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| Older adults' satisfaction with the Neighbors Helping Neighbors program | | Author(s) | Nancy Kelley-Gillespie, Frances Wilby, O William Farley |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 16, no 4, 2012 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2012 |
| Pages | pp 154-169 |
| Source | http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/jo... |
| Keywords | Independence ; Independent housing ; Living in the community ; Neighbour care ; Projects ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this US-based study was to examine the satisfaction of older adults in the services they received from the Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NHN) programme, designed to assist older adults to remain independent in their homes and communities. A questionnaire examining various domains of service was developed and administered to 49 older adults who had been receiving assistance from NHN for at least six months. Study findings revealed that 41 of the 48 participants (87%) were satisfied with services and believed that NHN helped them remain independent in the community. These findings may have implications for developing sustainable home- and community-based support programmes for older adults. The paper shows that the NHN model is innovative in its use of students, community-building approaches and volunteers in meeting the needs of older adults. The NHN programme provides an innovative model that can be replicated by other universities or other community-based organisations elsewhere. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130104216 A |
| Classmark | C3: KL: K4: P6:SY: 3E: 4C |
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