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Peer reviewedWasson, Wendy; And Others – Gerontologist, 1984
Describes a geropsychiatric outreach team that evaluated and treated psychiatrically impaired elderly (N=66) in their home. Initial diagnostic reports and three-month follow-up interviews suggested that most patients had improved or stabilized and were able to remain in the community. Intervention strategies and patient characteristics are…
Descriptors: Home Programs, Older Adults, Outreach Programs, Program Effectiveness
Dietrich, Coralie – 1988
Chronic pain occurs most frequently in the elderly. Unfortunately, most pain clinics are located in large urban areas and are not readily accessible to the rural elderly. Recent advances in behavioral medicine have provided pain relief techniques that can be used by a wide variety of professional and paraprofessional workers who do not have…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Coping, Home Programs, Home Visits
Peer reviewedKnight, Bob; And Others – Gerontologist, 1982
Describes the development of a mobile geriatric outreach team. The importance of thorough, interdisciplinary assessment and the offering of active, brief psychotherapy are stressed. Community education programs and consultations to the aging network reach the senior community and other referral sources. Preliminary program evaluation data are…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Geriatrics, Home Programs, Interdisciplinary Approach
University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette. – 1982
A project was conducted by the University of Southwestern Louisiana in cooperation with local adult education programs to develop a delivery system for adult education through expanded outreach opportunities using computer-assisted instruction (CAI) and computer-managed instruction (CMI). During the 3-year project, a homebased CAI delivery system…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction
Download full textWhitfield, Richard C.; And Others – 1979
The Birmingham Experiment in Community Education was established to strengthen the role of the school in three disadvantaged areas of Birmingham so as to assist in the educational and social rehabilitation of the local neighborhood. The objectives of the project were (1) to foster cooperation and coordination between school staff and local…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Community Development, Community Education, Disadvantaged
Utah State Univ., Logan. Dept. of Communicative Disorders. – 1996
This final report presents the outcomes of Project INSITE, a family-centered home intervention model designed to provide training to early intervention/childhood professionals working with infants and young children with multidisability sensory impairments and their families. In the INSITE model, an early intervention professional visits the home…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems
