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| Reflecting on user-involvement and participatory research | | Author(s) | Sheila Peace, Jonathan Hughes |
| Corporate Author | Centre for Policy on Ageing - CPA; Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies (CABS), Open University |
| Publisher | Centre for Policy on Ageing, London, 2010 |
| Pages | 79 pp (The representation of older people in ageing research series, no 10) |
| Source | Central Books, 50 Freshwater Road, Chadwell Heath, Dagenham, RM8 1RX. |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Research ; Participation ; Methodology ; Conference proceedings. |
| Annotation | User involvement is considered as the "sine qua non" of good practice in health and social welfare in this collection of papers originally presented at a seminar held at the Centre for Policy on Ageing (CPA) in 2008, and organised jointly by CPA and the Open University's Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies (CABS). Contributors are concerned with the involvement and experience of older people in both research and citizen engagement; and they demonstrate how professional researchers can adopt ways of working with older people that better recognise their potential contributions. In 'Participative or patronising? An evaluation of the role and purpose of research undertaken with older people', Anthony Gough and Jonathan Hughes consider research organisations' selection, use, involvement and effectiveness of older people in carrying out research. Sandra Vegeris draws on the 2007 Policy Studies Institute and Better Government for Older People report, 'Beyond the tick box' (PSI /BGOP, 2007). Her paper, 'A different viewpoint: learning from a study of older citizens' participation in local government', looks at involvement by the "buddy researcher". Sam Taylor's 'Older people's involvement in research: a European perspective' reports on the work of ERA-AGE (European Research Area on Ageing). In 'Tales of the unexpected: involving older carers as co-researchers', Ethna Parker talks about a qualitative case study of an oft excluded group in a qualitative case study; a range of research methods was used, including diaries, focus group meetings and participant observation. Lastly, Josephine Tetley (from CABS) reflects on 'The pearls, perils and pitfalls of user involvement'. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-101108002 B |
| Classmark | BG: 3A: TMB: 3D: 6M |
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