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Keith, Patricia M. – Journal of Gerontology, 1977
This exploratory study examines relative effects of individual, client, and organizational characteristics on stereotypes of the aged held by nursing home administrators. Data from 45 administrators suggest client characteristics may be more important than personal or organizational dimensions in explaining variation in perceptions of the aged.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Age Differences, Gerontology, Interaction Process Analysis

Krout, John A.; Pogorzala, Christine H. – Gerontologist, 2002
Describes the goals, development, operation, and outcomes of an intergenerational programmatic relationship between a private college and a congregate facility for older adults. Faculty and students report that partnership activities provide excellent opportunities for increasing the understanding of aging and older adults. Residents report…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Intergenerational Programs, Nursing Homes

Brody, Elaine M.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1990
Examined 331 adult children with parents in nursing homes. Predictors of depression were poor health, time pressures, viewing parent as demanding, and lack of involvement with instrumental activities of daily living tasks. Emotional effects specific to parent's situation were predicted by poor health, negative perceptions of nursing home staff,…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Caregivers, Daughters, Depression (Psychology)

Nelson, Richard C. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1989
Describes application of the Choice Awareness system to a group experience for retirement and nursing home residents, which promoted residents' awareness of choices and enhanced their choice-making and socialization skills. Presents concepts and activities used and participant reactions to the activities. (Author/PVV)
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Emotional Experience, Group Experience, Interpersonal Competence

Osgood, Nancy J.; And Others – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1989
Examined extent and nature of suicide, attempted suicide, and intentional life-threatening behavior in long-term care facilities and differences in patterns of suicidal behavior by gender, age, and race. Results from 463 facilities revealed sex differences in terms of method chosen, and age differences on type of suicidal behavior and likelihood…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Death, Institutionalized Persons, Nursing Homes

Scharlach, Andrew E. – Gerontologist, 1988
Designed model program designed to increase social support for newly admitted nursing home residents through a structured program of peer counseling. Found residents (N=15) receiving peer counseling improved somewhat on measures of social conditioning; peer counselors (N=15) improved with regard to appearance and grooming. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Helping Relationship, Institutionalized Persons, Interpersonal Competence, Nursing Homes

Worley, Kathleen; Henderson, Sallirae – Gerontologist, 1995
Describes a project designed to alleviate the emotional isolation of elders concerned about the manner in which they will die, particularly fears about loss of control. A counselor engaged elders in dialogue exploring nonthreatening ways this could be done. Drama that includes dialogue with the audience was chosen, developed, and performed at…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Audience Participation, Counseling Services, Death

Arling, Greg; And Others – Gerontologist, 1991
Examined Medicaid spenddown among nursing home residents from 72 Wisconsin facilities. Found only small proportion of discharges had spent down to Medicaid eligibility, but this group's long stays contributed heavily to nursing home days. Estimated over 40 percent of those who spent down did so within six months, 58 percent within a year, and 76…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Eligibility, Financial Support, Health Care Costs

Cohen, Carole A.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1993
Conducted longitudinal study of 196 caregiver/care receiver dyads to determine variables predictive of caregiver decision to institutionalize dependent with dementia. Use of services, enjoyment of caregiving, caregiver burden and health, caregiver rating and reaction to care receiver behavior and memory problems, and presence of troublesome…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Alzheimers Disease, Decision Making, Family Caregivers

Voelkl, Judith E.; Mathieu, Mary A. – Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 1993
This study examined how depressed and nondepressed nursing home residents differed on measures of frequency of daily activity involvement and accompanying affect. Interviews indicated the groups differed significantly on frequency of activity involvement and affect. Depressed subjects spent large portions of time watching television. Nondepressed…
Descriptors: Activities, Aging (Individuals), Daily Living Skills, Depression (Psychology)
Heller, Tamar; Factor, Alan R.; Hsieh, Kelly; Hahn, Joan Earle – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1998
The impact of moving out of nursing homes into community-based settings was assessed by comparing the health, community functioning, and lifestyle satisfaction of 67 movers and 165 nonmovers. Movers showed benefits of improved health, community functioning, and increased life satisfaction. Age of the residents did not influence effects. (CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Life Satisfaction, Mental Retardation

Jones, Barbara; Murtaugh, Maureen; Durkin, Zoe Ann; Bolden, M. Chris; Majewski, Teri – Journal of Allied Health, 2000
A cost-benefit analysis tool was developed with data from 58 health occupations programs in two-year colleges. Clinical experience was primarily conducted in hospitals. Few programs have been required to perform cost analysis. Programs depend on the willingness of health care facilities to provide clinical training. (SK)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinical Experience, Clinics, Cost Effectiveness

Johnson, Brian D.; Stone, Gerald L.; Altmaier, Elizabeth M.; Berdahl, Laurie D. – Gerontologist, 1998
Investigates demographic and psychological predictors of 58 older adults' successful adjustment to a nursing home. Findings suggest that demographic variables were not effective predictors of successful adjustment. Perceived self-efficacy accounted for more of the unique variance in adjustment than locus of control. Discusses results in the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Demography, Locus of Control, Nursing Homes

Coward, Raymond T. – Gerontologist, 1995
Uses data from the Longitudinal Studies on Aging (1984-90) to examine a sample who at baseline lived in community settings and reported problems with urinary incontinence (n=719). Analyses indicate that residents of less urbanized and more thinly populated nonmetropolitan counties were more likely to have a nursing home admission than others. (JPS)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Community Services, Health Services, Longitudinal Studies

Harrow, Brooke S.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1995
Describes the total cost of care, including both formal and informal services calculated using a market value approach, for a cohort of disabled elderly. The total annual cost of caring was estimated at $9,600; for most elders, the cost of a complete substitution of informal care for formal services, plus living expenses, was less costly than…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Community Services, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities