Division 52 Establishes International Visitor Program: MARILYN SAFIR First to Participate

The Friendly Visitor Program was designed to reduce social isolation. Visits were made by a pair of trained visitors to twenty-three isolated, elderly New York City residents. Pre- and post-testing visits to experimental and control Ss collected data on measures of isolation, adjustment, cognitive impairment and mental state. The major procedure was an hour long structured visit every two weeks for six months and a six month follow-up. For the experimental group only apartment upkeep and mental state improved and isolation diminished at the time of follow-up, indicating friendly visiting probably was therapeutic.

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Law in Disorder

A Mind Over Matter ◽

10.1093/oso/9780198869108.003.0008 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 125-145

Author(s):

Andrew Zangwill

Keyword(s):

Solid State ◽

Nobel Prize ◽

Crucial Role ◽

State Theory ◽

Scaling Theory ◽

Nobel Committee ◽

Solid State Theory ◽

Van Vleck ◽

Electrostatic Mechanism ◽

Visitor Program

A formal request by the theorists produces a stand-alone Solid-State Theory Group at Bell Labs. A summer visitor program leads several visiting theorists to conclude that localization occurred in Feher’s samples due to an electrostatic mechanism suggested by Nevill Mott. Anderson develops a theory for localization where the disorder in the positions of the dopants plays a crucial role. Mott champions Anderson’s theory and the Nobel Committee cites it when Anderson wins a share of the 1977 Nobel Prize with Mott and John Van Vleck. David Thouless re-ignites Anderson’s interest in localization and he leads the Gang of Four to develop a novel scaling theory of localization.

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Exchangees or Employees?: The Exchange Visitor Program and Foreign Nurse Immigration to the United States, 1945–1990

Nursing History Review ◽

10.1891/1062-8061.1.1.171 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 171-180 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

BARBARA L. BRUSH

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Foreign Nurse ◽

Visitor Program

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THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE NURSE VISITOR PROGRAM

Cancer Nursing ◽

10.1097/00002820-197910000-00001 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 2 (5) ◽

pp. 351???352

Author(s):

Susan Molloy Hubbard

Keyword(s):

Foreign Exchange ◽

Visitor Program

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Aboriginal Home Visitor Program in Swan Hill

The Aboriginal Child at School ◽

10.1017/s0310582200010622 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 45-48

Author(s):

J. Pattenden

Keyword(s):

School System ◽

Standard English ◽

Home Visitor ◽

Severely Handicapped ◽

School Learning ◽

School Preparation ◽

Aboriginal Children ◽

Work Done ◽

Visitor Program ◽

Consultative Group

Some Aboriginal children come to school with skills that are different from those obtained by most middle-class children. This means that they are disadvantaged for several years in the present education system. Many of these children have little experience of reading, writing, standard English, both written and spoken, and the use of books. Since the school is based on this form of learning, their ability to achieve is severely handicapped.Many Aboriginal families use different linguistic styles and approaches and this means the children must learn a new area of language before they can begin school learning. The Aboriginal Consultative Group to the Schools Commission, 1975, has said: The child should nevertheless be educated in such a way that he is able to function successfully in both his own culture and the wider Australian Society if he so desires.To this end, there needs to be some work done in the area of school preparation even if it is mainly communication with the parents and an opportunity for the parents to gain a wider knowledge of the school system. Hopefully, this may lead to greater confidence in the parents’ own ability to cope with the system and an attempt by the parents to prepare their own children without destroying their Aboriginality.

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Abstract NS17: One Hospital's Experience in Establishing a Stroke Peer Visitor Program

Stroke ◽

10.1161/str.45.suppl_1.ns17 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 45 (suppl_1) ◽

Author(s):

Carol J Droegemueller

Keyword(s):

Acute Phase ◽

Program Implementation ◽

Stroke Survivor ◽

Stroke Recovery ◽

Stroke Survivors ◽

Peer Mentors ◽

Peer Volunteers ◽

Training Concept ◽

Acute Rehabilitation ◽

Visitor Program

Background and Purpose: Literature suggests that despite being overwhelmed during the acute phase of stroke, patients and families want and are accepting of the support a peer visitor can provide. While patients undergoing acute rehabilitation services in our organization were exposed to a stroke peer visitor network, there was no equivalent peer program for in-patient stroke survivors. Therefore, the purpose was to design, develop and implement a stroke peer visitor program for hospital in-patients. Methods: Using the ShareGivers ™ Peer Visiting program resources as a guide, an in-patient stroke peer visiting program was designed and implemented. Recruitment and training of stroke survivor peer mentors was followed by individualized on-site orientation and program implementation. Evaluations of the program were ongoing. Results: Through 23 weeks of program implementation, six stroke peer visitors contributed 111 hours making 61 patient visits. Stroke peer visitors contributed an average of 5 hours per week. Stroke in-patients welcomed the visits from the peer visitors. Feedback was positive from nursing staff, patients/families and the peer visitors. Common responses were, “I love it when the stroke volunteers are here”, “so helpful to hear from someone who’s been there”, “the patient/family had so many questions”, “had a great visit”. Conclusions: Participant feedback suggests peer visits in the acute phase of stroke recovery are important, beneficial and inspirational. Desire for growth of the program is reflected in requests for annual orientation, adding more peer volunteers, partnering new with experienced volunteers during training and introducing area hospitals to a central peer visiting training concept. Implication for future nursing research includes quantifying the benefits of peer visitation for stroke survivors and their families while in the acute phase of stroke recovery.

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