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Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 15 - April 3, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.

Occasional Paper No. 092-1: Health Care Perceptions Of Nebraska's Urban & Rural Aged, James A. Thorson, F. C. Powell

Publications

Random samples were drawn in Douglas County, Nebraska (N = 196, mean age = 73.8 years), in the counties surrounding Douglas County also served by the Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging (N = 104, mean age = 72.4 years), and in eleven of the rural Sandhills counties of Nebraska (N = 200, mean age = 76.6). Participants responded to structured interviews of 169 questions that included self-assessed health status, availability of health care and physician services, costs, attitudes toward health care services, health experiences and beliefs. While the Sandhills respondents were significantly older and had less access to health services, …

Cognitive Disability Theory As A Basis For Activity Analysis For Elderly Persons With Dementia, Deborah S. Kaeser

Masters Theses

Allen's (1985) Cognitive Disability approach provides a guideline for modifying the cognitive demands of an activity to match the abilities of an individual. Thirty older adults with a mean age of 78.1 years and a diagnosis indicating an irreversible dementia were selected for the study. A counterbalanced design was used to compare the performance of 15 individuals with a Level Three cognitive ability and 15 individuals with a Level Four cognitive ability on two tiling craft activities: one with Level Three cognitive demands and one with Level Four cognitive demands. Analysis of variance indicated a significant interaction between cognitive level …

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 14 - March 27, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.

Tents Along The Merrimack: Homelessness And University-Community Cooperation, Mark D. Levine

New England Journal of Public Policy

This article presents historical, institutional, and ethical contexts for a university and an industrial, ethnic community's cooperative effort to address local hunger and homelessness. A large portion of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell's students are of working-class and local origin. Neighborhood social problems are in effect their own, and community service may be considered a variant of self-help. Attention is paid the special importance of developing a sense of community across traditional boundaries on and off campus and to the establishment of permanent mutually beneficial structures.

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 13 - March 13, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.

Ua11/1 On Campus, Vol. 2, No. 3, Wku University Relations

WKU Administration Documents

On Campus newsletter featuring articles about faculty, staff and events at Western Kentucky University. Regular features are:

• College News
• Sponsored Programs
• Hot off the Press
• Personnel File
• Coming Up - Calendar of Events

This issue includes articles:

• Skipper, Bob. Partnership with Jostens Learning for Kids
• Regents Hire Auditor
• SACS Update
• Enrollment Up
• Eison, Sheila. WKU Prof Says Don't be Myth-taken - Wilford Fridy
• Crow-Carraco, Carol. Women's History: A Patchwork of Many Lives
• WKU Glasgow Presents Images of Kentucky Women
• About Krupskaya's Sisters
• Skipper, Bob. Adult Day Care Center's Cited as Innovative
• Job Fair Recruits Teachers

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 016, Number 27, February 10, 1992, Grand Valley State University

1991-1992, Volume 16

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Center Scan: February 1992, St. Cloud Hospital

Center Scan

Legislators Hear Hospital Concerns

Public Relations Changes Name to Communications

Patient Cards Identify Who's Who

Holly Ball Festivities Raise Record Amounts

Protection Plan Safeguards Infants

Medicare Supplemental Insurance: Today's Crisis, Health Care For All, Gerontology Institute, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Gerontology Institute Publications

The purpose of health insurance is to spread risk. The system works under the assumption that, at any given point in time, only a percentage of the people in a given group will be sick. Regardless of health status, all members of the group will be paying premiums in order to cover the cost of care for those who need it.

As a group, however, seniors represent a high-risk population. They are more likely than younger people to need health care services and tend to require longer hospital stays. Yet, while their expenses are greater, their financial resources are generally …

Spring Newsletter 1992, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

UMSL Global

No abstract provided.

Elder-Caregiving Among University Employees: Responsibilities And Needs, Constance L. Coogle, Edward F. Ansello

Virginia Center on Aging Publications

Although many institutions of higher education often house the researchers who study eldercare, few have documented the need for information and services among their estimated 460,000 employees who face the difficult task of effectively balancing work and eldercare responsibilities. Even fewer have established programs to address this need.

Drs. Constance Coogle and Edward Ansello have recently completed an exhaustive survey of VCU employees (N = 11,430) to determine the extent to which they provide care to disabled parents or spouses.[1] A longer, more detailed survey was sent to those who indicated that they were eldercaregivers to measure their perceived …

An Introduction To The Five-Factor Model And Its Applications, Robert R. Mccrae, Oliver P. John

United States Public Health Resources

The five-factor model of personality is a hierarchical organization of personality traits in terms of five basic dimensions: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience. Research using both natural language adjectives and theoretically based personality questionnaires supports the comprehensiveness of the model and its applicability across observers and cultures. This article summarizes the history of the model and its supporting evidence; discusses conceptions of the nature of the factors; and outlines an agenda for theorizing about the origins and operation of the factors. We argue that the model should prove useful both for individual assessment and for the elucidation …

Chrysalis Yearbook, 1992, Molloy University Archives And Special Collections

Yearbooks

This is the yearbook for the 1992 graduating class of Molloy College. The yearbook documents the graduating senior class portraits, faculty and administrators, student organizations and clubs, and athletics.

Tshl Resolutions And Results 1992, Texas Silver-Haired Legislature

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature resolutions and results from 1992.

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature Foundation Minutes, 1992, Texas Silver Haired Legislature Foundation

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature Foundation minutes from 1992.

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature Foundation Reports To Secretary Of State, Texas Silver-Haired Legislature

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature Foundation Reports to Secretary of State, 1992-2013.

