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The Great Plains IDEA Gerontology Program: An Online, Interinstitutional Graduate Degree
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Sanders, Gregory F. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2011
The Great-Plains IDEA Gerontology Program is a graduate program developed and implemented by the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance (Great Plains IDEA). The Great Plains IDEA (Alliance) originated as a consortium of Colleges of Human Sciences ranging across the central United States. This Alliance's accomplishments have included…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Program Evaluation, Distance Education, Gerontology
Demonstrating the Value of Gerontology in Troubled Times: Taking the Future Self Exercise from the Classroom to the Community
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Masters, Julie L.; Holley, Lyn M. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2011
Gerontologists at state-funded universities are being challenged to demonstrate the value of their programs amid looming budget cuts. This article, third in a series reporting research and development of the Future Self exercise, suggests that the latest iteration of the exercise is an effective way to demonstrate the value of a gerontology…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Gerontology, Cost Effectiveness, Community Education
Beliefs about Aging: Implications for Future Educational Programming
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Sellers, Debra M.; Bolender, Benjamin C.; Crocker, Andrew B. – Educational Gerontology, 2010
The specific aim of this research study was to gain knowledge regarding beliefs about aging, in order to develop future, priority, educational, and aging-related opportunities in Kansas. The study included six focus groups with a self-selected sample of Kansans born during the years 1946-1964 (N = 39). The main themes that surfaced included the…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Educational Change, Beliefs, Aging Education
Providing Outcomes Information to Nursing Homes: Can It Improve Quality of Care?
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Castle, Nicholas G. – Gerontologist, 2003
Purpose: This study examined whether providing outcomes information to 120 nursing homes facilitated improvements in quality over a 12-month period, as compared with 1,171 facilities not receiving this information. The outcomes information provided consisted of a report mailed to administrators that examined six measures of care quality. These…
Descriptors: Intervention, Nursing Homes, Least Squares Statistics, Outcomes of Treatment
Unlocking Potential in Gerontology.
Hartmann, Joyce; And Others – 1985
Papers and materials contributed by four panelists are provided from a panel presentation. "Unlocking Potential in Gerontology" (Theodore W. Wischropp) explains the make-up and organization of two consortia involved in the aging projects in Kansas, briefly describes three federally funded grants, and addresses some issues from the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Curriculum Development
An Orientation for Mexican-American Community Workers in the Field of Aging. [A Report on the] Institute on Aging (Topeka, Kansas, May 21, 22, 23, 1973).
Hernandez, Ascencion; Mendoza, John – 1973
Forty trainees, consultants, and resource persons attended the 3-day Institute held in Topeka, Kansas. Among the Institute's objectives were to: provide a basic orientation to the roles and functions of the aging services, programs, and the field of gerontology; examine aging services and benefits, both legislative and programmatic relating to…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Citizen Role, Community Organizations, Delivery Systems
Social Gerontology Training Manual.
Tucker, Jeanne C., Ed.; Umbarger, Vivian C., Ed. – 1979
This guide for educators, human service workers, and others interested in social gerontology contains four sections covering fifteen subject areas/sessions. Unit 1, Societal Structure and Its Relationship to the Aged, presents data concerning demographics of the aging population, historical factors having an impact upon value processing of older…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Education, Aging (Individuals)