Digital Commons Network^™

Difficulty Of Decision-Making By Widows, Marilyn Bjorkman Noyes

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The difficulty of decision - making by women who are widows compared to when they were wives was studied. The areas of decision-making that were rated as to difficult concerned family finance, child care, homemaking (family foods, clothing, home furnishings, and housing), social activities, and yard and car care.

The sample consisted of 33 widows living in Logan, Utah during Spring Quarter, 1971. The subjects had at least one child living at home and had been widowed at least one year.

The instruments used were: (1) a background questionnaire, and (2) a decision-making questionnaire. The statistical test used for analysis …

A Study Of Attitudes Of L.D.S. Senior Citizens Of Logan, Utah Regarding Personal Adjustments, Antoine R. Munk

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The objectives of this study were first, to examine the attitudes of L.D.S. (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; also commonly known as the Mormon Church) senior citizens living within the city limits of Logan, Utah regarding certain of their personal adjustments during old age (a personal adjustment score was derived from a scale developed by Cavan, Burgess, Havighurst and Goldhammer, 1949); and second, to determine whether selected variables were related to these attitudes toward personal adjustment. The variables examined in determining this relationship were chronological age, sex, marital status, the individual's definition of present health, …

Medicare, Medicaid And The Geriatric Residential Environment, Nancy Lohmann, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

This article reports on a study of interstate differences in the availability of nursing home beds, personal care home slots and public housing, and attempts to assess the impact of the adoption of Medicare and Medicaid six years before on the availability of these components of what was termed the "geriatric residential environments continuum" or GRE. The underlying idea is that components of long-term health care, personal care and housing/shelter are three common elements of a wide variety of public policy for the aged.

Death At A Later Age, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Report of a break out session of a conference on death education held at Hamlin University, St. Paul, Minnesota in Fall, 1969.

The Midwest Quarterly; Vol. 12 No. 2, Orville D. Menard, Lee A. Dew, Neil Thorburn, Roy Dean Wright, Susan W. Wright, Margaret B. Mcdowell, David L. Kubal, Robert Bly, Brian Richards, Benjamin K. Bennett, Joe Sheffler, John Driscoll, T. Alan Broughton, Jack Flavin, Edith Shiffert, William Kloefkorn, Louis Ginsberg, Gibbons Ruark, Midwest Quarterly Editors

The Midwest Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Thought

in this issue. . .

THE MIDWEST QUARTERLY regretfully announces the resignation from its editorial board of Professor ROBERT BLUNK, whose increasing responsibilities as a teacher in the Art Department of Kansas State College, a consultant on numerous art projects, a member of the Kansas Cultural Arts Commission, and a practicing artist have left him, as he feels, with too little time for editorial duties which are growing increasingly heavy themselves. His successor has not yet been discovered.

THIS is our Minorities Issue, as anticipated in the "looking forward" pages of our October 1970 number, and very properly half our …

Annotated Bibliography Of The Center For Urban Affairs Data Bank/Information Center, Kenton J. Fancolly, Keith D. Maw

Publications

The Center for Urban Affairs maintains a Data Bank/Information Center, consisting of urban-related periodicals, newspaper clippings, bibliographies, and documents.

In an effort to familiarize users with the contents of the Data Bank, the CUA has compiled an annotated bibliography, which will be periodically updated to include new materials. Many of the documents listed are available on loan to Data Bank users. Other documents which cannot be loaned, are available for use in the Center, or pages of interest may be Xeroxed.

Survey Of Interests Of The Aged As Related To Leisure Time With Special Emphasis On Educational Tv, Jessie M. Eller

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This was a study of television interests of older citizens using respondents from two geographical areas--Cache County and Salt Lake City--using random sampling, rest home, and active senior citizens.

The purpose of this study was to assist in determining program preferences for a series of television shows beamed for the aged. This involved educational television and particularly KUSU Channel 12.

The top ten program preferences, in rank order, were:

News and Current Events
Music
Travelogues
Nature Study
Drama
Health and Medical Care
Sports and Recreation
Nutrition
Hobbies and Crafts
Security-Financial Management

There are very few programs beamed for the specific …

Special Libraries, February 1970, Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries, 1970

Volume 61, Issue 2

An Examination Of Disengagement Among Elderly People In A Low Income Public Housing Facility, Linda Bennion, Marion Paradis, Sheila Petrie

Dissertations and Theses

This project studied the consequences of disengagement among elderly people and examined the respondent's opinions about society's responsibility to the aged.

The study population was limited to 48 elderly people, equally divided between men and women, married and unmarried; residing in Northwest Tower, a high-rise public housing facility.

The possible consequences of disengagement which were studied included isolation, depression, frustration, despair, factors preventing satisfaction with present circumstances, desired activities in relation to available activities, and energy and desire relative to activity and responsibility. Finally, opinions were sought about society's responsibility to the elderly.

Six general hypotheses guided the development of …

Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 2 – The Sociology Of The Elderly, Wku Sociology

WKU Administration Documents

Table of Contents:

• Ahsan, S. Reza. The Ecological Distribution of the Elderly in the Florida Counties
• Albrecht, Ruth E. Pre-Retirement Training in the United States
• Beard, Belle Boone. Longevity & Fertility: A Study of Centenarians
• Ellison, David L. Will to Live: A Link Between Social Structure & Health Among the Elderly
• Gray, Robert M. & Josephine M. Kasteler. An Investigation of the Effects of the Involuntary Relocation on the Health of Older Persons
• Guemple, D. Lee. Human Resource Management: The Dilemma of the Aging Eskimo
• Harper, D. Wood Jr. & Joseph M. Garza. Ethnicity, Family Generational Structure & Intergenerational Solidarity …

Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 2 – Supplement To The Sociology Of The Elderly, Wku Sociology

WKU Administration Documents

Table of Contents:

• Sister M. Ann Amen. Book Review of Marvin R. Koller’s Social Gerontology
• Hepler, Harold R. A Coordinated & Supplementary Bibliography on the Sociology of the Elderly

Skin Color, Race, And Self Image: An Exploratory Study Of A Group Of High School Youths, Zelte Crawford

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Model Neighborhoods: A Research Note, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Cities, like people, age. In the United States the aging process for cities has, in many ways, been less than graceful. As a result, there is great concern in this country today with the “decline” of our cities. This note considers the elderly population of south Minneapolis Minnesota and makes recommendations for the adaptation of the Model Cities program to better meet their needs.

