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Telephone support groups for seniors with disabilities
Author(s)	Miriam Stewart, Karen Mann, Susan Jackson
Journal title	Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 20, no 1, Spring 2001
Pages	pp 47-72
Keywords	Physical disabilities ; Self help organisations ; Telephone services [domiciliary] ; Qualitative Studies ; Canada.
Annotation	Older people with disabilities experience unmet support needs and loneliness. Although support deficiencies can be overcome by peers in support groups, most such groups are inaccessible to the disabled. Accordingly, this project in Nova Scotia, Canada aimed to develop and test the impact of four accessible telephone support groups, each with five or six women participants, each with a professional and peer leader. The groups met once a week for 12 weeks. Qualitative analyses of telephone transcripts and post-intervention interviews revealed decreased support needs, diminished loneliness, and enhanced coping. Selection, training and support of peer and professional leaders, and member control of discussions were important ingredients of successful support groups. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010626204 A
Classmark	BN: PQ: OUA: 3DP: 7S
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