Service Learning Students as Alzheimer Treatment Providers Long-term Follow-up Study Shows Continued Involvement in Education, Health Care, and Service

摘要

In the late 1990s; 111 undergraduates at the University of Arizona signed up for "Elder Rehab." They thereby committed to provide transportation, memory ana language stimulation activities, physical fitness training, and supervised volunteer experiences for a person with early-stage Alzheimer's disease. They also did related academic work ano earned 3 independent study credits for a semester of participation. This article traces the origin of the student-as-troatment-provider concept: advocates for the wider use of students in Ihis role within the burgeoning service-learning movement; and reports a high ievel of continued education, health-related careers, and community service involvement among former service-learning students. 10 to 13 years after graduation.