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Nelson, Frank W. – 1976
Designed for training supervisors in nursing centers, this publication presents three units of study: (1) getting along with people in nursing centers, (2) supervision in nursing centers, and (3) communication in nursing centers. Each unit contains five types of material on separate, removable sheets: (1) sheets with unit objectives and suggested…
Descriptors: Administrators, Communication Skills, Curriculum Guides, Health Personnel
Boogaert, John – 1978
This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on convalescent home aide is the fourth in a set of four modules on establishing occupational programs for human development. (This set is part of a larger set of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see CE 019…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Objectives, Home Economics Education
Frazier, William D. – 1979
A study was conducted to identify staffing patterns for nursing personnel in the health care institutions of Oklahoma in order to predict future needs for nursing education and training. Structured interviews with administrators and directors of nursing from eighteen hospitals and eighteen nursing homes were used to elicit demographic data…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Download full textMowrer, John L. – 1972
Continuing education for health service professionals operating nursing homes is the subject of this report. Reasons for the growth and development of nursing homes are discussed, and licensure is defined. Methodologies and techniques employed in Missouri and other states are identified, after a background report on the Missouri Nursing Home…
Descriptors: Administrators, Allied Health Occupations Education, Certification, Conferences
Peer reviewedSeltzer, Gary B.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1988
Elderly mentally retarded persons living in community-based settings (N=39) were compared with those in nursing homes (N=59) with respect to medical status, behavior problems, and formal and informal supports. Among findings analyzed in discussion were that nursing home residents had fewer behavior and medical problems. (Author/JW)
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Aging (Individuals), Behavior Problems, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
Peer reviewedPraderas, Kim; MacDonald, Marian L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1986
In an effort to reduce social isolation, procedures which included modeling, behavioral rehearsal, feedback, and reinforcement were used to train four elderly nursing home residents in four conversational areas: expressing common courtesies; making positive self-disclosures; asking questions; and making interjections and acknowledgments. Results…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Disabilities, Gerontology, Institutionalized Persons
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Instructional Materials Lab. – 1994
This student guide for courses for health care assistants and nurse assistants contains 16 self-paced units with simplified line drawings, controlled text, vocabulary development, and mathematics practice exercises. Units consist of the following: objectives, introduction to the unit, content outline, steps of the procedure, skill sheets, written…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, High Schools, Learning Activities, Learning Modules
Wilson, Leslie; And Others – 1991
This evaluation project was designed to assess 37 persons (ages 21-72) who had moved from intermediate care facilities or skilled nursing facilities into innovative one-person or two-person community integrated living arrangements as a result of the Supported Placements in Integrated Community Environments project. The 37 persons had severe or…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Group Homes
Wilson, Leslie; And Others – 1991
This executive summary presents highlights of a study which sought to determine whether participants in the Supported Placements in Integrated Community Environments project were better off after moving to community homes from intermediate care facilities and skilled nursing facilities, and to determine the variables that contribute to quality…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Group Homes
Mansoor, Inaam – 1993
The final performance report for a national workplace literacy grant-funded project in Arlington County, Virginia, is presented. This 2-year project provided on-site English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL), literacy, and basic skills training to workers in five targeted industries. Partners were the REEP Program of the Arlington Public Schools, the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language), Food Service
Richards, Beverly; Moore, Susan – 1990
These curriculum materials for preparing nursing assistants in Pennsylvania provide 14 units of secondary and postsecondary instruction. Presented within the topic of the role and function of the nursing assistant are units providing an introduction to health care, communications, infection control, emergency and disaster procedures, and ethical…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Death, Hygiene, Long Term Care
Nussbaum, Jon F. – 1981
A study investigated whether the interactive behaviors of elderly individuals were significantly influenced by their environment. The key to the investigation was the notion that human interaction can function to aid elderly individuals as they adapt to aging. Subjects were individuals over 65 years of age living in one of three separate…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research
Cowan, Florence Kelly – 1979
The course outlines presented in this final report comprise a proposed Fort Steilacoom Community College curriculum to be used as a statewide model two-year associate degree curriculum for nursing home administrators. The eight courses described are introduction to nursing, home administration, financial management of nursing homes, nursing home…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges
California State Commission on Manpower, Automation, and Technology, Sacramento. – 1965
AN EXAMINATION OF THE HOSPITAL AND NURSING AND CONVALESCENT HOME INDUSTRY IN 1964 AND EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS ARE PRESENTED AS AN INITIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONGOING MANPOWER INFORMATION PROGRAM IN THE STATE. DATA WERE COMPILED FROM POPULATION PROJECTIONS BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, WAGE SURVEY STUDIES BY THE…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Background, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Tillock, Eugene E. – 1977
Planning efforts aim to identify viable options for long-term care education and career management. The following factors have been identified as the primary needs in program development in health administration for long-term care facilities: defintion and scope of the field; methodology for priority identification; resources needed for an…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Education, Cooperative Programs
