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Dora G. Lodwick & Allan Wallis

In: Promoting Health at the Community Level

Chapter 6: The Volunteers for Rural Seniors Initiative: Leveraging Community Resources to Meet the Needs of Seniors

Edited by: Douglas V. Easterling, Kaia M. Gallagher & Dora G. Lodwick

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452232591.n6

Subject: Health Care Policy, Public Health (general), Health Communication

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Lodwick, D. & Wallis, A. (2003). The volunteers for rural seniors initiative: leveraging community resources to meet the needs of seniors. In D. V. EasterlingK. M. Gallagher & D. G. Lodwick (Eds.), Promoting health at the community level (pp. 121-150). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781452232591.n6

Lodwick, Dora G. and Allan Wallis. "The Volunteers for Rural Seniors Initiative: Leveraging Community Resources to Meet the Needs of Seniors." In Promoting Health at the Community Level, edited by Douglas V. EasterlingKaia M. Gallagher and Dora G. Lodwick, 121-150. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2003. doi: 10.4135/9781452232591.n6.

Lodwick, D & Wallis, A 2003, 'The volunteers for rural seniors initiative: leveraging community resources to meet the needs of seniors', in Easterling, DV, Gallagher, KM & Lodwick, DG (eds), Promoting health at the community level, SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 121-150, viewed 21 October 2019, doi: 10.4135/9781452232591.n6.

Lodwick, Dora G. and Allan Wallis. "The Volunteers for Rural Seniors Initiative: Leveraging Community Resources to Meet the Needs of Seniors." Promoting Health at the Community Level. Eds. Douglas V. EasterlingKaia M. Gallagher and Dora G. Lodwick. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2003. 121-150. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 21 Oct. 2019, doi: 10.4135/9781452232591.n6.

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The Volunteers for Rural Seniors Initiative: Leveraging Community Resources to Meet the Needs of Seniors
The volunteers for rural seniors initiative: Leveraging community resources to meet the needs of seniors
Dora G.LodwickAllanWallis

Agrowing gap exists between the needs of rural seniors and the services available to them. More seniors are choosing to retire in rural communities or to “age in place” there. At the same time, traditional providers of care—family members and neighbors—are less available because of increasing work demands along with the out-migration of younger people. How can the needs of rural seniors be met? More specifically, how can communities assist in meeting some of their basic needs so that the seniors are able to remain as independent residents in their own homes for as long ...

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