Motivations and strategies of voluntary service for urban home-based older adults provided by volunteers with nursing background: a qualitative study
The study identified the initial motivations of volunteers with nursing backgrounds to participate in community-based services for older adults, along with a range of effective strategies they use. The key findings of the study offer valuable insights for volunteer recruitment and retention, while also providing strong support for improving service quality and ensuring the systematization and effectiveness of services.
Authors
- Lulu Liao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6914-6628)
- Xuehua Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0024-6233)
- Lei Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2026-695X)
- Yilan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8384-2398)
- Fengjian Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9530-9742)
- Shuang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3768-1359)
- Yan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3183-0034)
- Yue Yao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0230-4707)
- Hongyan Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0242-2069)
Institutions
- Union Hospital (HK)
- Wuhan Union Hospital (CN)
- Union Hospital (CN)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Henan Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Nursing
- Published
- 2025-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-02945-w
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.63