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Peer reviewedHooyman, Nancy; And Others – Gerontologist, 1985
Examines the impact of loss of in-home chore services on families caring for older relatives. Results indicated presence or absence of chore services was not associated with caregiving behavior, perceptions of burden, or stress among relatives. Revealed significant relationships between perception of burden and performance of personal care tasks.…
Descriptors: Family Attitudes, Family Role, Older Adults, Retrenchment
Peer reviewedWillis, David C. – Social Work, 1984
Discusses problems of purchase of social services. Reviews literature concerned with cost and quality, including a study of participant satisfaction and cost effectiveness of homemaker services in Utah. (JAC)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Financial Support, Participant Satisfaction
Peer reviewedWasik, Barbara Hanna; Roberts, Richard N. – Family Relations, 1994
Conducted national survey concerning employees for home visiting programs that serve families with children. Results from 1,904 respondents representing Head Start, educational, social service, and health agencies showed that wide range of educational backgrounds was required for employment, but there was considerable similarity in personal…
Descriptors: Family Life, Home Programs, Home Visits, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewedCarroccio, Jean; And Others – Journal of Volunteer Administration, 1996
Collaboration between a private home health agency and public volunteer agency (the Senior Companions Program) was evaluated through interviews, site visits and questions. Volunteers were highly valued and important to the organization despite additional administration and training burdens. It was a cost-effective way to expand community-based…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Nurses, Older Adults, Private Sector
Specian, Rosemarie T. – J Home Econ, 1969
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Programs, Inner City, Interdisciplinary Approach
Ross, E. Clarke – Word from Washington Analysis, 1980
The report discusses financing respite care (short term care of the handicapped to provide family relief) services for the developmentally disabled (DD). Respite care is examined as a component of a comprehensive service delivery system for the DD, and the scope of respite care services as conceptualized by its advocates is reviewed. Nationally…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Family Problems, Financial Support, Personal Care Homes
Download full textJACOBY, ALBERTA – 1967
A 28-MINUTE FILM, "HOMEFIRES," DRAMATIZING THREE CASE HISTORIES OF HOMEMAKER SERVICE, WAS DEVELOPED TO BE USED AS A TRAINING AID, AN INSTRUMENT FOR MAKING COMMUNITIES AWARE OF THE SERVICE, AND A TOOL FOR RECRUITING CANDIDATES TO THE HOMEMAKER AIDES TRAINING PROGRAMS. HOMEMAKER SERVICE IS A FORM OF ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY HEALTH AND WELFARE AGENCIES…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Film Production, Instructional Films, Orientation Materials
Ripple, Helen E. – 1973
The Director of Homemaker Service at the Children's Aid Society relates the process by which paraprofessional homemakers are prepared through inservice training and continuing supervision by the professional staff. Because the homemakers' backgrounds range from five years of grammar school to some experience in college, the training program must…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Community Services, Home Management, Inservice Education
Peer reviewedMiller, Dulcy B.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1986
Evaluates two respite programs which offer families temporary relief from caring for elderly relatives: an institutional program for those needing constant nursing attention, and a residential plan for those requiring housekeeping and companion services. Benefits for clients, family, and community appear to be indisputable. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Family Life, Family Programs, Nursing Homes, Older Adults
Beavers, Irene; Ruehr, Evelyn – Amer Vocat J, 1970
The article reports a study of 182 competencies in the areas of food production and child care previously identified. Recommendations for training programs are made on the basis of competencies needed in welfare, voluntary, and health agencies. This study was completed as part of a graduate program. (JK)
Descriptors: Child Care, Community Health Services, Curriculum, Educational Needs
Peer reviewedJaffe, Rivka – Child Welfare, 1979
Describes an Israeli experimental program in which homemakers are trained to assist in the care of retarded children remaining at home. (CM)
Descriptors: Child Care, Children, Experimental Programs, Foreign Countries
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1977
Due to the smaller populations of rural areas, the greater distances between places, the generally smaller and one-dimensional economic bases, and the movement of younger persons away from rural areas, the rural elderly have unique problems. Few services are available which are designed to help elderly persons remain in their homes rather than in…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Health Needs, Hearings, Housing
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1964
THE PURPOSE OF THESE GUIDELINES IS TO PROVIDE RESOURCE MATERIAL FROM WHICH A LOCAL TRAINING PROGRAM FOR VISITING HOMEMAKERS CAN BE DEVELOPED. THE VISITING HOMEMAKER ASSISTS IN PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF THE HOME IN ORDER TO KEEP FAMILY LIFE NORMAL DURING STRESS OR ILLNESS IN THE FAMILY. THE VISITING HOMEMAKER TRAINEE SHOULD BE AN INTELLIGENT, MATURE…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Services, Family Problems, Home Management
Loschiavo, James F. – 1978
Fifteen recommended steps of an approach useful for identifying and serving the total needs of older Americans within their communities are delineated. Three broad types of need criteria discussed are normative need, felt need, and prior receipt of service need. The approach is illustrated by actual data from a 1976 study in Cleveland, Ohio.…
Descriptors: Community Services, Gerontology, Home Management, Identification
Peer reviewedSoyka, Patricia W. – Child Welfare, 1976
The benefits of home care for the severely handicapped child and his family are discussed. The Homemaker-Home Health Aide Service has been successfully adapted to fulfill the needs of these families. (GO)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Early Childhood Education, Handicapped Children, Home Programs
