Kim Stansbury,Mitzi Schumacher
Kim Stansbury
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore African American clergy's mental health literacy with older congregants 60 years of age and older. Using a grounded theory approach, we recruited a purposive sample of 9 African American ...
Roslyn H Chernesky,Irene A Gutheil
Roslyn H Chernesky
Needs assessments are widely used in the field of aging, and are considered valuable tools for planning service responses to unmet and undermet needs of older adults. This article describes a comprehensive needs assessment of Bermuda's olde...
Christina Andrews
Christina Andrews
Substance abuse among older adults is on the rise. Of particular concern is the increase in alcohol and drug use predicted among Latino elders, expected to result from an upsurge in the Latino population and concurrent growth in the number ...
Moving toward Medicare home health coverage for persons with Alzheimer's disease [0.03%]
向阿尔茨海默病患者提供医疗保险居家疗护项目的发展方向
William D Cabin
William D Cabin
Medicare home health care policy does not incorporate research evidence of effective palliative home care interventions for Alzheimer's disease and dementia patients and caregivers. This article examines the dissonance between the needs and...
Palliative healthcare: cost reduction and quality enhancement using end-of-life survey methodology [0.03%]
姑息治疗护理：利用生命终期调查方法降低成本和提高质量
Christopher Edward Falls
Christopher Edward Falls
American medical institutions throughout the 20th century prescribed high customer satisfaction, but when it came to death, largely ignored it. An accelerated accumulation of esoteric medical information and the application of this knowledg...
Kathleen A Segrist
Kathleen A Segrist
The goal of this study was to determine whether differences in incidence of depression and level of well-being are manifested between older women, aged 60 and older, who attend either (a) a peer-run support group, (b) a staff-run support gr...
A qualitative perspective of family resources among low income, African American grandmother-caregivers [0.03%]
低收入非裔美国祖母监护人的家庭资源状况调查
Gaynell Marie Simpson
Gaynell Marie Simpson
This ethnographic study describes a group of 7 low-income, African American, grandmother-caregivers' perceptions of family resources. An ethnographic design, enhanced by a genogram, captured those who were available and unavailable to provi...
Enhancing the efficacy and empowerment of older adults through group formation [0.03%]
通过组建团体提高老年人的效力和自主性
Bradley J Fisher,Carol A Gosselink
Bradley J Fisher
Research suggests that efficacy and empowerment are necessary for social engagement and that a sense of efficacy and empowerment exerts positive influences on older adults. However, little is known about how individual efficacy and empowerm...
Janice Frates
Janice Frates
The late BJ Curry Spitler pioneered a new geriatric care management business model that combined care management with home health services and emphasized high levels of training and professionalism for all members of the caregiving team. Af...
Private prayer among Alzheimer's caregivers: mediating burden and resiliency [0.03%]
阿尔茨海默病看护者的私密祈祷：负担与适应能力的调节因素
Scott E Wilks,M Elizabeth Vonk
Scott E Wilks
This study examined whether the coping method of private prayer served as a protective factor of resiliency among a sample (N = 304) of Alzheimer's caregivers. Participants in caregiver support groups completed questionnaires that assessed ...
Comparative Study
Journal of gerontological social work. 2008;50(3-4):113-31. DOI:10.1300/J083v50n3_09 2008