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Paths to empowerment
- Editors:
- BARNES Marian, WARREN Lorna
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 148p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
In two sections. Section one looks at definitions of empowerment, and existing models and practice. Section two discusses issues for research and researchers. Includes illustrations of different, and sometimes conflicting, voices to emerge from within the user movement and from among voluntary and statutory sector allies.
Working with older women in research: some methods-based issues
- Authors:
- WARREN Lorna, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 4(4), December 2003, pp.18-23.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This article critical reflects on the experiences of working with older women from a range of communities in research. The focus is on the practicalities of setting up and carrying out the research, though implications for the process of policy-making are also briefly highlighted. The 'Older women's lives and voices' project, funded by the ESRC Growing Older (GO) Programme, aimed to find out more about the experiences of women aged 50 and over from a range of ethnic groups, focusing on the services that they use and would like to use.
Working with older people: guidelines for running discussion groups and influencing practice
- Authors:
- CORMIE Joyce, WARREN Lorna
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 46p.bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Offers a much needed guide to the promotion of participation by older people in the governance of their own affairs through the development of discussion groups. The guide shows how working with older people can impact on practice and develop confidence and skills. Although focused on frail older people it can also be used by other groups of potential and actual service users. Topics covered include launching a discussion group and recruiting participants, preparing for and running meetings, and ways of influencing practice.
Changing services for older people: the Neighbourhood Support Units innovation
- Authors:
- WALKER Alan, WARREN Lorna
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 196p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Presents findings from a research project evaluating the outcomes of the Neighbourhood Support Units innovation in Sheffield. Key issues raised include the goals to create more flexible tailor made services and the promotion of user and carer responsive forms of community care provision.