<p> The number of cases of elderly people in Spain who may be suffering from some type of mistreatment is increasing. Some elder abuse victims are unaware they are being abused. When they are aware of the abuse, they often do not seek help due to lack of awareness about available resources and fear of consequence for themselves or caregivers. Socially isolated older adults are at greater risk of ill-treatment and abuse. </p><p> Neighborhood watch volunteers are in an excellent position for detecting at-risk elders and reporting suspected abuse to police and social services. The Radars Project in Barcelona, a neighborhood watch organization, includes neighbors and local business working together to prevent social isolation. However, these volunteers do not receive formal training to detect and monitor seniors at risk of abuse. The purpose of this project was to develop an educational curriculum that will provide training to neighborhood watch volunteers in Catalonia, Spain to help improve recognition and reporting of elders at risk of abuse and neglect.</p><p>

<p> Palliative care is a service provided by an interdisciplinary team, helping improve the quality of life for seriously ill patients and their families. Policy focusing on palliative care in the 21^st century addresses the needs of older adults who suffer from a serious illness, including education about the benefits of palliative care. The under-utilization of palliative care partly stems from lack of knowledge about the topic. This project report was an educational module about palliative care that can be added to a gerontology course taken by a future workforce that may assist patients who could benefit from palliative care. A PowerPoint, student resource guide, and instructor&rsquo;s guide were reviewed by an expert panel, who reported that the material was easy to understand, informative, and contained helpful information. This project report helps bridge the educational gap about palliative care for students participating in CSULB&rsquo;s upper division GE gerontology course.</p><p>

Despite evidence of the effectiveness of applied behavior analysis (ABA) for treating behavior problems in elderly nursing home residents, staff responsible for the development of behavioral care plans may have little knowledge of ABA. Providing nursing staff with in-service training during working hours can be overly disruptive to the functioning of the nursing unit, and paying for nurses to attend training outside of regularly scheduled hours is cost-prohibitive to many geriatric care facilities. To examine a more cost effective alternative to traditional in-service training, a self-instructional training program was implemented with six nursing staff. A multiple baseline across subjects design was used to examine the effects of the training program on subjects' ability to identify information important for the development of behavioral interventions, their general knowledge of behavior management, their self-reported attitudes towards elderly nursing home residents, and the frequency and type of their interactions with the residents of their unit. Findings revealed no practically significant changes in any of the dependent measures as a result of the self-instructional training program. The results indicated ways in which the training program could be improved.