From Geriatric Resident to Language Professor: A New Program Using the Talents of the Elderly in a Skilled Nursing Facility.

Laufer, Edith A.; Laufer, William S.

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Publication Date: 1982-Dec

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From Geriatric Resident to Language Professor: A New Program Using the Talents of the Elderly in a Skilled Nursing Facility.

Laufer, Edith A.; Laufer, William S.

Gerontologist, v22 n6 p548-50 Dec 1982

Residents in a home for the aged taught German to students who received college credit. Results suggest that geriatric residents can assume active roles and engage in profound interpersonal relationships until death. Students derived many of the same benefits in addition to improving language skills. (Author)

Descriptors: College Students, Geriatrics, German, Higher Education, Human Resources, Interpersonal Relationship, Language Teachers, Nursing Homes, Older Adults, Program Descriptions, Second Language Instruction

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