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Carroll Community Coll., Westminster, MD. – 1998
These two volumes contain research papers and personal reflections developed as culminating projects by adult students involved in workplace literacy classes in nursing homes, hospitals, and home care agencies. The first volume contains 18 papers: "What You Need to Know about Cancer" (Grace Bopst); "What Nursing Assistants Need to Know about Heart…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Attitudes, Cancer, Chronic Illness
Kaskie, Brian; Ettner, Susan – 2001
This working paper is one of eleven individual research reports in which researchers with expertise in older adult populations gathered the most current available data, examined policies, regulations, and programs relevant to population aging and older Californians, and presented findings and recommendations. The issues examined-- economic…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Counseling, Economic Status, Family Caregivers

Mansell, Jim; Beadle-Brown, Julie; Macdonald, Susan; Ashman, Bev – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2003
The effects of functional grouping of 303 people with intellectual disabilities on care practices in English group homes were investigated. Residents who were non-ambulant were rated as receiving care with less interpersonal warmth and residents with severe challenging behavior were rated as receiving care with less interpersonal warmth and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Behavior Disorders, Caregivers

Shore, Bridget A.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1995
A pyramidal training procedure was implemented with staff working with two adults who had developmental disabilities and self-injurious behavior, aggression, and disruption. Little change occurred following inservice training, but improvements in direct care and staff behaviors and decreases in clients' inappropriate behaviors followed a…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attendants, Behavior Change, Developmental Disabilities
Allen, Rebecca S.; DeLaine, Shermetra R.; Chaplin, William F.; Marson, Daniel C.; Bourgeois, Michelle S.; Dijkstra, Katinka; Burgio, Louis D. – Gerontologist, 2003
Purpose: The identification of nursing home residents who can continue to participate in advance care planning about end-of-life care is a critical clinical and bioethical issue. This study uses high quality observational research to identify correlates of advance care planning in nursing homes, including objective measurement of capacity. Design…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Verbal Communication, Dementia, Interaction
Hedrick, Susan C.; Sales, Anne E. B.; Sullivan, Jean H.; Gray, Shelly L.; Tornatore, Jane; Curtis, Michael; Zhou, Xiao-Hua Andrew – Gerontologist, 2003
Purpose: Washington State's initiatives to increase the availability and quality of community residential care presented an opportunity to describe clients entering adult family homes, adult residential care, and assisted living and to identify outcomes of care. Design and Methods: We enrolled 349 residents, 243 informal caregivers, and 299…
Descriptors: Residential Care, State Programs, Community Health Services, Interviews
Craig, Leam A. – Journal of Sexual Aggression, 2005
The purpose of the present study was to measure attitudes towards sex offenders held by professionals and paraprofessionals and to evaluate an introductory training workshop aimed at increasing knowledge and improving attitudes to this client group. Eighty-five residential hostel workers and probation officers attended an intensive two-day…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Negative Attitudes, Workshops, Staff Development
Fulcher, Leon C.; Ainsworth, Frank – Child & Youth Services, 2006
Attention is drawn to important themes thought likely to influence the continuing development of group care services for children and young people in the decade ahead. These include a poorly educated workforce, autonomous training, multi-disciplinary approaches, centres of excellence, diversified programs, new trends and issues shaping the future,…
Descriptors: Children, Young Adults, Residential Care, Group Homes
Prouty, Robert, Ed.; Lakin, K. Charlie, Ed. – 1995
This report from the ongoing National Residential Information Systems Project provides statistics on persons with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities (MR/DD) receiving residential services in the United States for the year ending June 30, 1994, as well as comparative statistics from earlier years. An executive summary…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities
Arkansas State Dept. of Human Services, Little Rock. – 1992
This curriculum is designed for use in developing training programs for nursing assistants who provide nursing or nursing-related services to residents in long-term care (LTC) facilities. Implementation provisions provide a general overview of the basic requirements found in Arkansas' Nursing Assistant Training Program "Rules and Regulations." The…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Behavioral Objectives, Clinical Experience, Curriculum Guides
Slot, N. Wim; Jagers, Hans D. – 1990
Since 1981, five Kursushuis ("course house") programs for delinquent youth have been established in the Netherlands. Although similar in many ways to Achievement Place (AP) programs, Kursushuis programs differ from AP programs in that they place fewer children in a course house and use a social competence model that allows task-specific…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Community Involvement, Comparative Analysis, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Murphy, Linda; Corte, Suzanne Della – Special Parent/Special Child, 1987
Issues in the provision of lifelong care for a handicapped son or daughter are discussed. Three types of guardianship are described: total guardianship, partial or limited guardianship, and collective guardianship/joint trust. Topics addressed include reasons for setting up a trust, specific trust provisions, terminating the trust, social security…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Adult Foster Care, Adults, Estate Planning
Gerber, Magda, Ed. – 1979
This collection of papers describes a way of viewing and caring for infants. Part I begins with practical suggestions for parents on such topics as loving, quality time, and day care centers. Part II explores Magda Gerber's work with Dr. Pikler, the Loczy Model of infant care, respecting infants, the Demonstration Infant Program, language…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Child Rearing, Childhood Needs
McBroom, Elizabeth, Ed.; And Others – Social Work Papers of the School of Social Work, University of Southern California, 1981
Included in this booklet are nine papers reflecting the social work profession's engagement in the effort to deal with a variety of problems experienced by families and cultural minorities. Covered by individual papers are the following topics: (1) prevention of the troubled marital relationships that are sometimes brought on by the birth of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asian Americans, Child Abuse, Family Problems
New York State Legislative Commission on Expenditure Review, Albany. – 1983
Ten agencies in New York State provide educational services to over 46,000 children (daily average) in state care or custody. This audit report, through verbal and statistical summaries, evaluates these agencies' performance. Chapter I provides background data, describes the scope of the audit, and discusses state laws and regulations designed to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Child Custody, Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems