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Yee, Darlene – 1994
Long-term care administration often involves care for older adults. Yet, in California, neither academic training required for licensure in this area, nor continuing education for maintaining licensure, specify any knowledge of geriatrics or gerontology. A formal standardized approach to academic preparation for licensing would help ensure quality…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Certification

Baum-Baicker, Cynthia – 1978
A humanistically-oriented dynamic approach for the treatment of depression in older persons is presented. A multi-level therapeutic model of treatment is discussed in detail. Included are initiation of the therapeutic relationship, specific tools for problem-solving, relationship building, and insight, termination, transference, and…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counselor Role, Depression (Psychology), Gerontology

Pastorello, Thomas – 1978
National policy makers have put forth different life cycle planning proposals for the more satisfying integration of education, work and leisure over the life course. This speech describes a decision making scheme, the Time Paradigm, for researched-based choice among various proposals. The scheme is defined in terms of a typology of time-related…
Descriptors: Age, Aging (Individuals), Gerontology, Models

Pruchno, Rachel; Smyer, Michael A. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1983
Presents a 16-item quiz dealing with empirical and theoretical issues in the area of mental health and aging. Each item is documented with supporting literature. In addition, average scores, item difficulties, and item-to-total correlations are presented for two groups of undergraduate students. (JAC)
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Higher Education, Mental Health, Older Adults

Pastorello, Thomas – 1978
A typology of time-related concepts is put forth as a step toward the building of comprehensive theory in aging. The concepts derive from statistics (age, cohort, period effects), the theoretical writings of Sorokin (life course role sequences, durations and rates), the writings of Riley (on the synchronization of life course socialization and…
Descriptors: Age, Aging (Individuals), Classification, Gerontology
David, Debra; Ehrenpreis, Tobi – 1979
Expanding mental health services for the elderly are increasing the demand for trained paraprofessionals. Skills are identified which are needed by paraprofessionals providing psycho-social support services in a variety of gerontological settings in order to clarify appropriate paraprofessional functions and develop a model for competency-based…
Descriptors: Competence, Employment Qualifications, Gerontology, Job Skills
Caro, Francis G. – 1982
Several conventional approaches to conceptualization and the measurement of objectives in publicly funded, long-term home care for the non-institutionalized elderly are reviewed critically. The formulation of objectives which focus on immediate, desired consequences of services, and lend themselves to behavioral measurement, is proposed. The…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Family Programs, Family Role, Gerontology

Lawton, M. Powell – Gerontologist, 1983
Describes four sectors comprising "the good life": behavioral competence, psychological well-being, perceived quality of life, and objective environment. Assessment approaches for each sector are described and empirical evidence is presented regarding interrelationships among them. Presented at the 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of the…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Competence, Ecology, Gerontology
Loschiavo, James F. – 1978
Fifteen recommended steps of an approach useful for identifying and serving the total needs of older Americans within their communities are delineated. Three broad types of need criteria discussed are normative need, felt need, and prior receipt of service need. The approach is illustrated by actual data from a 1976 study in Cleveland, Ohio.…
Descriptors: Community Services, Gerontology, Home Management, Identification
Battersby, David – 1983
The educational needs of elderly people (those over 60 years) around the world are examined in this paper. First, brief attention is given to the changing demographic structure in various regions of the world, and emphasis is placed on the dramatic increases in the proportion of elderly in the world's population. Particular references are made to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging Education, Aging (Individuals), Educational Gerontology
Blieszner, Rosemary – 1981
This paper demonstrates the utility of interdependence theory for understanding older persons' social relationships. Using friendship as an exemplary case, a model of expectations for and reactions to social exchanges is described. Exchanges which are perceived to be motivated by obligation are distinguished from those which are perceived to…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Behavior Theories, Coping, Friendship

MacLean, Michael J.; Marcus, Lotte – Educational Gerontology, 1981
Presented at the fifth Annual Meeting of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, March 7-10, 1979, Washington, D.C., this paper describes and discusses an educational approach in which several elderly persons participated as consultants in a course on aging. (RC)
Descriptors: Consultants, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Educational Gerontology
Johnson, Harold; And Others – 1981
This report by the Technical Committee on Education is designed to help readers understand the effects of education on an aging society and older Americans and the effects of an aging population on educational policies and programs. An introduction and a review of social trends precede the three major sections focusing on: (1) an examination of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Aging (Individuals), Education
Conter, Robert V.; Schneiderman, Susan T. – 1982
This paper describes the changes in American society which are initiating the need to develop programs aimed at new audiences with diverse needs and interests. The reaction of continuing education units to these needs is discussed and the importance of an interdisciplinary approach is emphasized. The authors describe their use of the Education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Delivery Systems, Gerontology
Administration on Aging (DHEW), Washington, DC. Federal Council on the Aging. – 1979
This publication contains the reports of two major public advisory bodies which studied and conducted hearings on mental health needs of the elderly and developed recommendations for public policy to address these needs. The first report reviews current mental health needs and considers the projected needs for dealing with emotional stress during…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Emotional Problems, Geriatrics, Gerontology
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