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Carry on learning: learning opportunities for older people in care settings
— conference report, 22 April 1999, Coventry University Technology Park | | Corporate Author | National Institute of Adult Continuing Education - NIACE; Help the Aged; Anchor Trust; Open University; Sussex University |
| Publisher | NIACE, Leicester, 1999 |
| Pages | 8 pp |
| Source | NIACE; enquiries@niace.org.uk |
| Keywords | Adult Education ; Nursing homes ; Care homes ; Sheltered housing ; Living in the community ; Conference proceedings. |
| Annotation | Demographic trends and current patterns of disengagement from work and family suggest that increasing numbers of older people will experience care situations earlier and for longer, but this need not be the case. The conference examined the range of "learning" opportunities available for older people in care settings - residential homes, sheltered housing, day care, and at home. This report outlines the main points made by speakers: all stressed older people's quality of life. A series of workshops outlined opportunities available: the role of residential staff to facilitate care; learning aids; household learners and their carers; intergenerational work; IT (information technology) as a learning tool in care settings; and the arts and artists in residence. Discussions concerned barriers and strategies adopted, successes, and benefits and advantages. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990823201 P |
| Classmark | GP: LHB: KW: KLA: K4: 6M * |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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