Special Libraries, October 1968, Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries, 1968

Volume 59, Issue 8

Kabul Times (September 8, 1968, Vol. 7, No. 140), Bakhtar News Agency

Kabul Times

Kabul Times is an English language newspaper, published daily, except Fridays and Afghan holidays. First issue was published on February 27, 1962)

Ua51/1/4 Library Leaves Vol. 22, No. 5, Wku University Libraries

WKU Administration Documents

No abstract provided.

The Wais As A Group Test Of Intelligence, Robert Francis Eme

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Medical-Social Needs In A Sample Population Of Elderly Post-Hospital Patients, Rose N. Cooper

Dissertations and Theses

The EPP Project was a descriptive and inferential study designed to determine the psychosocial and medical needs of elderly post-hospital dischargees.

The areas of need assessed were (1) living arrangements, (2) use of leisure time, (3) vocational adjustment, (4) financial functioning and (5) adjustment to illness.

The instrument adopted for the purpose of this study was an adaptation of a scheduled in the New York Study. The New York Study, described in The Elderly Ambulatory Patient: Nursing and Psychosocial Needs by Doris Schwartz, Barbara Henley and Leonard Zeitz was a long-range study of the needs of elderly clinic patients. The …

The Effect Of Verbal And Visual Mnemonic Devices On The Paired Associate Learning Of An Aged Population, Franklin Peter Knill

Master's Theses

The literature on aging is abundant with studies using a variety of tasks indicating that there is a decline in learning with increasing age.

Subjects were presented pairs of words accompanied by a black and white sketch that contained both words

In a further attempt to study more directly the effects of visual vs. verbal mediators, a second condition was included where subjects were presented pairs of words accompanied by a phrase that contained both of the words.

The following bypotheaee were postulated:

1. Performance of younger subjects will be superior to old ones over all conditions.

2. Performance will …

Special Libraries, February 1965, Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries, 1965

Volume 56, Issue 2

Role Conception Among Filipino Nurses In Chicago And Some Aspects Of Marginality, Mercedes Lahoz Verzosa

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Special Libraries, September 1964, Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries, 1964

Volume 55, Issue 7

The Influence Of Adult Education Classes In Foods And Nutrition On Food Selection By Senior Citizens, Marguerite Collins Massey

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Today there are seventeen and a half million people age 65 or over in the United States. This is nearly one-tenth of our population, and the number is estimated to be increasing by one thousand daily. There are already twenty-five million people age 60 or over, six million age 75 and over, and more than ten thousand over the age of 100. With increased study and research on various factors in the aging process and how they affect the health of elderly people, these figures may go even higher.

A Historical Study Of The San Francisco Council Of Churches Senior Citizens Project, Karl William Jacobs

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to give a historical account of the San Francisco Council of Churches Senior Citizen Projects. Also, the following will be discussed: Why is research being conducted in the areas of senior citizens? What are the problems of the senior citizen? What is this Agency doing for the senior citizens in San Francisco?

An Investigation Of The Correlations Between Years Of Service In Pastoral Work And The Scores Of The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, C. L. Wessman

Student Work

In the August Twentieth issue of Life Magazine an article appeared entitled, “Why Ministers Are Breaking Down.”¹ Three months later, the Christian Century answered this article in Life with “Are Ministers Cracking Up?”² The conclusions of these two articles were in disagreement. However, they were alike in that they were based upon personal observations of a few cases and not upon careful study. Since then other periodicals have carried like articles written in like style.³ A casual examination of the books on a minister’s personal problems in the library of any theological seminary will manifest the same …

The Monadnock Volume 36, April 1962, Clark University Geographical Society

The Monadnock (Clark Geographical Society)

Volume 36 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).

Are Long-Term Hospitalized Geriatric Patients Abandoned By Their Families?, Thea Karola Froehlich

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is twofold: first, to find out to what extent and for what reasons contacts with relatives have been exhausted for long-term geriatric patients in public institutions, and second, whether there is a significant difference in family contacts for the State Hospital patient as compared to the County Hospital patient. Are the reasons for changes in the family contacts basically social-psychological, medical, or economic.

Such a study of family interaction requires an investigation of (a) living arrangements, family relationships, and socio-economic background prior to the hospitalization; (b) the reasons for hospitalization and the present medical diagnosis; …

The Psychological Viewpoints Of William Hertzog Thompson And His Contributions., Gloria Kurtz Sinnett

Student Work

In all institutions of Metier learning there are a few personalities who are outstanding to not only the student body, but also to the community. One such personality is William Hertzog Thomson, who has been associated with the University of Omaha since 1913 when ho enrolled as a freshman. In his role of student, alumnus, Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology, Dean of Men, Director of the Child Study Service, and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, he has left an indelible impression on many individuals, including students in his classes and also on the citizens …

The Cresset (Vol. Xxii, No. 6), Valparaiso University

The Cresset (archived issues)

No abstract provided.

Hope College Alumni Magazine, Volume 10, Number 3: July 1957, Alumni Association Of Hope College

Hope College Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.