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Gwendolyn Bentley Clayborne – ProQuest LLC, 2021
African Americans found ways to respond to the needs of their communities as volunteers when they were denied many services available to Whites citizens. Opportunities to volunteer were provided both formally and informally through churches, sororities, fraternities and other organizations. Many families would not have been able to afford care for…
Descriptors: African Americans, Volunteers, Older Adults, Community Services
Narine, Donnette; Yamashita, Takashi; Punksungka, Wonmai; Helsinger, Abigail; Kramer, Jenna W.; Karam, Rita; Cummins, Phyllis A. – Educational Gerontology, 2023
Volunteer participation benefits societies and individuals. The objective of this study was to examine the roles of education and adult literacy in formal volunteering among a nationally representative sample of the U.S. middle-aged and older adults (45-74 years) by race and ethnicity (Whites, Blacks, Hispanics). Using cross-sectional data (n =…
Descriptors: Adults, Older Adults, Race, Ethnicity
Wigdorski, Elizabeth; Carr-Chellman, Davin; Kroth, Michael; Ricks, Neal; Daniels, Donna – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
This study explores the learning of volunteer end of life caregivers (EOLCG). Using the profound learning framework, the researchers will use a grounded theory approach to generate transferable characterizations of how learning occurs for EOLCGs and what the content of that learning is. As a unique population of adult learners who perform an…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Caregivers, Adult Learning, Older Adults
Heffner, Jessica – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation describes the literate practices and layered technological strategies writers utilize in creating professional documents, particularly the literate activities, interaction with technologies and multimodal texts of senior writers in a workplace where many types of texts are produced and distributed as participants plan, manage,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Writing (Composition), Multimedia Materials, Volunteers
Mize, Mary Chase Breedlove; Shannonhouse, Laura R.; Fullen, Matthew C.; Gilbride, Dennis; Barrio Minton, Casey – Educational Gerontology, 2022
Older adults are at risk for mental health concerns, such as social isolation and suicide. Risk factors to suicide among older adults, such as loneliness and social isolation, may be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Gatekeepers in the community are a significant source of identification and referral of older adults at risk of mental and physical…
Descriptors: Suicide, Intervention, Older Adults, At Risk Persons
Narine, Donnette; Yamashita, Takashi; Punksungka, Wonmai; Helsinger, Abigail; Kramer, Jenna W.; Karam, Rita; Cummins, Phyllis A. – Grantee Submission, 2022
Volunteer participation benefits societies and individuals. The objective of this study was to examine the roles of education and adult literacy in formal volunteering among a nationally representative sample of the U.S. middle-aged and older adults (45-74 years) by race and ethnicity (Whites, Blacks, Hispanics). Using cross-sectional data (n =…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Role of Education, Adult Literacy, Adults
Chou, Chun-Yang; Chen, Chiao-Shan; Lee, Mei-Chen; Lin, Shun-Tzu; Sun, Juo-Hsiang – Educational Gerontology, 2023
This study aimed to understand the behaviors of older adults in rural areas at all stages of active aging after participating in senior self-directed learning groups. This study adopted a qualitative research method and conducted one-on-one semi-structured interviews with six members of a senior learning center in a rural area. The themes…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Exercise, Diseases
Kenworth, James – Research in Drama Education, 2019
"Dementia's Journey" explores the year-long process of a playwright working with a charity and its partners in writing a play focussing on experiences of dementia in a South Asian community, and how the need to tell an emotionally engaging and resonant story is balanced with the requirement to raise awareness of the issues involved. It…
Descriptors: Dementia, Drama, Asians, Older Adults
Lee, Kathy; Fields, Noelle L.; Cassidy, Jessica; Feinhals, Gretchen – Educational Gerontology, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the experience of Senior Companions with telephone reassurance program training delivered via Zoom and the feasibility of using teleconferencing as a platform for training older adult volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Volunteers were recruited from a local Senior Companion Program. We assessed…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Older Adults, Videoconferencing, Pandemics
Padgaonkar, Suyog; Schafer, Emily A. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2021
Many science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) outreach programs focus on children, but relatively few efforts are dedicated to voting-age populations. These groups are important to reach because misinformation about science is widespread and difficult to detect, often interfering with informed voting on science-related issues. Science…
Descriptors: Older Adults, STEM Education, Outreach Programs, Science Activities
Lee, Youjung; Kim, Young-Mi; Bronstein, Laura; Fox, Vince – Educational Gerontology, 2021
Intergenerational volunteerism is a global phenomenon that aids multiple generations. Considering the positive evidence of volunteering among older adults and their desire for engagement with children, it is important to explore older adult volunteers' experiences in intergenerational programs with a specific focus on the cultural and social…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Volunteers, Older Adults, Phenomenology
Zhang, Weiguo; Zhu, Yidan; Liu, Xueyun; Qiu, Yan – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2021
This study explored the complex relationships between immigration, volunteering, and life-long learning among older adults. It investigated adult teaching and learning and active ageing from the perspective of immigrant volunteer instructors of English as additional language. Using a grounded theory method (GTM), comprising a combination of…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Immigration, Volunteers, Lifelong Learning
Veal, Britney; Sadeq, Nasreen A.; Atkinson, Taylor J.; Andel, Ross – Health Education & Behavior, 2023
Objectives: Volunteering promotes well-being and may provide added purpose to life after retirement. Limited evidence exists regarding the characteristics and study adherence among those who participate in longitudinal studies while also volunteering outside the study. We assessed characteristics and adherence of older adults who volunteered…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Well Being, Longitudinal Studies, Cognitive Ability
Corporation for National and Community Service, 2017
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), a federal agency and the nation's largest grantmaker in support of service and volunteering, manages AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and Volunteer Generation Fund. This brief report provides an overview of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).
Descriptors: Volunteers, Community Programs, Community Problems, Service Learning
Strom, Robert D.; Strom, Paris S. – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Public awareness of demographic change is necessary to guide individual and national planning for retirement. For the first time in American history, older adults are forecast to soon outnumber children. Accordingly, expectations for retirement should be considered in a larger than personal context, a broad perspective that implicates relatives,…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Aging (Individuals), Retirement, Attitude Change