Doing Good for the Aged Volunteers in an Ombudsman Program

Subjects:

• Sociology » Gerontology
• Sociology » Sociology (General)

Reviews:

• The meticulous, methodical, detailed, and most conscientious description of methods of data collection and analysis will make positivist methodologists very happy....Although the intended audience is not explicitly identified, the book should thus be most useful to state ombudsman administrators responsible for training volunteers on whom the success or failure of the ombudsman program rests.
  —Intimate Relationships, Family, and Life Course .

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Procedures and Characteristics of the Sample
• Pathways to Volunteering: Interests and Skills of Volunteers
• Expected and Actual Difficulties of Volunteer Advocates
• Social-Psychological Outcomes of Volunteering: Effects of Demographic Characteristics, Training/Education Activities, and Participation
• Correlates of Primary Orientations of Volunteers
• Advocacy for the Aged in the Country and in the City
• Role Orientations, Attributions to Nursing Facility Personnel, and Unresolved Complaints of Volunteers
• Support from Others and Efficacy of Volunteers
• Training/Education Activities, Efficacy, and Worry Among Volunteers
• Images of Volunteerism: Personal Descriptions of Benefits, Advice, and Recommendations
• Concluding Thoughts about Implications for Practice
• References
• Index