Improving life satisfaction for the elderly living independently in the community: care recipients' perspective of volunteers

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dc.contributor.authorWilson, A.
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractWith an aging population who wish to remain living in the community, this article explores the experiences and benefits of receiving volunteer services from a home support program established to assist people with increasing needs to remain living independently. Face to face interviews explored how the services of informal carers (volunteers) provided through the program made a difference to the daily lives of 16 recipients. Improved life satisfaction was identified through the themes of being helped with daily activities, positive human contact, and fear of a poorer quality of life. It was found that addressing recipients’ social, emotional, and mobility needs supported them to remain living at home.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAnne Wilson
dc.identifier.citationSocial Work in Health Care: the journal of health care work, 2012; 51(2):125-139
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00981389.2011.602579
dc.identifier.issn0098-1389
dc.identifier.issn1541-034X
dc.identifier.orcidWilson, A. [0000-0001-7102-2926] [0000-0003-1098-8457]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/73425
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherHaworth Press Inc
dc.rightsCopyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2011.602579
dc.subjectInformal carers
dc.subjectvolunteers
dc.subjecthome support
dc.subjectcommunity care
dc.subjectsocial support
dc.subjectqualitative research
dc.titleImproving life satisfaction for the elderly living independently in the community: care recipients' perspective of volunteers
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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