Peer Counselor Training for Nursing Home Residents.

Scharlach, Andrew E.

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ERIC Number: EJ381535

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Peer Counselor Training for Nursing Home Residents.

Scharlach, Andrew E.

Gerontologist, v28 n4 p499-502 Aug 1988

Designed model program designed to increase social support for newly admitted nursing home residents through a structured program of peer counseling. Found residents (N=15) receiving peer counseling improved somewhat on measures of social conditioning; peer counselors (N=15) improved with regard to appearance and grooming. (Author/ABL)

Descriptors: Helping Relationship, Institutionalized Persons, Interpersonal Competence, Nursing Homes, Older Adults, Peer Counseling, Social Influences, Social Support Groups

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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