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What About Elders Who Have No Informal or Formal Support?
(Virginia Tech, 2001-06-30)Telephone interview data from a representative sample of 2,034 rural elders showed that 26.3% had limitations in abilities to perform daily activities (cooking, walking, cleaning, driving, etc.). Of these, many received ... -
Well-being and Coping Strategies of Elders Without Informal Support
(Virginia Tech, 2001-08-25)Telephone interview data from a representative sample of 2,034 rural elders showed that 26.3% had limitations in abilities to perform daily activities (cooking, walking, cleaning, driving, etc.). Of these, many received ... -
Geriatric Chronic Pain: Issues and Challenges from the Research Literature
(Virginia Tech, 2001-11)Researchers interested in chronic pain in older adults come from multiple disciplines; thus existing information about geriatric pain is widely scattered. To establish a foundation from which to construct future research ... -
Osteoporosis & The Health of Virginia's Older Women: Issues & Consequences Affecting Quality of Life
(U. S. Department of Agriculture, 2002) -
Center for Gerontology Newsletter, Fall 2002
(Virginia Tech, 2002)The Center for Gerontology newsletter, published twice annually, provides faculty and project updates, along with recognitions received by faculty and students in the area of age-related research and activities. -
Older Families in Rural Communities: Personal and Social Influences on Service Use
(U. S. Department of Agriculture, 2002)The overall goal of this research project was to gather data from older adults and their family caregivers living in rural southwest Virginia to learn how health and community-based services programs can win greater ... -
Spending Behaviors of Older Women Living in an Assisted Living Facility
(Virginia Tech, 2002-03-02)A major demographic trend in the United States is the increasing older adult population. According to the US Census, the number of persons, ages sixty-five and older has increased approximately 4 million in 2000 and will ... -
Nursing Home Employees: Community Ecology and Retention
(National Institutes of Health, 2003) -
Center for Gerontology Newsletter, Spring 2003
(Virginia Tech, 2003)The Center for Gerontology newsletter, published twice annually, provides faculty and project updates, along with recognitions received by faculty and students in the area of age-related research and activities. -
Center for Gerontology Newsletter, Fall 2003
(Virginia Tech, 2003)The Center for Gerontology newsletter, published twice annually, provides faculty and project updates, along with recognitions received by faculty and students in the area of age-related research and activities. -
Community Connections and Sense of Community among Older Adults
(Virginia Tech, 2003)The goal of this exploratory study is to identify what factors predict sense of community in older adult community members. -
Elderly & Disabled Waiver Services: What Do We Know About Providers?
(Virginia Tech, 2003)Little is known about home and community based services (HCBS) and even less about the quality of those services. As part of a “Real Choice Systems Change” grant received by the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance ... -
Virginia Public Guardian and Conservator Programs: Evaulation of Program Status and Outcomes, Executive Summary
(Virginia Department for the Aging, 2003)The Virginia Public Guardian and Conservator Programs were established by law in 1997 in § 2.1-373.10 - § 2.1-373.14 of the Virginia Code. The 10 local programs, chosen through a request for proposal (RFP) process, are ... -
Elderly & Disabled Waiver Services: Provider Survey, Executive Summary
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Elderly and Disabled Waiver Services: Important Dimensions From the Client's Perspective
(Virginia Department for Medical Assistance Services; The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, 2003-06)Little is known about home and community based services (HCBS) and even less about the quality of those services. As part of a “Real Choice Systems Change” grant received by the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance ... -
Leavers And Stayers: An Ecological Analysis Of Determinants Of Employee Retention In Long-Term Care
(Virginia Tech, 2003-11)The understanding of issues related to staff retention in long-term care requires a systematic and holistic examination of the care environment. Guided by the joining of two theoretical perspectives, human ecology and ... -
Predicting Community Connections in the Workplace
(Virginia Tech, 2003-11)This study explores the relationships between interpersonal connections in the workplace and four dimensions of employee retention. -
Rural Older Adults’ Previous Help and Support Experiences: Influences on Attitudes about Current and Future Assistance
(Virginia Tech, 2003-11)We investigated the extent to which earlier life experiences with informal and formal services might influence older adults’ views of getting assistance in the future. In a short-term longitudinal follow up of telephone ... -
Assuring Quality Care: Exploring Strategies of Medicaid E&D Waiver Providers
(Virginia Tech, 2004)Implementing quality assurance (QA) programs in unregulated noninstitutional settings remains a challenge for home and community-based service providers. A sample of 65 Elderly & Disabled (E&D) Waiver providers in Virginia ... -
Center for Gerontology Newsletter, Spring 2004
(Virginia Tech, 2004)The Center for Gerontology newsletter, published twice annually, provides faculty and project updates, along with recognitions received by faculty and students in the area of age-related research and activities.
