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Empowering Staff in Dementia Long-Term Care: Towards a More Supportive Approach to Interventions
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Figueiredo, Daniela; Barbosa, Ana; Cruz, Joana; Marques, Alda; Sousa, Liliana – Educational Gerontology, 2013
This pilot-study aimed to assess a psychoeducational program for staff in care homes. The program was designed to increase knowledge regarding dementia care, promote skills to integrate motor and multisensory stimulation in daily care, and develop coping strategies to manage emotional work-related demands. Six staff members received eight…
Descriptors: Dementia, Psychoeducational Methods, Caregivers, Staff Development
Attitudes towards and Limitations to ICT Use in Assisted and Independent Living Communities: Findings from a Specially-Designed Technological Intervention
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Berkowsky, Ronald W.; Cotton, Shelia R.; Yost, Elizabeth A.; Winstead, Vicki P. – Educational Gerontology, 2013
Much literature has been devoted to theoretical explanations of the learning processes of older adults and to the methods of teaching best utilized in older populations. However, there has been less focus on the education of older adults who reside in assisted and independent living communities (AICs), especially with regards to information and…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Older Adults, Information Skills, Internet
Storytelling Slide Shows to Improve Diabetes and High Blood Pressure Knowledge and Self-Efficacy: Three-Year Results among Community Dwelling Older African Americans
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Bertera, Elizabeth M. – Educational Gerontology, 2014
This study combined the African American tradition of oral storytelling with the Hispanic medium of "Fotonovelas." A staggered pretest posttest control group design was used to evaluate four Storytelling Slide Shows on health that featured community members. A total of 212 participants were recruited for the intervention and 217 for the…
Descriptors: Story Telling, African American Culture, Hispanic Americans, Pretests Posttests
What Older Adults Know about HIV/AIDS: Lessons from an HIV/AIDS Education Program
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Small, La Fleur F. – Educational Gerontology, 2010
Despite being one of the fastest growing segments of the HIV/AIDS caseload, persons age 50 and older have been largely neglected in terms of HIV/AIDS education. This study describes a project involving HIV-related health education for persons [greater than or equal] 50 in an urban area of Ohio. Data from 50 persons age [greater than or equal] 50…
Descriptors: Health Education, Focus Groups, Older Adults, Urban Areas
Fear of Falling and Older Adult Peer Production of Audio-Visual Discussion Material
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Bailey, Cathy; King, Karen; Dromey, Ben; Wynne, Ciaran – Educational Gerontology, 2010
A growing body of work suggests that negative stereotypes of, and associations between, falling, fear of falling, and ageing, may mean that older adults reject falls information and advice. Against a widely accepted backdrop of demographic ageing in Europe and that alleviating the impacts of falls and fear of falling are pressing health care…
Descriptors: Discussion, Stereotypes, Older Adults, Peer Groups
Geriatric, Ethics, and Palliative Care: Tending to the Mind & Spirit
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Richeson, Nancy E.; White, Paula; Nadeau, Kathy K.; Chessa, Frank; Dreher, George K.; Frost, Cindy; Hurwitz, Craig; Nesbitt, Marylou; Scotton, David W.; Todorich, Patricia – Educational Gerontology, 2008
The purpose of this paper was to examine the outcomes from the William Randolph Hearst Scholars Program (HSP) conducted at Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine from September 2005 to September 2006. The HSP was an interdisciplinary (nursing, rehabilitation therapies, social work, clergy, pharmacy, physicians, respiratory therapy, physician's…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Older Adults, Educational Opportunities, Therapy