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Critical Educational Gerontology at a Senior Center in Malta: Possibilities and Limitations for Critical Consciousness
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Formosa, Marvin; Galea, Roberta – Educational Gerontology, 2020
One area that remained off the research radar is that interface between senior centers and learning programs, and hence, their potential to act as community-based learning hubs. Countering such a state of affairs, this article reports on an action research study to investigate the extent that a transformative learning program in a senior center…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Older Adults, Age Differences, Foreign Countries
Training Professionals to Implement a Group Model for Alleviating Loneliness among Older People--10-Year Follow-Up Study
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Jansson, Anu H.; Savikko, Niina M.; Pitkälä, Kaisu H. – Educational Gerontology, 2018
Background and objectives: Although randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have been performed to alleviate loneliness among older people, little is known about how they have been implemented, or whether they are effective in real life. Our RCT-based model, "Circle of Friends" (CoF) proved to be effective in improving the wellbeing, health…
Descriptors: Gerontology, Older Adults, Psychological Patterns, Friendship
Adapting Stanford's Chronic Disease Self-Management Program to Hawaii's Multicultural Population
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Tomioka, Michiyo; Braun, Kathryn L.; Compton, Merlita; Tanoue, Leslie – Gerontologist, 2012
Purpose of the Study: Stanford's Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) has been proven to increase patients' ability to manage distress. We describe how we replicated CDSMP in Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities. Design and Methods: We used the "track changes" tool to deconstruct CDSMP into its various components…
Descriptors: Exercise, Self Management, Self Efficacy, Pacific Islanders
A Preliminary Evaluation of the Paid Feeding Assistant Regulation: Impact on Feeding Assistance Care Process Quality in Nursing Homes
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Simmons, Sandra F.; Bertrand, Rosanna; Shier, Victoria; Sweetland, Rebecca; Moore, Therese J.; Hurd, Donna T.; Schnelle, John F. – Gerontologist, 2007
Purpose: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality sponsored a nationwide study to evaluate the federal paid feeding assistant (PFA) regulation that allows nursing homes to hire single-task workers to provide feeding assistance to nursing home residents. Organizers designed the PFA regulation…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Nurses, Nursing Homes
Preventive Healthcare and Health Promotion for Older Adults.
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Rakowski, William; And Others – Generations, 1994
This issue on preventive health care and health promotion for older adults includes 14 articles on history and definition, development of guidelines, responsibility, implementation of programs for the elderly and how it differs from that for other populations, programs for minorities, access to health care information, and a description of a…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Social Services and Aging Policies in the U.S. and Asia. Presentations. Asia-U.S. Conference on Social Services and Aging Policies (Pensacola, Florida, August 8-11, 1988).
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Sheppard, Harold L., Ed. – 1991
These proceedings contain an introduction and 26 papers arranged in five sections: (1) People's Republic of China and Taiwan (Republic of China); (2) Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand; (3) Korea; (4) Japan and the Western Pacific; and (5) United States. Paper titles and authors are as follows: "Recent Social Security Policies and…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Processes, Community Programs, Coping