Pnina Ron
Pnina Ron
This research study examines adult daughters' measures of coping in their roles as caregivers of aging parents, thus affirming Pearlin, Lieberman, Menaghan & Mullan' model (1981). The model presents the mental health of caregiver daughters ...
Priscilla D Allen,Katie E Cherry,Erdman Palmore
Priscilla D Allen
In this study, we focus on self-reported ageism in college students and social service providers using the Relating to Older People Evaluation (ROPE; Cherry & Palmore, 2008). The ROPE is a 20-item questionnaire that measures positive and ne...
Cultural and intergenerational narratives: understanding responses to elderly family members in declining health [0.03%]
文化与代际叙事：理解对健康状况下降的家庭老人的反应
Marcia Spira,Jack Wall
Marcia Spira
Culture exerts powerful influences on each generations' responses to older members in declining health. Narratives, the stories people tell about their lives, depict the different the ways that the elderly and their children experience thei...
Examination of a psychoeducational intervention and a respite grant in relieving psychosocial stressors associated with being an Alzheimer's caregiver [0.03%]
对阿尔茨海默病看护者所承受的心理社会压力因素的检测：心理教育干预和休养补助金的作用分析
Sara Anne Tompkins,Paul A Bell
Sara Anne Tompkins
Alzheimer's disease can be particularly devastating to those who are caring for their loved one with the condition. There have been recent calls for the tailoring of caregiving interventions to examine outcome differences between groups of ...
Psychological well-being and social support among elders employed as lay helpers [0.03%]
老年志愿者的心理幸福感与社会支持状况研究
Denise Gammonley
Denise Gammonley
Impacts on lay helpers of participation in part-time work supporting rural elders with severe mental illness were explored in a group of 17 older adults employed in a demonstration project. Self-rated well-being and social support were asse...
Older Latina women and HIV/AIDS: an examination of sexuality and culture as they relate to risk and protective factors [0.03%]
拉丁美洲老年妇女与艾滋病问题：性行为和文化因素对其发病风险的影响研究
Richard L Beaulaurier,Shelley L Craig,Mario De La Rosa
Richard L Beaulaurier
Older Latina women are one of the least studied American demographic groups with regard to social, health, or sexual behavior. This could leave social workers and other geriatric professionals unprepared for dealing with HIV/AIDS in this po...
Rachel Aber Schlesinger,Benjamin Schlesinger
Rachel Aber Schlesinger
This is an exploratory qualitative study of 10 seniors (5 men and 5 women), who remarried or lived together after the age of 65. They were all Jewish, lived in Toronto, Canada, and had been married previously. The subjects were interviewed ...
Treating older persons with severe mental illness in the community: impact of an interdisciplinary geriatric mental health team [0.03%]
综合门诊老年精神科团队对社区中严重精神疾病老人的治疗效果研究
Sherry M Cummings
Sherry M Cummings
Little information is available concerning community-based interventions to treat the growing number older persons with severe mental illness. This study examined treatment efficacy of a specialized interdisciplinary geriatric mental health...
Berit Ingersoll-Dayton,Ruth Campbell,Jung-Hwa Ha
Berit Ingersoll-Dayton
This article describes a therapeutic model of forgiveness (Enright, 2001) and discusses its applicability to social work intervention with older adults. A total of 20 men and women, aged 57-82, participated in 2 different forgiveness groups...
Mercedes Bern-Klug
Mercedes Bern-Klug
This is the first published account of state administrative code variations in nursing home social worker qualifications. It is important to review state codes because the majority of nursing homes in the U.S. have fewer than 121 beds and t...