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Seniors as volunteers: an international perspective on policy
- Author:
- BALDOCK Cora Vellekoop
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 19(5), September 1999, pp.581-602.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Describes and contrasts public policies regarding the participation of older people in volunteer work in the countries of the United States, Australia and the Netherlands. Data were collected in 1997-98 through analysis of policy documents and through 50 interviews with researchers, policy makers and volunteer co-ordinators. The study found considerable differences between the three countries in the provision of government policies and programmes for senior volunteering. Concludes that such differences can be explained in the context of the definition of seniors' social participation employed by policy-makers in each country.