Ways to Nurture and Support Older Adult Volunteers

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 6-6
Keyword(s):  
Older Adult ◽  
Adult Volunteers

Engaging Vital Older Adults in Intergenerational Service-Learning

2018 ◽  
pp. 266-287
Author(s):  
Reneé A. Zucchero
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Life Review ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Adult Volunteers

The population of older adults within the United States is growing rapidly, which calls for increased understanding of that population. However, ageism is pervasive and one of the most engrained forms of prejudice. Intergenerational service-learning may be one way to reduce negative stereotypes and ageism. The Co-Mentoring Project is an intergenerational service-learning project that matches undergraduate students and vital older adult volunteers. Students meet with their partners at least four times over the course of the semester to conduct a life review and gather information to begin the older adults' memoirs. This chapter provides a rationale for intergenerational service-learning and information about its theoretical underpinnings. The chapter also offers information about service-learning best practices, including structured reflection, and how the Project's methodology is consistent with them. The multi-modal assessment conducted for the Project and its outcomes are discussed. Finally, directions for future research are described.

Goals and Personal Resources that Contribute to the Development and Agency Attachment of Older Adult Volunteers

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alayna A. Gillespie ◽  
Benjamin H. Gottlieb ◽  
Scott B. Maitland
Keyword(s):  
Nous Avons ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Personnes Âgées ◽  
Personal Resources ◽  
Adult Volunteers

RÉSUMÉNous avons examiné la contribution bénévolat (N = 100) pour développer le rôle bénévolat et l’attachement aux agences des personnes âgées. Informé par un cadre intégrant la réglementation du développement et la théorie de la selectivité socio-affective, nous avons testé une double hypothèse pour la prémisse que le développement de plus grand rôle et l’attachement à l’agence serait vécue par (1) les personnes âgées qui avaient des objectifs multiples pour le bénévolat, et (2) les personnes âgées qui ont poursuivi ces objectifs en faisant une plus grande utilisation de leurs ressources sociales par rapport à leur physique et leurs ressources cognitives. Les deux hypothèses ont été corroborées. Les personnes âgées qui ont des motifs nombreux pour le bénévolat, et qui maximisent l’utilisation de leurs compétences et de leurs comportements sociales, sont plus fortement attachées à leur organisme d’acceuil et atteindre des niveaux plus élevés de développement du rôle bénévole. Les implications pour le domaine du volontariat sont discutées.

Can Older Adult Volunteers Serve Effectively to Improve Asthma Management for Children? Experience Corps® Baltimore

2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepthi M. Reddy ◽  
Linda P. Fried ◽  
Cynthia Rand ◽  
Sylvia McGill ◽  
Crystal F. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Older Adult ◽  
Asthma Management ◽  
Adult Volunteers

scholarly journals A serial focus group model for understanding experiences of older adult volunteers and non-profit agency managers

Groupwork ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura R. Bronstein ◽  
Susan E. Mason
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Group Model ◽  
Group Approach ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Group Data ◽  
Focus Group Data ◽  
Adult Volunteers ◽  
Shed Light

<p><i>Serial focus group data shed light on the experiences of senior volunteers and nonprofit agency professional staff with the aim of maximizing the volunteer experience and contribution. Data were analyzed using a serial focus group approach to suggest pathways towards increasing mutual benefits. Themes from both volunteers and non-profit professionals included the need for better utilization of volunteers, the importance of communication and the advantage of defining roles at the beginning of the volunteer experience. Data from the groups also highlighted the need for planning on the part of the nonprofit staff and flexibility from the volunteers. Discussion and implications follow the report on the data</i>.</p>

Older Adult Volunteers: Tapping the Resource

1984 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 17-18
Author(s):  
Annette Buchanan
Keyword(s):  
Older Adult ◽  
Adult Volunteers

Beliefs of Older Adult Volunteers and Non-Volunteers Questionnaire

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeni Warburton ◽  
Deborah J. Terry ◽  
Linda S. Rosenman ◽  
Margaret Shapiro
Keyword(s):  
Older Adult ◽  
Adult Volunteers

scholarly journals The effectiveness of an educational project using older adult volunteers for training primary care nurse practitioners in geriatric assessment

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Hackel ◽  
Teresa M. Eliot Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Geriatric Assessment ◽  
Primary Care Providers ◽  
Care Nurse ◽  
Primary Care Nurse ◽  
Adult Volunteers

This article reports on the effectiveness of a pilot project, where older adult volunteers attending college campus programs were recruited to act as mock patients (MP) in a two-hour clinical simulation experience for primary care nurse practitioner (NP) students learning about geriatric assessment. Primary care providers, such as NPs, study variable content on geriatrics and see older adults in their primary care clinical practica yet report they desire more time in their training to practice geriatric assessment techniques, apply clinical practice recommendations, and discuss broader aspects of cases being managed by NPs within the interdisciplinary team. Utilization of live models acting as MPs with small groups of students acting as one provider is one way in which health care trainees can take more time to learn from each other as well as the models in the simulated clinical setting. The professor wrote a hypothetical case study based on clinical practice experience that either a male or female volunteer retiree could play as the MP. The case was a 75-year-old retiree with multiple other chronic conditions, on multiple medications, presenting with acute on chronic fatigue. Of the 48 students who participated, 47 returned surveys. Aggregate scores indicated an overall effectiveness of 88% across multiple aspects of geriatric primary care. Qualitative data indicated that the NP students would like more such cases in which they get more lead time with the case information to consider the myriad factors at play and have smaller groups of students per MP. The older adults who volunteered as MPs reported overwhelmingly that they found participating in the students’ education to be rewarding and a chance to offer input about improvement in the care of older adults in the current health system in our aging society. There was consistent feedback that the program should be continued and enhanced. The case content is offered in this article for use by other health care professionals who educate trainees in primary care.

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