to comprise a larger proportion of the population. The traditional emphasis on individual and family care of older Americans has been replaced by an emphasis on the obligation of society. Currently, poor health is the most prevalent problem reported among older…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Delivery Systems, Geriatrics, Gerontology
Solomon, Kenneth – 1978
There have been several major theories proposed to account for the development of stereotypes of old people. The literature on stereotyping of the elderly is reviewed, with an emphasis on the attitudes of various health workers, especially physicians and psychiatrists. The theories and supporting data of the classical psychoanalytic theory,…
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Health Personnel, Labeling (of Persons), Medical Services
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Maust, Ann Parker – Community College Review, 1977
Most nurses employed in nursing homes today have little or no training in geriatrics and the special needs of the chronically ill patient. Community colleges can play a vital role in upgrading presently employed personnel and in producing a supply of trained manpower to meet the future projected demand. (DC)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Colleges, Educational Gerontology, Geriatrics
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Savery, Joseph W. – Educational Gerontology, 1986
Describes TirLawyn, an academic organization based upon the nursing home concept, designed to provide interdisciplinary settings for health care students and practitioners to learn about and research aging and health care services, and to deliver a continuum of exemplary care to the elderly. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Gerontology, Geriatrics
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Pawlson, L. Gregory – Journal of Medical Education, 1982
Evidence is presented to support the development of the nursing home as a required clinical educational site. Analogies and differences between the nursing home and the hospital in medical education are explored as a means of understanding the potential and limits of the nursing home's role in medical education. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Comparative Analysis, Geriatrics, Higher Education
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Boren, Nona; And Others – Educational Gerontology, 1982
Describes three community-based service-learning activities developed by the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Services. The interdisciplinary program provides field experience for medical and graduate students as well as community medical services for the elderly. Objectives and evaluations of the programs are presented. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Aging Education, College Students, Community Programs, Educational Objectives
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