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Download full textGentile, Frank D.; Houseman, Roberta – 1970
Reported is a project designed to explore the feasibility of establishing a self and home employment program for disabled homebound persons in clerical, business, and service occupations. The local homebound population was surveyed, businesses contacted, jobs studied, and five clients trained and placed. Results were successful and the jobs showed…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Employment, Homebound
Peer reviewedGlanz, Karen; Scharf, Marjorie – Gerontologist, 1985
Homebound elderly adults experience more nutrition-related problems than their active age peers. This paper reports on the development, implementation, and evaluation of a demonstration program for training social workers serving the homebound in a large urban area agency on aging. Evaluations indicated that the training was favorably received and…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Gerontology, Health Programs, Homebound
Curtis, John A. – 1982
This extensive report describes and provides documentation on Special Communications Services for the Sensory Impaired (SCS), a Virginia-based telecommunications delivery system developed by the Center for Excellence, Inc. (CenTex), to provide information and entertainment broadcasting services to the visually handicapped, the hearing impaired,…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Guidelines
Copper, Linda Royahn – 1992
This paper describes a pilot program conducted in Baltimore County, Maryland, which involves using an Apple IIc computer with homebound students. The computer is used to initiate a unit or topic, to provide drill and practice, to review or reinforce a concept, and to motivate students. A sample home teaching lesson plan on the topic of measurement…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Grossmont District Hospital, La Mesa, CA. – 1988
This demonstration program was designed to impart specific nursing, psychosocial, and community knowledge skills to caregivers, particularly those who themselves were older adults and were caring for a family member at home. Begun in October 1986, this program featured basic home nursing instruction and an orientation to the demands and rewards of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Curriculum Guides, Demonstration Programs
Rio Salado Community Coll., AZ. – 1985
A project was conducted to deliver general educational development (GED) instruction through an audio teleconferencing system to adult students in Arizona. Using a previously existing audio teleconferencing system owned by Rio Salado Community College in Phoenix, Arizona, project staff developed a series of credit and noncredit teleconferencing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Daily Living Skills
