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Even-Zohar, Ahuva – SAGE Open, 2022
"At Home" is a program, in which students reside in the homes of older adults. Three studies were designed to evaluate the program. One study was a comparative quantitative investigation that used a cross-sectional survey design aimed at assessing ageism and knowledge of ageing among students. The other two studies were qualitative…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Foreign Countries, Aging (Individuals), Attitude Measures
Popkin, Susan J.; Runes, Charmaine; Anderson, Theresa; McDaniel, Marla; Coffey, Amelia; Okoli, Adaeze; Gaddy, Marcus; Spauster, Patrick – Urban Institute, 2019
The Annie E. Casey Foundation launched Family-Centered Community Change (FCCC) in 2012 to support three local partnerships seeking to help parents and children in high-poverty neighborhoods succeed together. These partnerships, located in Buffalo, New York; Columbus, Ohio; and San Antonio, Texas, are each developing a more integrated set of…
Descriptors: Community Change, Poverty, Neighborhoods, Low Income
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Faria, Debra Fromm; Dauenhauer, Jason A.; Steitz, David W. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2010
This article describes the development and qualitative student outcomes of an intergenerational service-learning course designed to promote social work gerontological competencies. Efforts focused on creating a learning environment to actively promote learning opportunities for students and older adults. The course was hosted at a local, private,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Course Objectives, Service Learning
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Jaffe, Dale J.; Howe, Elizabeth – Gerontologist, 1988
Surveyed agency-assisted shared housing programs and interviewed clients of one program. Developed two typologies, one of programs and one of matches. Found independent matches, characterized by social distance, were likely to be dominant type created by housing-oriented programs; dependent matches, characterized by intimacy, were more likely to…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Housing, Human Services, Intergenerational Programs
Sheranian, Marilynn; And Others – 1987
Historically, when aging adults could no longer negotiate the difficulties of living alone, they faced either institutionalization or living with their children. Shared housing may be a viable third option for many aging homeowners. The University of Utah's Intermountain West Long Term Care Gerontology Center developed the Senior/Student Shared…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), College Housing, College Students, Daily Living Skills
Sheppard, Harold L., Ed. – 1991
These proceedings contain an introduction and 26 papers arranged in five sections: (1) People's Republic of China and Taiwan (Republic of China); (2) Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand; (3) Korea; (4) Japan and the Western Pacific; and (5) United States. Paper titles and authors are as follows: "Recent Social Security Policies and…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Processes, Community Programs, Coping