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Xiao, Lily Dongxia; Shen, Jun; Wu, Haifeng; Ding, Fu; He, Xizhen; Zhu, Yueping – Educational Gerontology, 2013
A lack of knowledge in registered nurses about geriatric conditions is one of the major factors that contribute to these conditions being overlooked in hospitalized older people. In China, an innovative geriatric continuing nursing education program aimed at developing registered nurses' understanding of the complex care needs of hospitalized…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Nursing Education, Hospitals, Older Adults
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Mapoma, Christopher C.; Masaiti, Gift – European Journal of Educational Research, 2012
This paper reflects part of the wider outlook on ageing in general in Zambia and was intended to investigate perceptions of and attitudes towards the aged and ageing in Zambia by members of the community who, by definition and chronologically are not classified as aged i.e. not yet 60 years and over. Focus Group Discussions (FGD) were used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Aging (Individuals), Social Attitudes, Negative Attitudes
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Huang, Chin-Shan – Educational Gerontology, 2012
This study surveys elementary and secondary teachers in Taiwan and compares the findings with other studies conducted in America and Japan. The objective is to explore differences among teachers in Taiwan, Japan, and the United States in terms of their knowledge of, and attitudes toward, aging and the implementation of aging education in schools.…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Gerontology, Aging Education, Teacher Characteristics