Involving older people in research: empowering engagement?

The Policy Development of Social Welfare for Elderly Health Care in the Community: A Case Study of Phitsanulok Municipality, Thailand

“…On the other hand, the educational component is an important part of the requirements set by the elderly in the following areas. This is consistent with the research of Randall, 2013;LaPlante, 2014;Ward & Gahagan, 2012. The evaluation result found that policy social welfare for elderly health care in Pitsanulok Municipality has an appropriate high level. Therefore it is appropriate to be used in making recommendations on policy (Shura, Siders, & Dannefer, 2011;Tine, 2014;Moreira, 2016).…”

Losing connections and receiving support to reconnect: experiences of frail older people within care programmes implemented in primary care settings

“…Furthermore, they can help researchers to understand what ageing means to older people (Barnes & Taylor, ). Including older people as co‐researchers enables them to influence the research process, and in this way, academic researchers and co‐researchers can learn from each other by sharing experiences (Ward & Gahagan, ; Nierse et al ., ). The academic researchers selected the co‐researchers based on their experiential knowledge of ageing and frailty, knowledge of the experiences of other frail older people in their surroundings, enthusiasm for scientific research and research activities and their ability to travel independently.…”

Differing knowledges: comparing the contribution of drama students and service users in role-plays preparing social work students for practice

“…The advice provided to the service users by the team in regard to feedback was also informed by critical and key messages from the literature in regard to this (for example, Shennan, 1998;Thomas, 2002;Edwards, 2003;Skilton, 2011;Hitchin, 2016;Driessens, et al, 2016). An ethic of care approach was also an important compass for our team in ensuring that service users were fully supported in this entire research process (Hugman, 2005;Ward and Gahagan, 2012). Service users were also remunerated for their involvement through the university's annual funding which supports a range of involvement activities in the Degree.…”