Two parents of Down's Syndrome children describe their experiences with at-home tutoring. They cite the need for parents to spend time on functional tasks such as daily living and social skills, rather than only academic tasks. The need for having fun with the children instead of pressuring them is emphasized. (CL)

The effectiveness of a treatment program utilizing parents and tape recordings to teach relaxation skills to 13 hyperactive children was examined. (DB)

This class project led to a solution for homeowners' pollution. (Editor)

A review of the kinds of jobs available in services developed to help the homebound elderly: Home health care, homemaker-home health aide, chore service, home repair and maintenance, home-delivered meals, telephone reassurance, and friendly visiting. (JT)

Describes a program for physically challenged students at Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York that allows students majoring in business to be placed with selected employers and to obtain real work experience. The areas of employment were related to the skills and career objectives of the students, who remained at…

Describes home-based family therapy as form of family counseling performed within residences of clients. Discusses obstacles to home-based therapy, then presents examples illustrating challenge of providing home-based counseling to religious, abusive families. Also illustrates use of consultation to improve service delivery. (NB)

Eight children (ages 6-10) were given a simplified treatment program for stuttering which included awareness training, training a response incompatible with stuttering, and social support. The home treatment program was effective in reducing stuttering to less than 3% for all subjects. Maintenance of effects was seen at 10-13 months posttreatment.…

Examined differences in patterns of service use between persons with probable or possible Alzheimer's disease who lived alone (n=439) versus those living with others (n=2,026). Found that those living alone were more likely female, poor, older, and had milder cognitive impairments; less likely to use medical services; and more likely to use…

The Home Tutor Scheme is an Australian program that delivers tutoring in migrants' homes, assisting them with resettlement. Volunteer tutor training includes orientation to the migrant experience, cross-cultural awareness, needs-based teaching, adult learning principles, and use of language in contexts relevant to learners. (SK)

The study found an increasing number of ventilator dependent children and young people living at home. Almost three quarters of the sample had a physical disability as a result of or in addition to their primary diagnosis. There was wide variation in the amount of paid care supporting these families which appeared unrelated to the level of…

This paper proposes the use of home-based, family-centered services that are designed to encourage the healthy development of children in their families. Such services would constitute part of a comprehensive approach to the child welfare problem in Indiana. The goals of family-centered services are to: (1) preserve the integrity of the family;…

This document describes the Non-Technical Medical Care (NTMC) program, a personal care service offered by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services to eligible persons in their own homes. These NTMC program goals are listed: to provide personal care services to frail elderly and disabled persons, allowing them to remain in their homes; and to…

This document presents Congressman Claude Pepper's report on the Medicare Home Care Benefit. Section I traces the history of home health care in the United States. Section II offers statistics and general background information about older Americans and Medicare. The beginning of the Medicare home care benefit and its present operation are…

The use of health and social services is influenced by economic, community, geographic, organizational, societal, and environmental factors. A study was conducted to examine predisposing, enabling, and need-for-care factors related to the use of home health care services by a stratified random sample of 400 older adults. Predisposing factors…