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Measuring the impact of Helping in Hospitals: final evaluation report
- Authors:
- BABUDU Peter, TREVITHICK Elliot, SPATH Rahel
- Publishers:
- NESTA, The Social Innovation Partnership
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 56
- Place of publication:
- London
An evaluation of the Helping in Hospitals project to examine the effectiveness of hospital volunteering in improving patient experience and well-being. The project included a variety of hospital impact volunteering roles such as mealtime assistants or dementia buddies aimed at directly improving patient experience and well-being. Evaluation data were collected from nine hospitals, focusing on wards with a large proportion of older and frail patients, many with dementia. Outcomes measured included mood, anxiety, nutrition and hydration, reduced readmissions, length of stay, transfers of care and decreased number of falls. Not all of the sites collected all of the outcomes data. Key results from the nine hospital trusts’ evaluations found that volunteering shows promise as a way to improve patient experience, mood, anxiety levels, nutrition and hydration, while releasing nurse time to care. However, none of the hospitals found any effects on re-admissions, length of stay, delayed transfer of care and number of falls. (Edited publisher abstract)