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Publication Date: 1996
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Educating the Isolated Ageing: Improving the Quality of Life of the Housebound Elderly through Educational Teleconferencing.
Swindell, Richard; Mayhew, Claire
International Journal of Lifelong Education, v15 n2 p85-93 Mar-Apr 1996
Eighteen homebound frail elderly took part in an eight-week teleconference that provided practical information (nutrition, health, social services) as well as stimulated thinking. Quality of life improvements and further interest in education resulted. Teleconferencing proved a cost-effective method of reaching homebound persons. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Frail Elderly, Homebound, Quality of Life, Teleconferencing
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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