How Should the Informational Needs of the Aging Be Met?

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Main Author:	Hales-Mabry, Celia
Format:	Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:	en
Published:	1987
Subjects:	Comparative Analysis Information Services Older Adults Surveys User Needs (Information)
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contents	How Should the Informational Needs of the Aging Be Met? Hales-Mabry, Celia Comparative Analysis Information Services Older Adults Surveys User Needs (Information) Two companion studies addressing the information needs of the aging are discussed. Participants in the first study were 93 specialists in aging in four groups--library/information specialists who had achieved a reputation of working with the aging, educators/researchers in gerontology, policy-level administrators who were part of the governmental hierarchy in aging at the state and regional level, and service providers at the level of the area agency on aging. Answers to an open-ended question on how the information needs of the aging should be met were analyzed and compiled into a 40-item questionnaire. Participants were then asked to respond to each item on a scale ranging from "of no importance" to "of great importance." In the second study, 400 adults aged 65 and older were interviewed by telephone on the items in the questionnaire. Items identified by both specialists and the aging as important included: (1) better training for personnel who work with the aging; (2) more emphasis on listening to the elderly about their needs; (3) television, radio, and newspaper public service announcements; (4) senior centers as a means of information dispersal; (5) cooperative outreach programs by agencies that assist the aging; and (6) attention to the needs of the sight- and hearing-impaired. Other areas of concurrence and difference of opinion between the two groups are also highlighted. (MES)
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spellingShingle	How Should the Informational Needs of the Aging Be Met? Hales-Mabry, Celia Comparative Analysis Information Services Older Adults Surveys User Needs (Information) How Should the Informational Needs of the Aging Be Met? Hales-Mabry, Celia Comparative Analysis Information Services Older Adults Surveys User Needs (Information) Two companion studies addressing the information needs of the aging are discussed. Participants in the first study were 93 specialists in aging in four groups--library/information specialists who had achieved a reputation of working with the aging, educators/researchers in gerontology, policy-level administrators who were part of the governmental hierarchy in aging at the state and regional level, and service providers at the level of the area agency on aging. Answers to an open-ended question on how the information needs of the aging should be met were analyzed and compiled into a 40-item questionnaire. Participants were then asked to respond to each item on a scale ranging from "of no importance" to "of great importance." In the second study, 400 adults aged 65 and older were interviewed by telephone on the items in the questionnaire. Items identified by both specialists and the aging as important included: (1) better training for personnel who work with the aging; (2) more emphasis on listening to the elderly about their needs; (3) television, radio, and newspaper public service announcements; (4) senior centers as a means of information dispersal; (5) cooperative outreach programs by agencies that assist the aging; and (6) attention to the needs of the sight- and hearing-impaired. Other areas of concurrence and difference of opinion between the two groups are also highlighted. (MES)
title	How Should the Informational Needs of the Aging Be Met?
topic	Comparative Analysis Information Services Older Adults Surveys User Needs (Information)
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