THE OLDER VOLUNTEER AS RESEARCH COLLEAGUE: TOWARD GENERATIVE PARTICIPATION FOR OLDER ADULTS Export

@article{citeulike:3473452, abstract = {Although our experiences give us evidence of the vitality and potential of able older persons and demonstrate that they can learn new, complex skills, cultural stereotypes of the older person create in us a predisposition that sells short the competence and abilities of the very population to which our professional efforts are devoted. I describe several efforts devoted to the training and engagement of the older person in the area of social gerontological research, with emphasis on a Tel Aviv University-based project in which 11 older volunteers, with an average age of 73, were trained in survey interviewing techniques to conduct a pilot study of frail elderly living in Tel Aviv. The positive results and their implications are briefly described. The question is raised as to why programs dedicated to the innovative and differential utilization of the growing pool of skilled and semi-skilled retired aged are so few.}, author = {Prager, Edward}, citeulike-article-id = {3473452}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0360127950210302}, doi = {10.1080/0360127950210302}, journal = {Educational Gerontology}, keywords = {volunteer, volunteer\_training, volunteers\_elderly}, number = {3}, pages = {209--218}, posted-at = {2008-11-02 14:10:59}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {THE OLDER VOLUNTEER AS RESEARCH COLLEAGUE: TOWARD “GENERATIVE PARTICIPATION” FOR OLDER ADULTS}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0360127950210302}, volume = {21}, year = {1995} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3473452 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3473452 N2 - Although our experiences give us evidence of the vitality and potential of able older persons and demonstrate that they can learn new, complex skills, cultural stereotypes of the older person create in us a predisposition that sells short the competence and abilities of the very population to which our professional efforts are devoted. I describe several efforts devoted to the training and engagement of the older person in the area of social gerontological research, with emphasis on a Tel Aviv University-based project in which 11 older volunteers, with an average age of 73, were trained in survey interviewing techniques to conduct a pilot study of frail elderly living in Tel Aviv. The positive results and their implications are briefly described. The question is raised as to why programs dedicated to the innovative and differential utilization of the growing pool of skilled and semi-skilled retired aged are so few. IS - 3 JF - Educational Gerontology EP - 218 TI - THE OLDER VOLUNTEER AS RESEARCH COLLEAGUE: TOWARD “GENERATIVE PARTICIPATION” FOR OLDER ADULTS PB - Routledge VL - 21 SP - 209 KW - volunteer KW - volunteer_training KW - volunteers_elderly AU - Prager, Edward PY - 1995/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0360127950210302 ER -