title: Volunteers boost spirits of elderly.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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