Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 4 Issue 4

Editorial Nurturing research partnerships with older people and their carers: Learning from experience

Sue Davies, Mike Nolan

Growing research with older people

Gail Mountain

It makes sense to involve people in the services being provided for them, with benefits to be gained for all involved. For older people their participation can aid ownership and…

Building on carers' stories to enrich research: Lessons from a recent study

Louise Brereton, Heather Dawes

This paper provides an account of how family carers were involved in a longitudinal research study that aimed to investigate the needs of ‘new’ family carers of stroke survivors…

Older people and research partnerships

Josephine Tetley, Lorna Haynes, Maud Hawthorne, Joe Odeyemi, Jeanne Skinner, Dora Smith, Vanlis Wilson

Increasing consumer consultation is a priority for those involved in health and social care research and practice, with promoting greater public participation being widely…

Working with older women in research: Some methods‐based issues

Lorna Warren, Joe Cook, Norma Clarke, Pat Hadfield, Pam Haywood‐Reed, Lilieth Millen, Movania Parkinson, Judy Robinson, Winnie Winfield

Commentators have highlighted the growing political and research interest in user involvement, with particular reference to social policy (Kemshall & Littlechild, 2000). Beresford…

Developing partnerships at 67 Birch Avenue Nursing Home: The Support 67 Action Group

Sue Davies, Elizabeth Darlington, Ann Powell, Barry Aveyard

This article describes a partnership project between staff, residents and relatives at a nursing home for older people with dementia, and researchers at the University of…

Involving older people in research to examine quality of life in residential aged care

Helen Edwards, Mary Courtney, Maria O'Reilly

This article describes a research study conducted in Brisbane, Australia, that sought to establish older people's views on what contributes to their quality of life in residential…