Active aging and volunteer work: Older volunteer workers’ interpretations of aging – Mirja Ylimaula
Mirja Ylimaula
Master's thesis
Active aging and volunteer work: Older volunteer workers’ interpretations of aging
Active aging and volunteer work: Older volunteer workers’ interpretations of aging
Abstract:
In this study, through semi-structured interviews with older female volunteers working in a nursing home in Southern Finland, I analyze how the older volunteer workers interpret their own aging process and the aging process of the older persons that they are helping. Additionally, I study the role of volunteer work in the volunteers’ and the residents’ aging process. The research findings are analyzed …moreAbstract:
In this study, through semi-structured interviews with older female volunteers working in a nursing home in Southern Finland, I analyze how the older volunteer workers interpret their own aging process and the aging process of the older persons that they are helping. Additionally, I study the role of volunteer work in the volunteers’ and the residents’ aging process. The research findings are analyzed …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 8. 1. 2018
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/msu68/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 22. 1. 2018
- Supervisor: doc. Bernadette Nadya Jaworsky, Ph.D.
- Reader: Mgr. et Mgr. Gábor Oláh, Ph.D.
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YLIMAULA, Mirja. \textit{Active aging and volunteer work: Older volunteer workers’ interpretations of aging}. Online. Master's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Social Studies. 2018. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/e6s0mg/.
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Faculty of Social StudiesMaster programme / field:
Sociology / Sociology (Eng.)
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