Content analyses of case records and follow-up interviews with former clients of hospital social workers explored: (1) the primary social needs dealt with by the social workers; (2) clients' perceptions of their social needs during the hospitalization; (3) clients' perceptions of the social workers role, and satisfaction with social service.…

The Theory of Work Adjustment developed at the University of Minnesota is explicated as a frame of reference from which to view job satisfaction. (Author)

Concludes that the logical outcome of a person-oriented curriculum position leads to a re-definition of the function of the school in the society. The schools are seen to be the only potentially controllable agency for humanization left in society. (Author/AM)

Variables contributing to minority students' decisions not to attend a particular university once admitted were investigated by a questionnaire and a subsequent telephone poll. Results suggested that dissatisfaction with financial aid weighed heavily in their decisions not to attend. (Author)

This article examines the problems involved in the frequent and often untimely transfer of clients from student to agency worker or student to student in the clinical social work training setting. Recommendations for handling the problem are made. (Author/EJT)

An examination of the combined effect of a situational factor, disclosure, and two personality variables, "need for approval" and "inner-other directedness" on attitude - action relationships with respect to marijuana related attitudes and behavior of college students. Subjects with different personality characteristics were found to respond…

Two cases illustrate the vast number of the forgotten aged with acute problems and life and death experiences, who are in dire need of protective services. The time has come to evaluate and assist the elderly in their steps toward renewed pride, dignity, and self-respect. (Author/PC)

To help agencies serve the needs of older black men, this paper presents an overview of the physical, social, and economic status of older rural black men. The report is based on a study of a sample of 62 black men, aged 65 to 97, who constituted a subset of older adults from a larger study of the kin network system of 368 adults over 65 living in…

This document contains the third annual interim report of the Illinois Elder Abuse Demonstration Program. It discusses the overall intent of the demonstration program, trends and changes in the third year of the demonstration program compared with the results from the first two years of the program, and achievements and recommendations for a…

Experience gathered to date confirms that capitation of Medicare does not necessarily decrease quality of health care and may in fact encourage an improvement in health care quality. Incentives inherent in capitated reimbursement are threefold. First, practitioners, by not receiving more payment for more service, are discouraged from providing…

A study addressed how teachers' practices influenced students' perceptions of control in social and academic domains and what teacher practices were related to student perceptions of control. To relate teacher practices to student perceptions of control this paper: (1) defines the concept of control and describes theoretical and empirical concepts…

This paper examines, in terms of family role expectations, problems and difficulties experienced by families with aging members. These difficulties are presented as a manifestation of dysfunctional societal attitudes and beliefs that make it inevitable that an aging family will experience conflict with regard to family roles. Dysfunctional beliefs…

Graduates' perceptions of their education and their success in the marketplace can provide measures of institutional effectiveness. To assess graduates' attitudes towards their education and to determine their career status and vocational success, 1,213 University of Houston graduates were sent a survey questionnaire. An analysis of the results…

The Center for Independent Living of Greater Bridgeport and its operating agencies conducted a survey of 32 people, the majority of whom were developmentally disabled and residents of institutional or community settings, in both rural and urban areas. The aim of the survey was to determine the perceived needs and levels of independence experienced…