Residential care board members, administrators, and caregivers were randomly assisted to injury prevention training: 38 computer based, 40 instructor led. Both groups significantly increased knowledge. The computer group enjoyed the training and had no difficulties even if they lacked computer experience. (Contains 20 references.) (SK)

Investigates the extent of multiple-role occupancy among midlife individuals in Britain, focusing on work and family commitments. The proportion of individuals in midlife who have multiple roles, in terms of paid work and family care, at any one point in time is low, but a much higher proportion of individuals have occupied multiple roles over…

British outdoor education centers need to know their legal responsibilities concerning duty of care to children. Categories of "Duty of Care" include protection from adults deemed inappropriate to work with children; preventative strategies concerning personnel recruitment and organizational policies; child protection from abuse; health…

Examined relationships between quality of day-care program, level of cognitive stimulation in caregiver home, and social-emotional climate of caregiver's own family life. Data from 44 family day-care providers suggest relationship between level of cognitive stimulation and quality of day-care program and between quality of day-care and dynamics of…

Used data from 1984 Supplement on Aging to National Health Interview Survey to examine residential differences in helping network composition of 3,761 impaired elders. Severely impaired elders in nonmetropolitan communities were less apt than metropolitan counterparts to receive aid from formal providers and were significantly more likely to…

Results from 174 elderly dependent mothers and their caregiving daughters revealed that most believed daughters were caregiving primarily for discretionary rather than obligatory reasons. Women who felt their daughters' motives were not highly discretionary reported lower intimacy in their relationships and said they had received care for more…

Compared perceptions of 19 bereaved spouses with those of 47 bereaved adult children. Differences between groups were found in appraised difficulty of the death, number of peripheral sources of support, and assistance from friends and neighbors. Spouses suffered more negative side effects than adult children in reported health and emotional…

When sibling pairs interacted with unrelated mothers, facial and vocal affect directed to the difficult child in the pair was more dysphoric than that directed to the other. This was particularly the case among women who attributed relatively high control to children and low control to adults. A similar relation between affect and attributions was…

Studied relative importance of family, friends, neighbors, and others in support networks of elderly persons. Data from interviews with 1,284 elderly respondents in Winnipeg, Manitoba offer limited support for hierarchical compensatory model which contends that kin, particularly spouse and children, are of primary importance, followed by friends,…

Some infants experience unusual stress from pregnancy through the postnatal period and are especially called upon to exercise coping responses. Discusses unusual stressors, how the infant naturally copes with them, and how caregivers can provide assistance. Reviews studies on stress-relieving intervention techniques. (NH)

Examined 269 functionally impaired elderly persons residing on 53 Israeli kibbutzim and their primary caregivers regarding long-term care planning. The rate of institutional risk was found to be no greater between those who were cared for primarily through formal or informal means. Lack of informal caregivers emerged as an important factor for…

Compared American and Japanese maternal speech to three-month-old infants. Observations showed that U.S. mothers were more information oriented than Japanese mothers, and that Japanese mothers were more affect oriented, using more nonsense, onomatopoeic sounds, baby talk, and babies' names. Differences are attributed to culture-specific…

Classes on caring for older parents will one day be as common as parenting classes are today. There are more requests from businesses for help in setting up these courses. There is an emerging role for community colleges and institutionally based continuing education programs to respond to this adult need. (JOW)

Caregivers (N=53) of dementia patients administered modified version of cognitive examination at home to their patients. Comparison between caregiver-administered and clinical examinations revealed high interrater reliability unaffected by caregiver age or education level. Reliable assessment of cognitive functioning by caregivers can provide…

Describes a study designed to determine the confidence level of 370 child care staff members in their ability to recognize and prevent common health problems of children. Some staff members were confident in their ability to recognize some health problems and they indicated a need for health education. (RJC)