Programme Evaluation

Benefits

Risks & contraindications

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• The study could not assess patient outcomes, patient satisfaction, or volunteer experience because patient and volunteer data were not collected. — Maximizing Ageing Using Volunteer Engagement (MAUVE): one health system’s journey to spread a volunteer-based intervention for acutely ill older adults – a prospective observational study
• During 2019, MAUVE delivered 31,593 interventions across all settings. — Maximizing Ageing Using Volunteer Engagement (MAUVE): one health system’s journey to spread a volunteer-based intervention for acutely ill older adults – a prospective observational study
• Future evaluations should use mixed methods and include patient- and volunteer-reported outcomes. — Maximizing Ageing Using Volunteer Engagement (MAUVE): one health system’s journey to spread a volunteer-based intervention for acutely ill older adults – a prospective observational study
• Staff satisfaction surveys found high overall acceptance across settings, with acute inpatient units showing lower but still majority-positive agreement. — Maximizing Ageing Using Volunteer Engagement (MAUVE): one health system’s journey to spread a volunteer-based intervention for acutely ill older adults – a prospective observational study
• The study is presented as the first known evaluation of a multicomponent volunteer programme across emergency, acute inpatient, and subacute transitional settings within one health system. — Maximizing Ageing Using Volunteer Engagement (MAUVE): one health system’s journey to spread a volunteer-based intervention for acutely ill older adults – a prospective observational study