ArticleAgeing international2013
Developing an Older Adult Volunteer Program in a New York Chinese Community: An Evidence-Based Approach.
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- Empowering community volunteers improves the well-being of family caregivers of musculoskeletal disorder patients: a randomized controlled trial.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Volunteering of Former Caregivers: A Pilot Intervention Study in the Chinese American Community.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2025Article
- Community volunteer visitation frequency shows a U shaped relationship with family caregiver burden for disabled elderly in China.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Reducing Hypertension Through Volunteering? Investigating the Potential Causal Link Between Volunteering Frequency and Blood Pressure by Gender, Race, and Age Groups.Biopsychosocial science and medicine · 2025Article
- A cross-sectional network analysis of successful aging in a resilience-based framework.PloS one · 2025Article
- Association of Geriatric Depressive Symptoms and Government-Initiated Senior Employment Program: A Population-Based Study.Psychiatry investigation · 2024Article
- Civic engagement among foreign-born and native-born older adults living in Europe: a SHARE-based analysis.European journal of ageing · 2023Article
- A review of different types of volunteer programs for older adults with and without cognitive impairment.Frontiers in public health · 2023Review
- Family Club Denmark #strongertogether - a volunteer intervention for disadvantaged families: study protocol for a quasi-experimental trial.BMC psychology · 2020Article
- Volunteering among First-Generation Asian Ethnic Groups Residing in California.Journal of cross-cultural gerontology · 2018Article
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Abstract
This study reports the results of a pilot volunteer project for older Chinese immigrants and documents benefits for both volunteers and caregiver recipients. Using a social marketing approach, the volunteer project was designed as a social model to promote better health among older Chinese immigrants in New York City. The packaging of this health promotion project as a volunteer program was based on a strengths perspective. In the program, 18 older Chinese immigrants were trained to provide support and referral to family caregivers of ill relatives in the Chinese community. At 6 months, outcomes were evaluated for both volunteers and caregivers. The older volunteers perceived benefits associated with volunteering, specifically, a greater sense of well-being and satisfaction with life. In addition, the majority of volunteers felt empowered by training and volunteering (100 %), felt the skills they learned improved communication with their own families (90 %), and reported physical and emotional health benefits (61 %). At the same time, caregivers reported stress reduction following volunteer support. Findings suggest that a volunteer program model may be an effective health promotion intervention for older Chinese immigrants.
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