Application of telecommunications technology to educate children whose physical state or geographic location made attendance in public schools virtually impossible. The Kentucky Project utilized a minicomputer to deliver instruction to severely developmentally retarded children from birth to age six living with their families in sparsely populated…

Describes activities in the development of the project, Home-based Employment to Accomplish Rehabilitation (HEAR). This description is intended to serve as a guideline for replicating similar programs with any group of homebound individuals. Project objectives, effect of home-based employment, guidelines, and enhancing professionalism are topics…

Presents case reports to illustrate importance of technique of transtelephonic cardiac monitoring in home care and use of technique to provide objective marker upon which physicians' decisions could be made. (Author/NB)

In Sweden, most "pensioners" over 65 are healthy and living by themselves, and they can come to the library and take part in programs, borrow books, use the computers, read newspapers and magazines. For those elderly persons who are ill or handicapped and homebound, the library can send books and arrange other services. In Sweden there…

The employment opportunities of the homebound are being expanded by computer-telecommunications developments. A joint conference on "New Patterns of Work Organization in An Information Era: Some Employment Implications for Homebound Individuals," held in Ohio in June 1973, is reviewed. (MS)

This feasibility study examined 11 teleworking arrangements for people with severe physical disabilities in Ireland, over periods ranging from 6 to 18 months. Outcomes suggest teleworking is a feasible form of employment for such persons provided they are appropriately selected and trained and suitable work is identified and managed by employers.…

Two studies were carried out in 1991-92 in Brisbane, Australia on the effects on frail elderly people of cognitive challenge by teleconference. In the first study, 20 residents of aged care centers watched specified programs on television. Later, they discussed the content over the telephone using conference link equipment. The study found that…

This booklet describes varieties of public library services and programs geared to fulfilling the information needs of older adults, the physically handicapped, the illiterate, ethnic minorities, and others requiring survival information essentials. (FM)

Project Homebound, a pilot demonstration program in the use of volunteers as a means of attacking adult illiteracy, proved operational in Butte, Montana. Home bound instructors were divided into six teaching teams, each comprised of a certified teacher who served as team leader and designed the materials used, two teacher's aides who recruited…

The selected bibliography on homebound or hospitalized children contains approximately 45 abstracts with indexing information explained to be drawn from the computer file of abstracts representing the Council for Exceptional Children Information Center's complete holdings as of August, 1972. Abstracts are said to be chosen using the criteria of…

Examined the efforts of relatives, friends, and professional caregivers in serving the homebound elderly. Results indicate that although the informal support network was perceived to be the preferable source of most home care aid, formal intervention was seen as best for housekeeping functions, specialized duties, and repetitive tasks for the…

Seven frequently used measures were examined by construct validation to improve measures. Results of this research indicate that there is a construct, termed "life satisfaction," shared by six of the seven measures and that no existing instrument best encompasses that construct. The construct is composed of two factors. (Author)

The need for provision of recreation services to the homebound aging has been recognized by many senior center organizers and directors. Because the attitudes and actions of both individuals and organizations are strongly affected by the social and cultural environment of their past, a history of both recreation and home-delivered services to the…

Written in question and answer format, the bulletin contains answers to the most frequently asked questions regarding the California Program for Homebound and Hospitalized Children. Considered individually are the administration, the objectives and procedures of the instructional program, and the personnel roles and procedures involved in both…

No significant differences were found in locus of control as measured on the Children's Internal-External Control Scale of Reinforcement between three groups of 81 homebound children (emotionally disturbed/socially maladjusted, physically handicapped, and health impaired). (CL)