The Role of the Two-Year College and the Aging.

Autor/in	Dudding, Griffith
Institution	Lehigh County Community Coll., Schnecksville, PA.
Titel	The Role of the Two-Year College and the Aging.
Quelle	, (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Community Involvement; Community Services; Educational Gerontology; Educational Needs; Older Adults; Program Descriptions; School Community Relationship; Two Year Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gemeindenahe Versorgung; Geragogics; Geragogik; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Älterer Erwachsener
Abstract	Lehigh County Community College has made inroads in providing education to meet the needs of the elderly in four areas: (1) development of campus policy regarding the elderly; (2) establishment of community-based courses and activities for the elderly; (3) establishment of training programs for personnel in agencies that work with the elderly, and for private business owners who employ the elderly; (4) identification of the campus as a center for advocacy for the elderly. Specific achievements in each of these four areas are delineated in this document. For example, Lehigh has established a no-tuition policy for senior citizens; has introduced a Social Gerontology course into the curriculum; has employed senior citizens on campus; has established a community-based film series, a"Nutrition Bingo Program," and courses in such subjects as decoupage, ceramics, and creative home decorations; has offered conferences entitled "Changing Perceptives of Mental Health and the Elderly,""Modified Therapeutic Communities Conference,""Lutheran Chaplaincy Training Conference," and "Preretirement Planning"; subscribes to and supports groups such as the Gray Panthers and the Pennsylvania Association for Older Persons; and has created a Speaker's Bureau for the Elderly. (NHM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC