Designing Educational Programs for Older Adults
An older man looking at the camera over bifocals.
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FY631

How to Cite

Gillen, Martie, Carolyn Wilken, and Jenny Jump. 2012. “Designing Educational Programs for Older Adults: FCS2216/FY631, Rev. 11/2012”. EDIS 2012 (11). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fy631-2012.

Abstract

This revised 4-page fact sheet discusses marketing to older adults, location and timing of programs, and how to successfully share information with older adults. Written by Martie Gillen, Carolyn Wilken, and Jenny Jump, and published by the UF Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, November 2012.

FCS2216/FY631: Designing Educational Programs for Older Adults (ufl.edu)

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fy631-2012
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References

Ballard, S., and M. Morris. 2003. "The Family Life Education Needs of Midlife and Older Adults." Family Relations 52(2):129-36. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00129.x

Morris, M., and S. Ballard. 2003. "Instructional Techniques and Environmental Considerations in Family Life Education Programming for Midlife and Older Adults." Family Relations 52(2):167-73. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00167.x

U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. "The Older Population in the United States: 2010 to 2050." Accessed November 2012. http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Aging_Statistics/future_growth/DOCS/p25-1138.pdf.

Wilken, C. 1992. "Designing Extension Publications and Presentations To Be Seen and Heard by All." Journal of Extension 30 (Summer):15-7.

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