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| Recruiting and retaining older persons within a home-based pilot study using movement sensors | | Author(s) | Cathy Bailey, Vanessa Buckley |
| Journal title | Health and Social Care in the Community, vol 19, no 1, January 2011 |
| Pages | pp 98-105 |
| Source | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/hscc |
| Keywords | Falls ; Needs [elderly] ; Assistive technology ; Independent housing ; Participation ; Research ; Pilot. |
| Annotation | This article reports on key aspects of recruiting and retaining a small group of community dwelling older adults who have experienced falls into a study, piloting motion sensors in their homes for eight weeks. While the aim of the study was to consider how motion sensors may increase understanding of falls in the home, and how such sensors would fit into older people's lives, it also produced valuable research insights into the recruitment and retention of older people into home-based technology research and its challenges. The authors consider the recruitment strategy in terms of informed consent and non-exploitation, planning and explaining, the retention strategy in terms of communicating and recording and sharing data. It is hoped that by offering an analysis of the challenges and strategies it may help develop skills that maximise the involvement of older adults in research whilst at the same time ensuring inclusive and non-exploitative research relationships. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110627006 A |
| Classmark | OLF: IK: M: KL: TMB: 3A: 4UC |
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