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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"older volunteers"”.
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Volunteering and Social Capital: A Case Study of Older Hospital Volunteers in Southern Ontario
… as a form of social activity can facilitate older adults’ active aging through community engagement. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand the views on older adults’ volunteerism in a community hospital network in Southern Ontario. Utilizing in-depth interviews with 10 …
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Motivations of elders who volunteer with youth in intergenerational programs
… youth are dependent on obtaining sufficient older adult volunteers. However, program directors report a shortage of older volunteers, despite various recruitment methods. Understanding the motivations of older adults who volunteer for intergenerational programs may help recruiters more …
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Self-efficacy and depression in older adults: Differences between volunteers and non-volunteers
… found to play an important role in the lives of older adults. The general beneficial effects of volunteering have been widely established. However an investigation on the specific effect volunteering can have on older adults' perceptions of their abilities has yet to be established. It is …
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Worked to Leisure: The Intersections of Volunteerism, Work, and Leisure
… role theory.</p> <p>I hypothesize that younger volunteers and volunteers with children at home will be more likely to perform parallel tasks in their work and volunteerism when compared to older volunteers and volunteers without children, respectively. Moreover, due to pressures placed upon …
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The changing demography of Scotland and the impact on the labour market for volunteer labour
… migrants annually would maintain the level of volunteers. Given assumptions about the dynamics of volunteer behaviour and natural change only, a rise of 6% in the participation rates of people aged 45-74 would also maintain current volunteer levels by 2050. Finally, this dissertation examines …
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Examining the Relation Between Hearing Loss and Successful Aging
… and social engagement from a sample of 156 older volunteers (M age = 69.8 years) with documented hearing loss, recruited from a clinical population. Data were analyzed using covariance modeling to develop and test four theoretical models as a means to advance understanding about the complex …
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Variants of Volunteerism among Mature Adults within Communities of Northeast Tennessee.
… study conducted among mature adults aged 55 and older in Northeast Tennessee examined variants of volunteerism as well as volunteer needs of agencies and organizations and what percent of volunteers in those agencies fall within the specified age group. Mature volunteers in the region match …