Motivations for volunteering time with older adults: A qualitative study.

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العنوان:	Motivations for volunteering time with older adults: A qualitative study.
المؤلفون:	Anne Same, Hannah McBride, Caitlin Liddelow, Barbara Mullan, Courtenay Harris
المصدر:	PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 5, p e0232718 (2020)
بيانات النشر:	Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020.
سنة النشر:	2020
المجموعة:	LCC:Medicine LCC:Science
مصطلحات موضوعية:	Medicine, Science
الوصف:	Improved health, wellbeing and quality of life are associated with older adults living well at home. Enabling older adults to remain at home requires organisations to consider different workforce models to support these initiatives. Volunteers are often used by organisations providing such services. However, given the changing nature of the volunteer industry, volunteer recruitment and retention practices must be better understood. This study sought to understand individuals' motivations to volunteer in aged care home support. Eighteen volunteers were recruited from not-for-profit aged support organisations in Perth, Western Australia. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, and five themes were thematically interpreted: What's Important to Me?, Learning and Growth, Somewhere to Belong, Meet Me in the Middle, and Not Just a Number. Fulfilling volunteers' desires for interest, social connection, self-growth, recognition, and support appeared conducive to positive volunteering experiences. These findings may suggest avenues to capture and retain volunteers in aged care home support.
نوع الوثيقة:	article
وصف الملف:	electronic resource
اللغة:	English
تدمد:	1932-6203
Relation:	https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0232718
URL الوصول:	https://doaj.org/article/82d7c376a58747d2a0a07ec4823d5b6d
رقم الانضمام:	edsdoj.82d7c376a58747d2a0a07ec4823d5b6d
قاعدة البيانات:	Directory of Open Access Journals

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تدمد:	19326203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0232718