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Overcoming challenges in service user involvement in an older people’s mental health service
- Authors:
- SMITH Sophie, ABBAS Maria, ZEGARRA Ariane
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 24(3), 2020, pp.151-155.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe how an older people’s mental health service involves service users in research and service improvement projects, the value of this work and the ways in which barriers to user-led research have been approached and handled. Design/methodology/approach: The authors conducted a reflective review of their experiences of running “ResearchNet”, a group aimed at putting service users’ perspectives at the heart of service improvement projects, which benefits from and develops its members’ related skills. The authors explore overcoming barriers to service user involvement in research. Findings: This paper identified the following key elements that enabled ResearchNet to overcome barriers which might be found in service user–led research: recruitment processes; identifying research projects; building confidence, sustaining motivation and overcoming setbacks; developing service user’s research skills; keeping multiple views in mind; involving people with dementia; being responsive to group members’ needs; and keeping the group safe. Practical implications: Oxleas National Health Service is currently looking at integrating with the quality improvement team to provide further structure and training to group members. Originality/value: This paper explores an under-represented area of research – service user inclusion in older adult mental health research and service improvement. It provides much needed clinical implications for clinicians seeking to increase clients’ involvement in research and service development projects. (Edited publisher abstract)
Making the web work for older people
- Authors:
- PEARSON Nick, RAWLINGS Jeremy
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 16(2), March 2008, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The authors describe the development of a website on mental health for older people. The site was developed by a team of mental health professionals, service users and the NHS trust web development team.
Commissioning services for older people and mental health problems: is there a shared vision?
- Authors:
- TUCKER Sue, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 15(2), April 2007, pp.3-12.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
UK policy seeks to shift commissioning of services 'closer to people' with a view to establishing shared visions of local care services grounded in the opinions and priorities of the public. But the participation of older people with mental health problems and their carers in the strategic planning process has been patchy. This article compares practitioner and public perspectives of the services that should be provided for older people with mental health problems in an area of North West England. Significant differences were found in the services the various stakeholder groups prioritised for development, and in their views on how they should be organised. The implications for commissioning are discussed.
Recruitment and retention of older minorities in mental health services research
- Authors:
- AREAN Patricia A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 43(1), February 2003, pp.36-44.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article reviews the problems associated with recruiting older minorities into mental health research studies and proposes a consumer-centered model of research methodology that addresses the barriers to recruitment and retention in this population.
The citizenship of excluded groups: challenging the consumerist agenda
- Authors:
- BOLZAN Natalie, GALE Fran
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 36(4), August 2002, pp.363-375.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The language of consumerism suggests that through involvement in consumer processes, consumers can influence policy formation and service provision. This article examines how two groups of consumers in Australia, people with mental health problems and older people, engage with the consumer process. Looks at how they positioned themselves as active citizens, having agency not as individual consumers, but through drawing on networks. The findings suggests that it is possible for social policy programmes for both people with mental illness and older people to develop in a context of greater inclusivity.
Has service user participation made a difference to social care services?
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, CARR Sarah
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 31p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper brings together the key themes and findings from the synthesis of six literature reviews on the impact of user participation on change and improvement in social care services. Reviews on older people, children and young people, people with learning difficulties and disabled people were commissioned by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). Reviews on mental health service user participation and on general user/ consumer involvement were commissioned by NHS Service Delivery and Organisation Research and Development Programme. The aim of this work is to give an overview or synthesis of these reviews in order to provide a comprehensive, accessible account of what is currently known about the impact of service user participation on change and improvement in social care services. It will also provide a basis for SCIE Practice guides on service user participation.
A synthesis of the evidence on peer research with potentially vulnerable adults: how this relates to dementia
- Authors:
- DI LORITO Claudio, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 32(1), 2017, pp.58-67.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: This study aims to identify the benefits, the risks and the practical challenges and to develop a model of good practice in peer research with people with dementia. Methods: The review conducted searches on PsycInfo, PubMed and Google Scholar for empirical investigations or discussion papers on peer research. Given the limited literature in the field of dementia, studies with groups who share similar demographics (older people), experience of stigma (mental health service users) and exclusion from research (people with learning disabilities) were included. No restrictions on language and publication date were applied. Analysis: Three themes were identified: the potential benefits, the potential risks and the practical challenges of peer research. The authors the developed a model of good practice. The European Working Group of People with Dementia reviewed the authors' paper and added to the findings. Results: Seven papers were included in the evidence synthesis. Potential benefits of peer research included enriched data and empowering people with dementia. Potential risks included power differentials between researchers and issues of representativeness. The practical issues for good practice included the training of peer researchers, defining involvement and roles, working with cognitive impairment and considering resource implications. The European Working Group of People with Dementia emphasised the importance of equality issues. Conclusion: Involving people with dementia in peer research can generate several benefits, including empowerment and opportunities for inclusion for the peer researchers and the research participants living with dementia, challenging academics' traditional views on research processes and gathering enhanced research data. There remains a need for further research on the impact of peer research in dementia studies. (Edited publisher abstract)
Personal characteristics and depression-related attitudes of older adults and participation in stages of implementation of a multi-site effectiveness trial (PRISM-E)
- Authors:
- WITTINK Marsha N., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20(10), October 2005, pp.927-937.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
No study has assessed attitudes about depression and its treatment and participation at each step of recruitment and implementation of an effectiveness trial. This study aimed to determine the association between personal characteristics and attitudes of older adults about depression with participation at each step of the Primary Care Research in Substance Abuse and Mental Health for the Elderly (PRISM-E) treatment effectiveness trial. Persons who reported better social support were more likely to complete a baseline interview, but were less likely to meet with the mental health professional carrying out the intervention. Attitudes about taking medicines were significantly associated with uptake of the intervention, but not with earlier phases of recruitment. Persons were much more likely to have a visit with the mental health professional for treatment of depression if they were willing to take medicine for depression but did not endorse waiting for the depression to get better, working it out on one's own, or talking to a minister, priest, or rabbi. The authors conclude that social support and other personal characteristics may be the most appropriate for tailoring recruitment strategies, but later steps in the recruitment and implementation may require more attention to specific attitudes towards antidepressant medications.
Social service users' own definitions of quality outcomes
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The Shaping Our Lives project, working in partnership with Black User Group (London), Service User Action Group (Wakefield), Ethnic Disabled Group Emerged (Manchester) and an alliance of user groups in Waltham Forest (London), looked at the application in practice of on-going work about what service users meant by 'user-defined outcomes'. Both the research and the development projects covered a range of experiences - including those of older people, mental health users, minority ethnic communities and disabled people and involving 66 users in all.
A natural locally-based networking approach for singleton disabled elderly: implementation and case illustration
- Authors:
- KAM-SHING Yip, SUNG-ON Law
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 32(8), December 2002, pp.1037-1049.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The Good Neighbour Centre of the United Christian Nethersole Community Health Service in Hong Kong has implemented a natural locality-based supportive networking approach for disabled singleton elderly in a public estate (1991-2000). As part of this approach, various psycho-social interventions were developed over nine years to strengthen mutual support among neighbours, able-bodied elderly, outpatients suffering from mental illness and volunteers who were matched and integrated with the disabled singleton elderly person to form a locality-based naturally supporting community. Different stages of developing a natural, supportive community by networking were identified in this project: network assessment, network matching, network formation and network strengthening. The concepts of stable and constant mutual support, mutual development and mutual concern were stressed. Feedback from stakeholders was encouraging and the demonstrated improvement in the functional and psycho-social well-being of disabled singleton elderly and mental health outpatients was impressive and clear.