This paper describes and analyzes a model demonstration project developed to train family care home operators and personal care home aides. The focus is on skills in using a social-adaptive approach on a multiplicity of levels. Conceptual material, examination of attitudes and values, and introduction of specific skills are major emphases. (Author)

Because persons over 45 are not adequately served by American educational institutions, a model program was designed to help older persons seeking second careers in the health care field to make realistic career decisions. This program combined classroom work and field experience with individual and group counseling. (Author/LPG)

This is a reprot of the genesis and evolution of an interdisciplinary health care experience for student teams in a gerontological setting. The student teams faced many of the same problems encountered by other interdisciplinary health care teams, including role definition, role negotiation, decision making, and conflict resolution. (Author)