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Petersen, Jennifer – Educational Gerontology, 2023
This is the first meta-analysis to examine the outcomes of nonfamilial, intergenerational programs (IGP) on youth and older adults. Relevant studies were identified by screening the abstracts from five systematic reviews on the impact of intergenerational programs on psychosocial outcomes. After all studies were screened 23 independent studies…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Program Effectiveness, Older Adults, Youth
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Coogan, Sarah M.; Dhokai, Niyati; Baraniecki-Zwil, Gwen; Glass, Elizabeth; Ambegaonkar, Jatin P. – Journal of Dance Education, 2023
Dance is an enjoyable activity among older adults, but motivations and determinants for successful engagement are less understood. Our aim was to assess these factors among community-dwelling older adults participating in a ballroom dance program. Twenty-one participants (71.4 ± 4.7, 66.7-76.1 years; males: n = 8, females: n = 13) engaged in an…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Dance, Participation, Community
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Hong Liu – SAGE Open, 2023
This paper presents the results of a retrospective study that investigates the cognitive effects of learning a foreign language in late adulthood. The learner group, consisting of 21 L1 Chinese speakers who have been learning to read Arabic for 2 years and 4 months, were compared to the matched group on their performance on a series of cognitive…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Older Adults, Cognitive Processes
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Boivin, Nettie – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2023
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted elderly people as a vulnerable and excluded community, and connecting to the younger social media generation requires a shift in intergenerational storytelling performance. Recent research on multimodality has emphasized its benefits for the interactional process in storytelling. This study examines three…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Intergenerational Programs, Story Telling, Community Involvement
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Beechey, Timothy; Buchholz, Jörg M.; Keidser, Gitte – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Objectives: This study investigates the hypothesis that hearing aid amplification reduces effort within conversation for both hearing aid wearers and their communication partners. Levels of effort, in the form of speech production modifications, required to maintain successful spoken communication in a range of acoustic environments are compared…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Assistive Technology, Interpersonal Communication, Speech Communication
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Blažic, Borka Jerman; Blažic, Andrej Jerman – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
As digital multimedia devices increasingly pervade people's lives, including the lives of older adults, the need to provide relevant training for these age groups grows. Older adults, not due to their frailty or age, often find it difficult to use digital devices like smartphones, and they often lack the basic digital literacy required to use…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Older Adults, Foreign Countries, Video Games
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Helton, Benjamin C. – International Journal of Music Education, 2020
As the world's population continues to grow older, retired individuals seek out musical experiences. Many of these musicians are returning to playing in a wind band for the first time in decades, so they are, in essence, beginners again. The learning experiences of adults of returning to band contains both physical and social barriers but…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Learning, Musical Instruments, Music Education
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Souza, Pamela; Gallun, Frederick; Wright, Richard – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: In a previous paper (Souza, Wright, Blackburn, Tatman, & Gallun, 2015), we explored the extent to which individuals with sensorineural hearing loss used different cues for speech identification when multiple cues were available. Specifically, some listeners placed the greatest weight on spectral cues (spectral shape and/or formant…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Cues, Auditory Discrimination, Older Adults
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Romero-Tena, Rosalía; Perera, Víctor H.; Martín-Gutiérrez, Ángela – British Educational Research Journal, 2020
Recent reports confirm that the European Higher Education Area is conditioning the satisfaction of Spanish faculty members, resulting in a greater number of early retirements. The present study, framed within the context of the research, development and innovation project 'Fuga de Talentos: Un estudio sobre los motivos que han condicionado a…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Teacher Retirement, College Faculty, Foreign Countries
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Senthinathan, Anita; Adams, Scott; Page, Allyson D.; Jog, Mandar – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Hypophonia (low speech intensity) is the most common speech symptom experienced by individuals with Parkinson's disease (IWPD). Previous research suggests that, in IWPD, there may be abnormal integration of sensory information for motor production of speech intensity. In the current study, intensity of auditory feedback was systematically…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Speech Impairments, Auditory Stimuli, Sensory Integration
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Cheriet, Nawël; Folville, Adrien; Bastin, Christine – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2021
This study examined the extent to which individuals can share similar memory representations of a public event and potential age-related differences in memory similarity. Fifty-three young and 59 older Belgian participants completed an online survey, where they recalled the deadly collapse of a bridge in a neighboring country 7 months ago. Results…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Older Adults, Comparative Analysis, Age Differences
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Halli-Tierney, Anne D.; McKinney, Robert E., Jr.; Gold, Allyson E.; Allen, Rebecca S.; Carroll, Dana G. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2021
This article focuses on the use of interprofessional case discussions as an interactive learning approach to cultivate professional identity formation among multiple professions while simultaneously promoting geriatric education and enhancing learning about diverse disciplines needed for care of the older adult.
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Geriatrics, Older Adults, Educational Gerontology
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Hussain, Rafat; Parmenter, Trevor; Wark, Stuart; Janicki, Matthew; Knox, Marie; Hayhoe, Nicola – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: Although a 'person-centred focus' is a legislated objective for both aged-care and disability services sectors in Australia, evidence suggests limited translation into systems and practices due to entrenched silos. This paper proposes a Best Practice Framework to mitigate these silos. Methods: Mixed-methods research comprising key…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Health Services, Disabilities
Kim Thu Nguyen – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to understand how adults 65 years and older use Information and Communications Technology (ICT), the barriers and difficulties they experience when using ICT, and how ICT could be improved for older adults. The study aimed to reveal the target population's lived experiences when operating their electronic devices and…
Descriptors: Older Adults, College Graduates, Information Technology, Telecommunications
Michelle Fox – ProQuest LLC, 2021
There had been a lack of research on the relationship between a new graduate Registered Nurses' knowledge, experiences, attitudes, and age bias toward older adults. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there was a relationship between new graduate Registered Nurses' knowledge, experiences, attitudes, and age bias toward older…
Descriptors: Nurses, Graduates, Nursing Education, Knowledge Level
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