title: A senior volunteer/home care agency national collaboration: assessment of the partnership.
abstract: This research has focused on a partnership between a private sector home health care entity, the Visiting Nurse Associations of America (VNAA) and the public sector Senior Companion Program (SCP) of the domestic volunteer agency now a part of the Corporation for National and Community Service. This research examined the partnerships between the two agencies in 18 local demonstration sites in order to assess how a home health agency worked. Specific areas reviewed were administration of the partnership, communication patterns between the agencies, areas of conflict, the future of the liaison, and how effectively volunteer performance matched original expectations.
authors.affiliation: National Skills Center for Home-Based Care and Independent Living, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carroccio
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pryor
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Nippes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017149:Private Sector; D015397:Program Evaluation; D017150:Public Sector; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States; D014837:Voluntary Health Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards