TY - JOUR
T1 - Intergenerational volunteering and quality of life for persons with mild to moderate dementia
T2 - Results from a 5-month intervention study in the united states
AU - George, Daniel R.
AU - Singer, Mendel E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Oxford University Overseas Research Student fund, the Intergenerational School through grants from the Shigeo & Megumi Takayama Foundation and the Greenwall Foundation and the Fondation Mederic Alzheimer and Alzheimer's Disease International.
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - Objectives: To evaluate whether a structured intergenerational volunteering intervention would enhance quality of life (QOL) for persons with mild to moderate dementia. Methods: Fifteen participants were randomized into intervention and control groups. The intervention group participated in hour-long structured volunteer sessions with a kindergarten class and an older elementary class in alternating weeks during a 5-month interval. Data on cognitive functioning, stress, depression, sense of purpose, and sense of usefulness were collected at baseline and at the close ofthe intervention. Change scores were computed and analyzed for all variables. Results: There was a significant decrease in stress for the intervention group. Conclusions: This study adds preliminary findings that intergenerational volunteering interventions might contribute to QOL for persons with dementia, in part through a reduction in stress.
AB - Objectives: To evaluate whether a structured intergenerational volunteering intervention would enhance quality of life (QOL) for persons with mild to moderate dementia. Methods: Fifteen participants were randomized into intervention and control groups. The intervention group participated in hour-long structured volunteer sessions with a kindergarten class and an older elementary class in alternating weeks during a 5-month interval. Data on cognitive functioning, stress, depression, sense of purpose, and sense of usefulness were collected at baseline and at the close ofthe intervention. Change scores were computed and analyzed for all variables. Results: There was a significant decrease in stress for the intervention group. Conclusions: This study adds preliminary findings that intergenerational volunteering interventions might contribute to QOL for persons with dementia, in part through a reduction in stress.
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U2 - 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181f17f20
DO - 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181f17f20
M3 - Article
C2 - 21427644
AN - SCOPUS:79953747218
SN - 1064-7481
VL - 19
SP - 392
EP - 396
JO - American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
IS - 4
ER -
