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Peer reviewedJaffe, 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
Peer reviewedStremmel, Andrew J.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1994
Surveyed administrators of adult day-care centers (n=36) and child day-care centers (n=300) to gather information about professionals' perceptions of benefits and problems associated with providing regular intergenerational exchanges in day-care settings. Found that problems attributed to generational differences and organizational/service…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Day Care, Day Care, Intergenerational Programs
Peer reviewedWeiss, Caroline R.; Jamieson, Nancy B. – Gerontologist, 1987
Surveyed 88 female participants of community-based age-integrated water exercise program designed to enhance comfort and social interaction. Affective measures and observation of membership as a support group elicited few differences by age. Members endorsed having age integration in classes and there was little indication that subgroups of…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Exercise, Females
Peer reviewedLambert, Donna J.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1990
Designed program for preschoolers and elders to promote sharing, cooperating, and helping behaviors in children. Used contact with natural grandparents in preschool, regular elderly volunteers in preschool, competent elderly visitors, contact with less able elders in nursing home, and classroom activities about older adults. Program resulted in…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Helping Relationship, Intergenerational Programs, Older Adults
Peer reviewedSeefeldt, Carol – Gerontologist, 1987
Explored the effects of visits to infirm elders in a nursing home setting on 30 preschool children's attitudes toward the elderly. After the visits preschoolers held more negative attitudes toward their own aging and toward the elderly, but day care and nursing home staffs believed the visits to be of benefit to children and elders. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Day Care Centers, Intergenerational Programs, Negative Attitudes
Peer reviewedCamp, Cameron J.; Judge, Katherine S.; Bye, Carol A.; Fox, Kathleen M.; Bowden, Jay; Bell, Michael; Valencic, Kristin; Mattern, Jeanne M. – Gerontologist, 1997
Reports on a program that brought together older adults (n=12) with dementia and preschool children (n=14) in one-on-one interactions, using Montessori activities. Experience indicates that older adults with dementia can still serve as effective mentors and teachers to children in an appropriately structured setting. (RJM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Alzheimers Disease, Education, Individualized Instruction
