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| Training and educational activities, efficacy, and worry among volunteer ombudsmen in nursing facilities | | Author(s) | Pat M Keith |
| Journal title | Educational Gerontology, vol 26, no 3, April-May 2000 |
| Pages | pp 249-260 |
| Keywords | Voluntary workers ; Advocacy ; Advisory services [elderly] ; Rights [elderly] ; Training [welfare work] ; Well being ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Training and educational activities for volunteers are thought to benefit both the volunteers and the organisations they serve. Questionnaire data from 754 volunteer ombudsmen in nursing homes (i.e. mediators; mean age, 69) were used to test hypotheses about relationships between initial and in-service training, assessment of initial training, preferences for 8 specific educational training activities, demographic characteristics, efficacy, and worry about performing mediation tasks. A positive assessment of early training, rather than actual training, contributed directly to greater efficacy and less worry. In-service training enhanced efficacy. Most preferences for training and educational activities were not associated with well-being, but when they were, expressed needs were related to less efficacy and more worry. From the practice standpoint, one focus should be on factors that increase feelings of efficacy, a powerful resource for well-being of volunteers and ultimately for those whom they serve. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001017205 A |
| Classmark | QV: IQ: IT: IKR: QW: D:F:5HH: 7T |
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