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Older people as researchers
— evaluating a participative project | | Author(s) | Roger Clough, Bert Green, Barbara Hawkes |
| Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF; Eskrigge Social Research |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, York, 2006 |
| Pages | 73 pp |
| Source | York Publishing Services, 64 Hallfield Road, Layerthorpe, York YO31 7ZQ. (ISBN-13: 9781859354339) PDF download available - http://www.jrf.org.uk Alternative formats such as large print, Braille, audio tape or disk available from
Communications Department, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. |
| Keywords | Older people ; Research ; Participation ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | Social research is a worthwhile field of activity, and increasingly older people's experiences are sought: they are experts. This report reviews a research project into older people's views on services which involved older people themselves as researchers. It follows their experiences as they step beyond the traditional role of consultee to that of interviewer and researcher. The report is an account of learning by doing - of discovering what research is and how to do it - and both the practicalities and the pitfalls of undertaking research are set out. The experiences of older researchers are placed in the wider context of policy development. A companion report, "How older people become researchers", by Mary Leamy and Roger Clough, looks at the development of a course in research methods for older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060602002 B |
| Classmark | B: 3A: TMB: 4C |
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