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Educational Gerontology Vat lahcciaatclecelarclmevlelelaarcl @ m™ Volume 18 1992 k‘dduuccaatt ional [¢ Geronttoollooggy An International Journal Sponsored by the Scholarly Writers’ Institute in association with the Center for Studies in Aging at the University of North Texas EDITOR Editorial Office: D. Barry Lumsden, University D. BARRY LUMSDEN of North Texas, Department of Higher Education, Scholarly Writers’ Institute, P.O. Box 5998, P.O. Box 13857, Denton, Texas 76203. University of North Texas Station, Denton, Texas Publishing, Advertising, and Production Of- 76203-5998 (817) 565-8272 fices: Hemisphere Publishing Corp., 1101 Ver- ASSOCIATE EDITORS mont Ave., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005, Sara Carmel Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, phone (202)289-2174, fax (202)289-3665, Karen Department of the Sociology of Health, Beer-Sheva, D. Taylor, Production Editor; or Taylor & Francis Israel Ltd., Rankine Rd., Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 OPR, UK. 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Educational Gerontology is owned by Hemisphere Publishing Corporation. CONTENTS OF VOLUME 18 NUMBER 1 iii Introduction Davis L. Gardner 1 Chronic Illness and Aging: A Tom Hickey Personal-Contextual Model of Age-Related Diana L. Stilwell Changes in Health Status 17 Using Literature to Educate Students: Lisette N. Kautzmann Images of Caregivers in Poetry and Prose 27 The Development and Use of Gaming in Join R. Kues Multidisciplinary Geriatric Education Evelyn Fitzwater Philip J. Schwartz Dorothy M. Braun Kenneth A. Frederick Lesha B. Greengus 41 Older Volunteers: An Assessment Howard B. Turner of Two Theories 57 Proficiency Assessment: A Tool for Helen Arleen Johnson Developing Geriatric Education Programs and Robert D. Fox for Predicting Program Participation Robert W. Moore 71 Self-Reported Memory Problems Mohsen Bazargan Among the Black Elderly Ann R. Barbre 83 Rationing and the Long-Term-Care Thomas W. Samuel System Joyce E. Beaulieu NUMBER 2 123 Societies in Transition: The Impact of Otto von Mering Longevity on Generations 135 An Alternative Conceptualization of Alexander J. Tymchuk Informed Consent with People Who are Elderly 149 Effective Art Education for Older Dixie Durr Adults Sylvie Fortin Jeffrey Leptak 163 Training Adult-Service Social Workers Gary M. Nelson in the Public Sector: A Core Curriculum for Effective Geriatric Social Work Practice 177 Motivations and Attitudes of Clinical Dov Shmotkin Psychologists Regarding Treatment of the Nitza Eyal Elderly Jacob Lomranz 193 Older Adults’ Judgments of Historically Seth Kunen Important Events: The Roles of Gender, Age, Weizhen Tang and Education Stacy Overstreet 213 Memory for Pictorial Information and Albert A. Maisto the Picture Superiority Effect Debbie Elaine Queen 253 Learning Resources NUMBER 3 iii Introduction Karen Patterson 231 Gerontology and Communication Beth Garrett Disorders: A Model for Training Clinicians 243 Training of Support Staff and Family Robert P. Drew Members in the Care of Communication Daniel Richert Disorders and Hearing Aids in the Geriatric Shelia King Population Through the Medium of Video Tape 249 Do Older Southern Americans Need Margaret F. Carlin Education to Understand Their Communication Richard D. Saniga Needs? 