Journal of Applied Gerontology articles from December 1997

Journal of Applied Gerontology archives from December 1997

Institutionalization: a continuation of family care.
December 1, 1997... It is often assumed that with institutionalization comes an end to family caregiving. The goal of this study is to show that family caregiving continues even after institutionalization of the care recipient. The data come from 81 families who...

Measurement properties of the short Multidimensional Observation Scale for Elderly Subjects (MOSES).
December 1, 1997... This study evaluated the five-factor measurement model of the abbreviated Multidimensional Observation Scale for Elderly Subjects (MOSES) originally proposed by Pruchno Kleban, and Resch in 1988. Modifications of the five-factor model were...

Receptivity to volunteering in the immediate postretirement period.
December 1, 1997... Higher rates of volunteering might be expected of elders in the period immediately after retirement because they tend to be in relatively good health and have fewer competing obligations Data from the Commonwealth Productive Aging Survey, a...

Reason for case closure among substantiated reports of elder abuse.
December 1, 1997... The reason for case closure was examined in a sample of 2,679 substantiated reports of elder abuse made over a 26-month period to the Illinois adult protective services (APS) program. The most common reason for case closure was the APS worker's...

Examining attitudes toward the Homecare Suite: a new housing alternative for elders.
December 1, 1997... For a housing option to be viable on the continuum of long-term care, it needs the approval of professionals (who would recommend it) and caregivers (who would use it). The purpose of this study was to compare attitudes of these important...

A sequential analysis of verbal and nonverbal interaction of two long-term care residents.
December 1, 1997... This study examined interaction involving two older female residents and coresidents, caregivers, and others at a Canadian long-term care institution. Twenty-four hour videotapes recorded each resident's behavior for 19 and 21 consecutive days,...

A senior-centered model of intergenerational programming with young children.
December 1, 1997... A multistep model is presented that builds upon documented features of intergenerational program design and evaluation strategies that have resulted in positive outcomes for both older adult and preschool-age participants. This senior-centered...

Needs Assessment: A Creative and Practical Guide for Social Scientists.
December 1, 1997... Rebecca Reviere, Susan Berkowitz, Carolyn C. Carter, and Carolyn Graves Ferguson (Eds.), Washington, DC: Taylor and Francis, 1996. This is a prodigious addition to a greatly expanding, increasingly scholarly body of works on needs...

Relationships Between Women in Later Life.
December 1, 1997... Karen A. Roberto (Ed.), Binghampton, NY: The Haworth Press, 1996. $14.95 (paper). Published simultaneously as a special issue of the Journal of Women and Aging (Vol. 8, No. 3/4), this very readable book is a collection of research...