Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 25 Issue 1

Editorial

Anna Urbaniak

Participatory action research and intersectionality: a critical dialogical reflection of a study with older adults

Maaike Muntinga, Elena Bendien, Tineke Abma, Barbara Groot

Researchers who work in partnership with older adults in participatory studies often experience various advantages, but also complex ethical questions or even encounter obstacles…

Participatory action research on webs of caring in the digital age across four European countries

Miranda Leontowitsch, Aivita Putnina, Marcus Andersson, Charlotta Niemistö, Rafaela Werny, Hanna Sjögren, Ilze Mileiko, Kārlis Lakševics, Artūrs Pokšāns, Māra Neikena, Līna Orste, Camilla Malm, Frank Oswald, Jeff Hearn, Clary Krekula

The digital age requires people of all ages to communicate and organise their lives through digital technologies. The project EQualCare investigates how the growing population of…

Participatory action research and empowerment of nursing home residents

Annette Bilfeldt, Marianne Mahler

The purpose of this paper is to discuss participatory action research with staff, residents and relatives contributed to the residents’ quality of life through the development of…

Involving older adults and unpaid carers in the research cycle: reflections on implementing the UK national standards for public involvement into practice

Catrin Hedd Jones, Diane Seddon, Katherine Algar-Skaife, Carol Maddock, Stephanie Green

This paper aims to share how the Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research co-designs research within a national programme of work to improve the lives of older adults and those…

Interventions to promote ageing in place: developing the Village model in Manchester

Patty Doran, Mhorag Goff, Chris Phillipson

The Village model, most extensively developed in the USA, is an innovative response to ageing populations and older adults who wish to remain living independently within their…

…And (epistemic) justice for all: a cautionary tale of knowledge inequality in participatory research

Andrew Fletcher

Significant funding has been made available in the UK for social, behavioural and design research that aims to improve health and wellbeing for older adults. The growing…