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Evans, Ron L.; And Others – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1990
This study compared 187 patients discharged from a Veterans Administration hospital rehabilitation unit with 215 discharges that occurred following implementation of a prospective payment system. There were no significant differences in demographics, self-care ability, or readmissions. Length of stay and referrals for home health care decreased,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Disabilities, Finance Reform, Health Services

Spore, Diana L.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1991
Developed and administered 17-item instrument to assess knowledge of specific mental health problems (depression, agitation, disorientation) and behavioral approaches to them to 191 nurse's aides and 21 clinicians with training in behavioral management and experience with older nursing home residents. Aides averaged 11 correct answers; clinicians…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Depression (Psychology), Knowledge Level, Mental Health
Mehrotra, Chandra M. N.; And Others – 1983
With the increased percentage of older adults in the population, demand for professionals and paraprofessionals who possess both technical disciplinary competence and the experiential training necessary to work with older adults has increased. A program at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota, allows students preparing for a career…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cooperative Programs, Courses, Educational Gerontology
Scharlach, Andrew E. – 1984
Although research has demonstrated the potentially salutary effects of peer support among older persons, salutary peer support and significant interpersonal bonds are often lacking within the confines of a nursing home. A program was designed to train nursing home residents to serve as peer counselors for newly-admitted residents in an effort to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Counselor Training, Institutionalized Persons, Interpersonal Competence
Chapin, Rosemary; Rotegard, Lisa – 1990
Under the current Medicaid reimbursement system in Minnesota for intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded (ICFs/MR), payments are not targeted properly because there is no uniform assessment and resource use information to determine those clients for whom services are most costly to provide. A project was mandated by the state…
Descriptors: Classification, Evaluation Methods, Individual Characteristics, Mental Retardation
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1987
To examine alternatives to nursing home care, states have been testing home and community-based services under the Medicaid program. Information on the operations of the state projects will be vital to designing cost-effective alternative services in the future. The General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed state reports to see if accurate,…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
Balgopal, Pallassana R.; And Others – 1987
This manual, developed for the nursing home employee, examines the concept of quality assurance in nursing homes, describes the benefits of an effective quality assurance program, and provides guidelines to aid nursing homes in developing an appropriate quality assurance program. After a brief introduction, a working definition of quality…
Descriptors: Community Support, Facility Guidelines, Health Facilities, Medical Services
Romaniuk, Michael; And Others – 1977
The purpose of the study was to increase staff awareness of negative attitudes and decrease patronizing statements emitted during a geriatric day treatment community meeting. Tape recorded pre and posttest patterns of staff and client patronizing statements were measured. The intervention consisted of staff training involving awareness of the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attitude Change, Individual Power, Interpersonal Relationship
Neale, Anne Victoria; And Others – 1980
Severe problems in turnover and absenteeism among workers in geriatric and long-term care organizations have sparked great interest in the impact of job satisfaction on the quality of care provided to the elderly. The Job Description Index (JDI) is a job satisfaction index which measures satisfaction with several dimensions of the job: co-workers,…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Gerontology, Job Satisfaction, Nursing Homes
National Association for Retarded Citizens, Arlington, TX. Research and Demonstration Inst. – 1980
The document looks at the continuum of residential service models for mentally retarded individuals. Chapter 1 describes and cites research on four models (natural family homes, foster homes, community residential facilities, and nursing homes); and points out differences among these service models. A second chapter focuses on programs and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Foster Care, Adults, Children
BEEMAN, ADDISON C. – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON THE CURRENT LABOR FORCE IN HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES AND FUTURE MANPOWER NEEDS WHICH WOULD BE HELPFUL TO PLANNERS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, EMPLOYERS, WORKERS, AND YOUTH ENTERING THE LABOR MARKET. ADMINISTRATORS OR PERSONNEL OFFICERS OF 14 HOSPITALS AND 13 NURSING HOMES,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
McDuffie, Winifred G. – 1979
A project was developed to combat the negative stereotypes of ageism, and to provide positive role models of older adults for young children. Funded with a grant of $750, an Intergenerational Teaching Resource Center was established. Two major Center activities were (1) the selection, purchase, and organization into a lending program of 65 books…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Age Groups, Early Childhood Education, Enrichment Activities
South Carolina State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, Columbia. – 1974
The manual contains comprehensive multidisciplinary training units for supervisors intending to conduct inservice education courses among health personnel in South Carolina nursing homes. The first five units provide a general orientation to inservice education: introduction, the supervisor and inservice education, what inservice can and can't do,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Media, Guides, Inservice Education
Robinson, Nancy; And Others – 1974
The cost analysis project report is directed towards persons in policy-making and administrative positions at the national, State, and direct service agency levels. Its purpose was to survey the literature and records to identify costs of homemaker-home health aide services and comparative costs of alternative forms of services. Part 1 includes…
Descriptors: Boarding Homes, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Foster Homes
Peck, Janice R. – 1969
Developed by the University of Maryland for the Maryland-D.C. Nursing Home Association, these two series, each containing 84 hours of instruction in four three-day seminars, were designed to meet nursing home administrators' need for managerial skills and to prepare them for licensing. (Based on experiences with the first series, course materials…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Methods, Experimental Programs, Extension Education