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| Development and implementation of a train-the-trainer curriculum on successful and productive aging | | Author(s) | Yeon Kyung Chee, Kimberly R Dash, Shohei Noguchi |
| Journal title | Educational Gerontology, vol 24, no 5, July-August 1998 |
| Pages | pp 509-520 |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Training [welfare work] ; Personnel ; Japan ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Despite the fact that Japan has developed many exemplary social policies for their expanding older population and programmes to foster workforce participation by older people, shortage of staff with a comprehensive understanding of gerontology has limited these efforts. In response to the need for greater gerontological education among the Japanese who will work in the allied health professions, this study developed an intensive training programme on "Successful and productive aging" with two associate degree colleges in Japan. Emphasising lessons learned from the United States experience, the three- week programme covered issues in health promotion/disease prevention, health maintenance/independence, mechanisms of formal/informal caregiving, and preparations for retirement. Instructional methods included didactic presentations by a multidisciplinary faculty, case-based problem-solving exercises, and field visits to various agencies and geriatric facilities in the greater Boston area. The educational programme was field-tested with 5 faculty from Japan who were asked to evaluate the programme. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981021406 A |
| Classmark | BG: QW: QM: 7DT: 7T |
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