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature Bylaws 1992, Texas Silver-Haired Legislature

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature bylaws from 1992.

Techniques For Imparting Clinical Knowledge In Nonclinical Courses, Mary C. Sengstock

Sociology Faculty Research Publications

One of the major difficulties in teaching sociology in applied areas is the imparting of clinical information in courses which are not designed for clinical training. In courses focusing on topics such as gerontology, family violence, or other marital problems, sociologists may often want to impart information which is derived from clinical cases. Indeed, it may be impossible to cover these topics adequately without providing information which is obtained largely in clinical settings. Frequently, however, the courses in which these topics are covered do not include a clinical component. Consequently, there is no opportunity for the instructor to suggest a …

Transportation: A Need For The West County's Elderly In St. Louis, Carlos Arturo Vanegas

Theses

This study investigates the transportation needs and challenges of elderly residents in West St. Louis County, with particular attention to their access to public transit and specialized services. The research draws on a survey of 100 seniors, supplemented by a review of existing transportation infrastructure and demographic trends. Findings reveal that while the elderly population in the region is growing, available transportation options remain limited, especially for those who no longer drive or have restricted mobility.

Survey responses indicate that many seniors rely heavily on family, friends, or community services for rides, highlighting the lack of independence and flexibility in …

Ag Edwards Investment Account 1992-1994, Texas Silver Haired Legislature Foundation

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature

Information on the AG Edwards Investment Account from 1992-1994.

Ageism And Lesbians: An Exploratory Study, Suzanne Murdock-Amant

Theses

Ageism, not aging, oppresses. Women are oppressed by other women as well as by themselves . This is an exploratory study of the root sources of ageism in the lesbian community, speculating about t he conscious and unconscious motivations around ageism. It is assumed to be clear to all lesbians who have shunned patriarchal notions, build- in negation and diminishing of women, that ageism distracts lesbians from the pursuit of t he essential self, the very identity which lesbianism makes possible.

One old lesbian writes that she thinks it ironic that even in a woman-identified society like the lesbian community, …

Seeing Our Discipline Through A New Lens: Speech Communication In A Professional College, Angela Laird Brenton, John Gray

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Placing a speech communication department inside a professional college instead of a liberal arts unit reshapes curriculum, identity, and stakeholder ties. This case study describes the transition to a College of Professional and Public Affairs and reviews impacts after three years. Alignment with practice focused disciplines expanded internships, joint degrees, and employment networks, while prompting clear learning outcomes and a capstone jury course. Faculty gained applied research partners, consulting invitations, grants, and salary equity through a broadened view of scholarship that values community projects alongside journal work. Department benefits included a sharper niche in human resource development, rising enrollments, and …

Center For Psychological Studies 1992-1993 Catalog, Nova University

College of Psychological Services / College of Psychology Postgraduate Student and Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Annual Report Of The President, 1991-1992, Molloy University Archives And Special Collections

Annual Reports of the President

This item is an annual report published by the Office of the President in 1992, detailing the 1991-1992 academic year. It provides summaries of institutional changes, achievements of the students, faculty and staff, as well as an overview of the past academic year's events.

Collection Development Policy: Academic Library, St. Mary's University, Margaret Sylvia

Faculty Publications

A revised edition of the original collection development policy for the Academic Library (now the Louis J. Blume Library) published in ERIC. This guide spells out the collection development policy of the library of St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. The guide is divided into the following five topic areas: (1) introduction to the community served, parameters of the collection, cooperation in collection development, and priorities of the collection; (2) considerations in collection development, including maintaining the collection, gifts, bibliographic instruction, circulation, and intellectual freedom; (3) selection of materials, including responsibility for selection, selection aids, and criteria for selection …

The Effect Of Victim Bias On Length Of Defendant Sentencing, Joanne Economou

Modern Psychological Studies

This research examined the effects of victim bias on the determination of the length of prison sentence given to perpetrators convicted of assault and battery. Three victim characteristics (gender, race, and sexual orientation) were targeted to determine whether they would evoke discrimination in sentencing. Forty subjects were asked to read nine brief crime scenarios and impose prison sentences on the convicted perpetrators of each of the crimes. Three target scenarios were intermixed within the nine crime scenarios. They depicted the crimes of assault and battery of a victim who was either black or white or homosexual. The targeted scenarios were …

The Commons: New Perspectives On Nonprofit Organization, Voluntary Action And Philanthropy, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

There is emerging broad agreement among social, political and economic sciences that the institutions of modern society can be divided into three sectors: state, market and the awkwardly named “third sector”, but there is little agreement on the nature of the latter. This book details commons theory as a theoretical basis for understanding both the third sector and the organizations and institutions of which it is composed. In the first chapter, a number of existing perspectives on nonprofit organizations and voluntary action are examined. Chapter Two proposes the commons theory emerging from Hardin’s tragedy of the commons as a potential …

Techniques For Imparting Clinical Knowledge In Nonclinical Courses, Mary C. Sengstock

Clinical Sociology Review

No abstract provided.

Review Of Aspen, A Documentary Film By Frederick Wiseman, Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Frederick Wiseman's most recent documentary was heralded in the New York Times (December 29, 1991, pp. 27,36) with considerable fanfare, but for this reviewer Aspen is a sociological disappointment. Wiseman's unusually keen documentary grip on the subtleties and institutional complexities of Western society has momentarily slipped in his presentation of the collage of institutionally disjointed images offered in Aspen. Visually excavating the social nexus of community life as a whole is a worthy objective for filmmakers of Wiseman's stature and experience, but sociology instructors who hope that Aspen might serve as an institutionally sophisticated community study will have to …