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Auslander, Gail K.; Soskolne, Varda; Stanger, Varda; Ben-Shahar, Ilana; Kaplan, Giora – Health & Social Work, 2008
This study aimed to examine the implementation, adequacy, and outcomes of discharge planning. The authors carried out a prospective study of 1,426 adult patients discharged from 11 acute care hospitals in Israel. Social workers provided detailed discharge plans on each patient. Telephone interviews were conducted two weeks post-discharge. Findings…
Descriptors: Community Services, Program Evaluation, Hospitals, Rehabilitation Centers
Collins, Ann; Goodson, Barbara; Luallen, Jeremy; Fountain, Alyssa Rulf; Checkoway, Amy – Administration for Children & Families, 2010
This report presents findings from the Massachusetts Family Child Care study, a two-year evaluation of the impacts of an early childhood education program on providers and children in family child care. The program--"LearningGames"--is designed to train caregivers to stimulate children's cognitive, language, and social-emotional…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Caregivers
Cooperative Educational Service Agency 12, Portage, WI. – 1980
Thirteen papers (1972-1980) on the Portage Project, a home based early intervention program for preschool handicapped children, are presented. The following titles and authors are represented: "The Portage Project: A Model for Early Childhood Education" (M. Shearer, D. Shearer); "A Comparison of Paraprofessional and Professional…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Home Programs, Parent Education

Affleck, Glenn; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1982
Preliminary data indicates that parents involved in home-based relationship-focused intervention for infants with developmental delay showed greater responsiveness to the infant, participated in more frequent reciprocal activities, showed more organized involvement with the child, and tended to note positive changes in the infant's responsiveness…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Home Programs, Infants, Intervention

Sanson-Fisher, Robert; Stotter, Kim – Child Welfare, 1977
It is argued that successful therapeutic work with individuals and families in their natural environment can be greatly facilitated by the use of contracts. The steps that are essential in drawing up an effective contract are outlined. (MS)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Family Counseling, Home Programs, Reinforcement

Magilvy, Joan K.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1992
Describes use of photography as method embedded within ethnographic investigation of rural home care for older adults. Illustrates how photography fostered data generation, elicited participants' stories, and showed patterns of rural aging. Notes that analysis of photographic data pooled with interview and observational data facilitated in-depth…
Descriptors: Home Programs, Nursing, Older Adults, Photography

Nyman, John A.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1991
Used data from Wisconsin Annual Survey of Home Health Agencies to describe urban/rural differences for home health care patients. Findings indicated urban dwellers were more likely to be home health patients than were rural residents. Urban home health patients were more apt to be nonelderly, male, and have "other conditions" as their…
Descriptors: Health Services, Home Programs, Patients, Rural Urban Differences
Stulginsky, Maryfran McKenzie – Nursing and Health Care, 1993
Defines home health nursing as meeting the acute and chronic care needs of patients and their families in the home environment. Offers examples of situations in which home health nurses find themselves and their reactions to them. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adults, Home Programs, Nursing, Older Adults
Jung, Sunyoung; Stone, Susan – Children & Schools, 2008
This secondary analysis of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, a randomized study of program participation of children and families in Early Head Start (that is, enrolled in programming prior to children's first birthdays) investigated sociodemographic (race and ethnicity, income level, and maternal education level) and program…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Child Rearing, Social Work, Program Evaluation
Hartman, Lacey; Jarosek, Stephanie L.; Virnig, Beth A.; Durham, Sara – Journal of Rural Health, 2007
Context: Availability of Medicare-certified home health care (HHC) to rural elders can prevent more expensive institutional care. To date, utilization of HHC by rural elders has not been studied in detail. Purpose: To examine urban-rural differences in Medicare HHC utilization. Methods: The 2002 100% Medicare HHC claims and denominator files were…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Rural Urban Differences, Older Adults, Access to Health Care
Hawes, Catherine; Fries, Brant E.; James, Mary L.; Guihan, Marylou – Gerontologist, 2007
Purpose: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has adopted two functional assessment systems that guide care planning: one for nursing home residents (the Resident Assessment Instrument [RAI]) and a compatible one for home care clients (RAI-HC). The purpose of this article is to describe the RAI-HC (often referred to as the Minimum Data Set-Home…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Veterans, Nursing Homes, Residential Care

Whittington, Ronaele – Social Work, 1985
Relates the experiences of a social worker in private practice who offered house calls as an ongoing setting for counseling and psychotherapy to individuals and families. Describes advantages and disadvantages, liability, and target populations. (JAC)
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Family Counseling, Home Programs, Psychotherapy
Hill, Linda D. – A.C.E.H.I. Journal, 1984
A summer in-home signing program augments signing courses and attempts to reach more families and more family members. Secondary and postsecondary deaf students live with families for brief periods, helping parents, other family members and neighbors develop signing skills. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Deafness, Family Programs, Home Programs, Sign Language

Simon, Alexander – Gerontologist, 1984
Describes the Southeast-Bayview Mental Health Center Geriatric Services Unit, which provides a comprehensive mental health program for the elderly of San Francisco. The program emphasis is on crisis intervention, with reliance on home visits and follow-up services as well as screening and referral. (JAC)
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Home Programs, Older Adults, Program Descriptions

Gordon, Ira J. – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1971
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Home Programs, Mothers, Nonprofessional Personnel