Impact of trained volunteers' services in caring for older persons with dementia: a systematic review
Impact of trained volunteers' services in caring for older persons with dementia: a systematic review
Dementia causes a great burden of disease globally. Volunteers' contributions in caring for older persons with dementia (OPD) are growing. This review aims to evaluate the impact of trained volunteers' involvement in providing care and support for OPD. PubMed, ProQuest, EBSCOHost, and Cochrane Library databases were searched using specific keywords. Inclusion criteria were studies of OPD who received interventions delivered by trained volunteers, which were published between 2018 and 2023. Seven studies were included in the final systematic review, comprising studies using quantitative and qualitative approaches. A wide range of outcomes was seen in both acute and home/community-based care settings. Improvements in social interaction, loneliness, mood, ability to recall, and physical activity of OPD were found. Carers and trained volunteers were also found to benefit. Trained volunteers' involvement in OPD care plays a very valuable role for OPD, their caregivers, the volunteers, and in turn to society. This review also emphasizes the importance of person-centred care for OPD.
dementia, older adult, outcome, training, volunteer
535-546
Handajani, Yvonne Suzy
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Aryani, Astria
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Schröder-Butterfill, Elisabeth
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Turana, Yuda
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May 2023
Handajani, Yvonne Suzy
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Aryani, Astria
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Schröder-Butterfill, Elisabeth
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Turana, Yuda
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Handajani, Yvonne Suzy, Aryani, Astria, Schröder-Butterfill, Elisabeth and Turana, Yuda
(2023)
Impact of trained volunteers' services in caring for older persons with dementia: a systematic review.
Psychogeriatrics, 23 (3), .
(doi:10.1111/psyg.12958).
Abstract
Dementia causes a great burden of disease globally. Volunteers' contributions in caring for older persons with dementia (OPD) are growing. This review aims to evaluate the impact of trained volunteers' involvement in providing care and support for OPD. PubMed, ProQuest, EBSCOHost, and Cochrane Library databases were searched using specific keywords. Inclusion criteria were studies of OPD who received interventions delivered by trained volunteers, which were published between 2018 and 2023. Seven studies were included in the final systematic review, comprising studies using quantitative and qualitative approaches. A wide range of outcomes was seen in both acute and home/community-based care settings. Improvements in social interaction, loneliness, mood, ability to recall, and physical activity of OPD were found. Carers and trained volunteers were also found to benefit. Trained volunteers' involvement in OPD care plays a very valuable role for OPD, their caregivers, the volunteers, and in turn to society. This review also emphasizes the importance of person-centred care for OPD.
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Impact of Trained Volunteers’ Services in Caring for Older Persons with Dementia_accepted manuscript with appendices
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Accepted/In Press date: 7 March 2023
e-pub ahead of print date: 26 March 2023
Published date: May 2023
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Research Funding: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK, via its research project funding for Care Networks in Indonesia. Grant Number: Project ES/S013407/1
Keywords:
dementia, older adult, outcome, training, volunteer
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/476403
ISSN: 1479-8301
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Yvonne Suzy Handajani
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Astria Aryani
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Yuda Turana
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