An Intergenerational Summer Program Involving Persons with Dementia and Preschool Children

Intergenerational volunteering and quality of life: mixed methods evaluation of a randomized control trial involving persons with mild to moderate dementia

“…In recent years, a new field of inquiry has consolidated around a more rigorous study of altruistic actions, emotions, and behaviors and their positive association with better health outcomes, while exploring the potential mechanisms underlying these health benefits [24,25]. Within this literature, a subset of research has established that older adults who form relationships with children through intergenerational volunteering programs seem to experience specific benefits, such as improvements in health status and well-being [26], increased activity, strength, and cognitive ability [27], the creation of meaningful relationships [28], enhanced selfesteem [29,30], increased social capital [31], and better psychological functioning [32]. However, most existing data have largely been derived from cross-sectional and retrospective observational studies, and only a few intergenerational volunteering programs have been evaluated using RCT models [31].…”

Intergenerational Volunteering and Quality of Life for Persons with Mild‐to‐Moderate Dementia: Results from a 5‐Month Intervention Study in the United States

“…Emerging evidence is demonstrating that there may be a range of biopsychosocial benefits for older adults who form relationships with children through intergenerational volunteering programs, [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] but most existing data have been derived from cross-sectional and retrospective observational studies, and only a few intergenerational volunteering programs have been evaluated using randomized models. 10 Generally, there is a lack of high-quality data on the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions on the QOL of persons with dementia.…”

“…Epidemiological studies involving the MMSE include education as a standard covariate. 5 Cut-scores must be set with caution so as not to risk false-positive classifications. Some studies suggest that education level is not as relevant as intellectual capacity or occupational attainment.…”

Efectos del programa educativo GERO-HEALTH sobre el nivel de interiorización de conocimientos de prevención y promoción de la salud en personas mayores

“…Dentro de este planteamiento, se ha establecido que los adultos mayores que fomentan sus relaciones interpersonales a través de programas de voluntariado intergeneracional experimentan beneficios específicos en su estado de salud y bienestar (de Souza, 2003;Fried et al, 2004), mejoran su capacidad cognitiva (George, 2011), incrementan sus relaciones sociales (de Souza, 2003), aumentan su autoestima (Jarrott & Bruno, 2007) y capital social (Gigliotti, Morris, Smock, Jarrott & Graham, 2005), y presentan un mejor funcionamiento psicológico (de Souza & Grundy, 2007).…”