257 Hearing Loss and Hearing Aid Use by J. Mark Goffinet the Elderly: A Primer for the Geriatric Care Professional 265 The Hearing Aid ‘“‘Bank’’ Concept: A Jess Dancer Means of Providing Older Adults with Hearing Gloria Wright Aids and Other Amplification Devices Wayne Holt 269 The Hearing Aid ‘“‘Bank"’ Concept: The Jess Dancer Use of Follow-Up Procedures to Ensure Gloria Wright Optimum Benefit Wayne Holt 273 The Older Hearing-Impaired Adult in Marilynn J. Schmidt the Classroom: Real-Time Closed Captioning as a Mary L. Haydu Technological Alternative to the Oral Lecture NUMBER 4 305 Friendly Visiting: Considerations and Pauline T: Flynn Resources 317 The Genesis of an Intergenerational Jane Angelis Program 329 Changes in Knowledge, Attitudes, and Sara Carmel Work Preferences Following Courses in Julie Cwikel Gerontology Among Medical, Nursing, and Social David Galinsky Work Students 343 Academics and the Transition to Lorraine T. Dorfman Retirement 365 Participatory Versus Lecture/Discussion Joseph Connolly Preretirement Education: A Comparison 381 Peer-Counseling Training: Analysis of Brian de Vries Personal Growth for Older Adults Beryl J. Petty 395 Ethics in Aging: A Decision-Making Norma O. Doolittle Paradigm Charlotte A. Herrick NUMBER 5 409 Introduction James E. Thornton 415 Educational Gerontology in Canada James E. Thornton 433 Beyond Survival: Curriculum Models R. D. Bramwell for Senior Adult Education 447 Broadening Perspectives on Learning Barbara Stolze Clough Activities in Later Life 461 Perspectives on Older Adults in Sandy O’Brien Cousins Physical Activity and Sports Art Burgess 483 The Role of Education in a Program to Beverly Burnside Treat Depression in Older Women Grace Hodgins 497 College Studies After 50 Years of Age: Adeéle Chené A Quebec Experience Marie-José Fleury 511 Education in Later Life: The Case of Sharon Harold Older Women NUMBER 6 597 The Effects of State Anxiety on Recall Robert D. Hill Performance in Older Learners Debbie Vandervoort 607 Grandparents and Intergenerational Robert Strom Relationships Shirley Strom 625 Gerontological Education for Students Christine C. Reed in Nursing and Social Work: Knowledge, S. Colleen Beall Attitudes, and Perceived Barriers Lorin A. Baumhover 637 Gerontological Knowledge among J. Kirk Gulledge Clergy: Implications for Seminary Training 645 Projective Aging: An Engaging Kathleen A. Tiemann Technique for Teaching Issues in Growing Older Michelle D. Stone 651 Developing a Conference for the Janice K. Kauffman Elderly as Part of a University Educational Gerontology Class 657 Maslow Hierarchy of Needs and OBRA Joseph A. Umoren 1987: Toward Need Satisfaction by Nursing Home Residents 671 Learning Resources NUMBER 7 677 Learning Style Preferences of Elderly Saundra L. Theis Coronary Artery Disease Patients Sharon L. Merritt 691 Building a Partnership of University Eileen E. MaloneBeach Resources and Rural Service Providers: A Case Daniel J. Lago Study Steven H. Zarit John Kordish R. Alan Smith 701 The Selection of Communication R. Irwin Goodman Channels by the Elderly to Obtain Information 715 Stress and Burnout: Concerns for the J. Conrad Glass, Jr. Hospice Volunteer Janice L. Hastings 733 Upswing: Development of a Workshop Barbara W. Davis for Long-Term-Care Staff Responsible for Residents’ Councils 743 Learning Resources NUMBER 8 751 The Efficacy of Self-Taught Forrest Scogin Memory Training for Community-Dwelling Mark Prohaska Older Adults 767 Ethical Dilemmas in Teaching Jordan I. Kosberg Ethical Issues in Aging Wiley P Mangum 775 Eldercare in the 1990s: Challenges Mary Dellmann-Jenkins and Supports for Educating Families Kimberly Vasko Hofer Janice Chebra 785 Psychoeducation for Personal Warren F: Housley Control: A Key to Psychological Well-Being of the Elderly 795 Relationship Between Client Age Jasmin Tahmaseb McConatha and Counselor Trainees’ Perceptions of Deborah Ebener Presenting Problems, Therapeutic Methods, and Prognoses 803 Employed Caregivers: A W. Edward Folts Multidisciplinary Issue for Gerontological Christine S. Sellers Education Peggy Higgins Dale E. Yeatts 813 Learning Resources Following page 818: Title Page to Volume 18 Contents of Volume 18 Author Index to Volume 18 Subject Index to Volume 18