Intergenerational Program Effects on Social Responses of Elderly Adult Day Care Members.

Short-DeGraff, Margaret A.; Diamond, Karen

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ERIC Number: EJ527030

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Intergenerational Program Effects on Social Responses of Elderly Adult Day Care Members.

Short-DeGraff, Margaret A.; Diamond, Karen

Educational Gerontology, v22 n5 p467-82 Jul-Aug 1996

Ten elderly members of an adult day care center were observed before and during an intervention with an itnergenerational nursery school at the center. Significantly higher levels of social interaction and lower levels of solitary behaviors were observed when the school was in session. (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Intergenerational Programs, Interpersonal Relationship, Nursery Schools, Older Adults, Social Development

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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