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| The effects of volunteering on the physical and mental health of older people | | Author(s) | Terry Y Lum, Elizabeth Lightfoot |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 27, no 1, January 2005 |
| Pages | pp 31-55 |
| Source | http://www.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Voluntary work [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Mental health [elderly] ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Using 7-year longitudinal data between 1993 and 2000 from the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old Study (AHEAD), this study examines the relationship between volunteering for at least 100 hours by people aged 70+ and their subsequent physical and mental health over time. The findings provide empirical support to earlier claims that volunteering slows the decline in self-reported health and functioning levels, slows the increase in depression levels, and improves mortality rates for those who volunteer. However, volunteering had no effect on the number of physician-diagnosed health conditions or nursing home residence rates. The findings provide support for the concept of role enhancement. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041222212 A |
| Classmark | GHH: CC: D: 3J: 7T |
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