“It Was Very Rewarding for Me …”: Senior Volunteers’ Experiences With Implementing a Reminiscence and Creative Activity Intervention
Author(s) -
Rebecca S. Allen,
Casey B. Azuero,
Ellen L. Csikai,
Patricia A. Parmelee,
Hae Jung Shin,
Elizabeth Kvale,
Daniel W. Durkin,
Louis D. Burgio
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnu167
Subject(s) - reminiscence , intervention (counseling) , feeling , psychology , qualitative research , nursing , medicine , social psychology , social science , sociology , cognitive psychology
To describe the experience of recruiting, training, and retaining retired senior volunteers (RSVs) as interventionists delivering a successful reminiscence and creative activity intervention to community-dwelling palliative care patients and their caregivers.
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