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Increasing Practitioners' Knowledge of Participation among Elderly Adults in Senior Center Activities

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Walker, Jan; Bisbee, Carol; Porter, Russell; Flanders, Joanne – Educational Gerontology, 2004

The research reported in this paper attempted to identify predictors of senior center participation and to ascertain why there has been a decline in the number of individuals participating at senior centers in recent years. The research reports the results of a survey conducted among senior center participants in an 11-county area in the Nortex…

Descriptors: Continuing Education, Older Adults, Adult Programs, Participant Characteristics

In Search of Meaning: A Reminiscence Program for Older Persons

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Westerhof, Gerben J.; Bohlmeijer, Ernst; Valenkamp, Marije W. – Educational Gerontology, 2004

A pilot evaluation is reported of a reminiscence program aimed at increasing personal meaning. Fifty-seven older persons completed both a sentence completion questionnaire measuring personal meaning and a depression scale administered before and after the program. In comparison to a group from a representative survey that was matched on life…

Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Depression (Psychology), Older Adults, Foreign Countries