Volunteers boost spirits of elderly.
Elderly ambulatory patients believed that the hospital staff was too busy to be bothered with the nonmedical problems they had to face in their daily lives.
D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006126:Group Processes; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006758:Hospital Volunteers; D006801:Humans; D009518:New York; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000078329:Workforce