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How Does Medicaid Reimbursement Impact the Quality of Ohio Nursing Homes
Study examines the changes in Medicaid nursing home reimbursement between 2007 and 2012 as Ohio moved to a "new price system". Findings showed that the quality of Ohio nursing homes did not change as a result of the ... -
Functions of personal experience and of expression of regret
Although learning and preparing for future behavior are well-established functions of regret, social functions have been largely ignored. We suggest a new model of the functions of regret, the Privately Experienced versus ... -
How far to the road not taken? The effect of psychological distance on counterfactual direction.
Upward and downward counterfactuals serve the distinct motivational functions of selfimprovement and self-enhancement, respectively. Drawing on construal level theory, which contends that increasing psychological distance ... -
City of Springboro: Citizen Attitudes and Public Opinion Survey Results
Final report of community survey conducted by the Center for Public Management and Regional Affairs at Miami University. -
Engrossed, Enraged, Engaged: Empowering Faculty in Transforming Scholarly Communication
Librarians are deeply invested in the scholarly publishing lifecycle. This investment, in tandem with an evolving scholarly communication system, has encouraged librarians to become advocates for transformation in this ... -
Are E-Book Big Deal Bundles Still Valuable?
The academic e‐book market has undergone significant change in the last five years. E‐book availability has greatly increased as library demand has grown, with an increasing percentage of library acquisitions preferring ... -
The Role of the Family in Nursing Homes: Recommendations to Increase Family Satisfaction with Care
Families are important consumers of long-term care services who are likely to remain involved in the care of their resident loved one after placement. The aims of this brief report are (1) to increase the understanding ... -
Open Educational Resources and their Implementation at Miami University
A white paper submitted on 9/8/2015 by the members of the 2014 –2015 Faculty Learning Community Exploring Open Educational Resources at Miami University. Covers OER definition, best practices, benefits and evidence, OER ... -
Reshaping retirement policies in post-industrial nations: The need for flexibility
Social Security programs in post-industrial nations are facing the need for policy reforms. Fiscal shortfalls in current Social Security programs are a major driving force promoting these reforms. At the same time, changes ... -
Anticipatory socialization for retirement: A multilevel dyadic model
Role theory, widely used to examine human behavior, has often been used to describe the transition from work to retirement. Anticipatory socialization, a role theory concept, describes the process that occurs prior to role ... -
Factors affecting willingness of social work students to accept jobs in aging
The aging of the United States population is creating an increased need for social workers and other helping professionals with training in gerontology. Recent estimates indicate that less than three percent of MSW students ... -
Retirement transitions among married couples
Retirement is often viewed as an event when someone completely withdraws from paid employment. The purpose of the present study was to examine the patterns of retirement transitions evidenced in married couples in the ... -
A multilevel dyadic study of the impact of retirement on self-rated health: Does retirement predict worse health in married couples?
Objectives: This study examined the effects of retirement on self-rated health for married couples, using interdependence and social stratification theoretical frameworks. Methods: Dyadic multilevel modeling of data (N = ... -
A longitudinal study of website accessibility: Have social work education websites become more accessible?
This study (N = 45 schools) sought to determine the accessibility of baccalaureate social work program websites in 2003 and 2008 using Priority 1 checkpoints from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) 1.0 guidelines. Paired ... -
A case study of professional change: The impact of the National Gerontological Social Work Competencies Survey
Our society is aging and this demographic change necessitates that all social workers have basic competency in gerontology. This article describes the results of a competency survey conducted in 2000, and how these results ... -
Giving up the keys: How driving cessation affects engagement in later life
Purpose of the study. Many older adults consider driving vital to maintaining their preferred lifestyle and engagement with society, yet it is normative for individuals to eventually stop driving. This study examined the ... -
Productive and Social Engagement following Driving Cessation: A Couple-Based Analysis
Drawing on interdependence theory, this study examined the cross-spouse impact of driving cessation on productive (work, formal volunteering, and informal volunteering) and social engagement of older couples age 65+ using ... -
Meta-Synthesis Older Adults' Spiritual Needs in Health Care Settings: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis
Recognizing that spiritual needs often emerge in health care settings, the Joint Commission requires spiritual assessments in numerous organizations frequented by older adults. Given that many gerontological practitioners ... -
“Snow Fall”-ing Special Collections & Archives
“Snow Fall” is a Pulitzer Prize winning, digital storytelling project produced by the New York Times. It represents the next step in long-form digital journalism. The web application tells a compelling story about the fate ...