Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ614046
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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College Students' Attitudes toward Residential Care Facilities.
French, Erin M.; Mosher-Ashley, Pearl M.
Educational Gerontology, v26 n6 p583-603 Sep 2000
College students (n=131) interviewed residents of 96 long-term care facilities. Students perceived nursing homes more negatively than other facilities. Residential care was viewed more positively by those with personal experience of elder care and those whose interviewees were satisfied with their lives or mentally alert. (SK)
Descriptors: College Students, Long Term Care, Negative Attitudes, Nursing Homes, Older Adults, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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