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ERIC Number: ED306881
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-Nov
Pages: 92
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-0-87411-275-3
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Gerontology Training for Minorities.
Cho, Pill Jay
The Grambling State University Minority Management Internship in Aging program described in this report was designed to provide internships to social work students to aid the minority elderly. The status of the elderly in the United States and the personnel and agencies that assist them are discussed in the following chapters: (1) "Introduction" (demographics, life expectancy and income); (2) "Personnel Needs, Training and Recruitment" (Administration on Aging efforts; salary and prospects for gerontology graduates; and two articles: "Personnel and Training: Perspectives from a State Agency," by Mary Bethel, and "Training and Recruitment: Experiences of a Local Agency," by Jo Ann Hodge); (3) "Lack of Minority Participation" (the special disadvantagement of minority elderly); and (4) "Efforts to Increase Minority Participation" (description of this project, including recruitment and selection of host agencies, recruitment and selection of interns, agreement and understanding, internship, monthly conferences and seminars, and evaluation and achievement). Appendices provide tables of statistical data supporting the report; list the host agencies and interns; and provide samples of the letters of agreement, conference reports, and intern performance evaluation form. Contains 117 references. (KM)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Grambling State Univ., LA.; American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A