Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program
 
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1 Creating Community Awareness about Medicare Fraud: Development of an Information Packet for Area Agency on Aging ProgramsGarcia, Brooke2008Educating the community about the presence of Medicare fraud is important to reduce the occurrence of fraud and to protect individuals from being victims of such negligence. Fraud costs the Medicare Program billions of dollars every year. Medicare beneficiaries pay for fraud through higher health ca...Aged; Health Care Costs; Vulnerable Populations; Medicare; Medicare Part A; Medicare Part B; Medicare Part C; Medicare Part D; Fraud; Reimbursement Mechanisms; Health Literacy; Patient Education as Topic; Educational Status; Consumer Health Information; Health Services for the Aged; Community-Instit...
2 Elderly Guardianship: Recommendations for a Facility-Based Nonprofit ModelZike, Maria2008It is my intent with this project to begin to offer solutions to the need for guardianship services in the metropolitan Salt Lake area. This project begins by introducing some general concepts of guardianship and a number of the challenges that the guardianship arrangement faces. Elements of public ...Aged; Legal Guardians; Decision Making; Social Responsibility; Public Policy; Mental Competency; Organizations, Nonprofit; Financing, Organized; Long-Term Care; Health Services for the Aged; Institutionalization; Caregivers; Nursing Homes; Advance Directives; Healthy Aging
3 The Development of a Standardized In-Service Training for Long-Term Care Employees in UtahThomas, Wendy M.2008Long-term care (skilled nursing care and assisted living) in Utah faces a number of challenges in the coming years. The aging population is undoubtedly going to put more strain on an already stressed health care system. Increasing demands from more stringent rules and regulations, and increased cons...Aged; Health Services Needs and Demand; Long-Term Care; Skilled Nursing Facilities; Assisted Living Facilities; Inservice Training; Education, Nonprofessional; Personnel Turnover; Nursing Staff; Personnel Management; Workload; Quality of Health Care; Job Satisfaction; Empowerment; Facility Regulatio...
4 Development of a Self-Administered Workbook for Enhancing Caregiver Use of Respite TimeBrown, Deborah2008A self-administered version of a workbook for caregiver use of respite time was developed as a contribution to the Time for Living and Caring (TLC) Research Program. The second phase of the TLC program is the development of this self-administered workbook that may be used in phase three of the TLC p...Aged; Respite Care; Caregivers; Caregiver Burden; Work-Life Balance; Internal-External Control; Self Concept; Personal Satisfaction; Time Management; Time Factors; Stress, Psychological; Stress, Physiological; Leisure Activities; Relaxation; Planning Techniques; Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; Qu...
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