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Elderly & Disabled Waiver Services: Development of the Client Satisfaction Survey-Short Forms
(Virginia Department of Medical Assisstance Services, 2005-04)This report is an addendum to an earlier report, Elderly & Disabled Waiver Services: Results of a Statewide Client Survey. Since the study’s distribution, further development and analysis of the Client Satisfaction Survey ... -
Elderly & Disabled Waiver Services: Provider Survey, Executive Summary
(Virginia Department for Medical Assistance Services; The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, 2003-03) -
Elderly & Disabled Waiver Services: Results of a Statewide Client Satisfaction Survey
(Virginia Department of Medical Assisstance Services, 2004-10)As part of a “Real Choice Systems Change” grant received by the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services, the Center for Gerontology at Virginia Tech conducted a statewide survey of clients receiving personal ... -
Elderly & Disabled Waiver Services: Utilization Review Summary Report
(Virginia Department of Medical Assisstance Services, 2004-03): As part of Virginia’s Real Choice Systems Change Grant (July 20, 2001), the Center for Gerontology at Virginia Tech is responsible for Goal 4: “Address gaps in quality assurance and client satisfaction for community-based ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Evidence that Community-Based Long-Term Care is Preventive Care
(Virginia Tech, 2014)This presentation outlines the benefits of community-based long-term care, including reduced hospitalization rates. -
An Exploration of Older Men’s Acceptance of Age Inequality
(Virginia Tech, 2014)Age relations treat old people as marginal to occupational and dating networks, stigmatizing them as unattractive and unfit to do valuable work (Calasanti 2003; King 2006). Those systems intersect with gender, in which men ... -
Extending Terror Management Theory to Increase Understanding of Older Adults’ Views of Death
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11-19)We applied Baltes’ lifespan development perspective to TMT to examine how experiences influence worldview change over time. We argue that worldview adaptations can bolster older adults against death threat and ameliorate ... -
Fall Prevention in Late Life
(Virginia Tech. Center for Gerontology, 2013-10)Falling is a major public health concern for older adults. One in 3 adults aged 65+ and 1 in 2 adults aged 80+ fall each year, often suffering major changes to health and quality of life. Unintentional falls and traumatic ... -
Family Perceptions of Mild Cognitive Impairment
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Fear of Falling and Older Adults: Finding Balance
(Virginia Tech. Center for Gerontology, 2013-10)Falls are a major public health concern for older adults. Annually, 1 out of every 3 Americans aged 65+ experiences a fall. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, falls are the leading cause of ... -
Final Report Abstract: Caregivers of Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Information and Support Needs
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Financial Abuse in the Headlines: Prevalence of National Newsfeeds
(Virginia Tech, 2010)This presentation provides an overview of elder financial abuse, including causes and effects. -
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 ... -
Grandchildren as Caregivers for Their Custodial Grandmothers: Who Are They and How Are They Doing?
(Virginia Tech, 2010-11-20)This presentation explores how grandchildren as caregivers balance their caregiving responsibilities with the normative developmental tasks of adolescence. -
Grandfamilies: Parenting Satisfaction and Family Functioning
(Department of Human Developmen, Department of Psychology and Center for Gerontology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, 2006-10)Previous research has demonstrated that grandparent caregivers experience high levels of physical, psychological, and relationship stress. However, few studies have examined how psychosocial and relationships. perspective, ... -
Health, Spirituality and Environmental Concern: Older Women's Perspectives on the Natural Environment
(Center for Gerontology and Dept. of Human Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2007-11) -
Helping a Friend/Helping Yourself: Intimate Partner Violence & Rural Older Women
(Virginia Tech. Center for Gerontology, 2010)Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is physical, emotional, psychological, or sexual abuse by a husband, boyfriend or other intimate partner. IPV may include harsh or cruel criticism, threats of abandonment, intentional isolation ... -
Home and Community-Based Service Use by Vulnerable Older Adults
(Virginia Tech, 2014-11-07)The purpose of this study was to identify distinct profiles of service users and determine whether certain service user profiles have greater potential to meet older adults’ care needs.
