Understanding the volunteer experience of older adults is of critical importance to the nonprofit and voluntary sector, and society. Research suggests that volunteering is a way individuals derive meaning through the complex interactions that make up measures of self-worth, community concept, and identity. This study explores the meaning of volunteering in the lives of adults over the age of 60 as they transition into retirement. Analysis revealed four primary themes: role identity; confronting ageing, health, and dying; fear/anxiety about transitioning to retirement; and making a difference. Further analysis based on whether retirement was planned or not revealed important differences in the ways that meaning was made. The findings reveal ...
Volunteering in late life is associated with health benefits such as reduced risk of hypertension, i...
Objectives Research has extensively documented the concurrent benefits of being a volunteer (vs a no...
ObjectivesResearch has extensively documented the concurrent benefits of being a volunteer (vs a non...
In the fall of 2015, Statistics Canada reported that for the first time in Canadian history that the...
grantor: University of TorontoThe purpose of this study is to explore the roles and meanin...
A large body of quantitative evidence has demonstrated a connection between volunteering and improve...
A large body of quantitative evidence has demonstrated a connection between volunteering and improve...
A large body of quantitative evidence demonstrates a link between volunteering and improved well-bei...
The boomers' impending retirement has spurred interest in tapping their productive energies to benef...
1) To what extent do retired volunteers use the skills and abilities that they have developed thr...
Across advanced capitalist economies, demographic change has lead to older adults constituting a lar...
Older Americans no longer see retirement as an “endless vacation,” but increasingly as an active, en...
The activity theory posits that productive activities are beneficial to older people's well-being. T...
This new study takes a closer look at the types of volunteer opportunities older adults are looking ...
Objectives Several studies have shown that retired older adults volunteer more than their working co...
Volunteering in late life is associated with health benefits such as reduced risk of hypertension, i...
Objectives Research has extensively documented the concurrent benefits of being a volunteer (vs a no...
ObjectivesResearch has extensively documented the concurrent benefits of being a volunteer (vs a non...
In the fall of 2015, Statistics Canada reported that for the first time in Canadian history that the...
grantor: University of TorontoThe purpose of this study is to explore the roles and meanin...
A large body of quantitative evidence has demonstrated a connection between volunteering and improve...
A large body of quantitative evidence has demonstrated a connection between volunteering and improve...
A large body of quantitative evidence demonstrates a link between volunteering and improved well-bei...
The boomers' impending retirement has spurred interest in tapping their productive energies to benef...
1) To what extent do retired volunteers use the skills and abilities that they have developed thr...
Across advanced capitalist economies, demographic change has lead to older adults constituting a lar...
Older Americans no longer see retirement as an “endless vacation,” but increasingly as an active, en...
The activity theory posits that productive activities are beneficial to older people's well-being. T...
This new study takes a closer look at the types of volunteer opportunities older adults are looking ...
Objectives Several studies have shown that retired older adults volunteer more than their working co...
Volunteering in late life is associated with health benefits such as reduced risk of hypertension, i...
Objectives Research has extensively documented the concurrent benefits of being a volunteer (vs a no...
ObjectivesResearch has extensively documented the concurrent benefits of being a volunteer (vs a non...