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Co-production and participation: older people with high support needs
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, et al
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report provides a summary of the research literature on the participation and co-production of older people with high support needs. It identifies the benefits and barriers to participation and also includes a small-scale survey of good practice. The report notes that 'older people with high support needs' are a diverse group, falling into two strands of disadvantage - age and disability. Factors that may contribute to high support needs are also identified as: gender; ethnicity; religion and belief; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people; poverty; learning disability; dementia and mental health problems; sensory impairment and housing contexts. The report goes on to identify the benefits and barriers to participation and different ways of involving older people. A resources section sets out resources available to support co-production in social care, including assessment tools and examples of practice and service development undertaken in co-production. The conclusion offers recommendations for improving practice. The report will be of particular interest to commissioners of social and health care services; people working in housing provision; service users and others developing the co-production/participation agenda in care provision and service development.
English forums on ageing: a first step in good practice
- Author:
- UK ADVISORY FORUM ON AGEING
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
The UK Advisory Forum on Ageing offers older people a direct line to government to comment on new policy ideas, services, legislation and areas important to them. It aims to improve the well-being of older people and to respond to the opportunities and challenges of an ageing society. Government is encouraging the development of local and regional communication channels to identify common themes that need to be brought to the attention of national government, provide direction and leadership on local and regional issues affecting older people, and to help spread good practice locally. This document offers some ideas for discussion and development, which emerged from a DWP-facilitated workshop held in December 2009.
National evaluation of partnerships for older people projects: interim report of progress
- Authors:
- WINDLE Karen, et al
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This is an interim report of an ongoing evaluation of the National POPP -partnerships for older people - projects programme. It is a statement of progress providing very early findings, lessons learnt and key messages from the experience of the POPP pilots to date.
BSG Guidelines on ethical research with human participants
- Author:
- PEACE Shelia
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 18(2), April 2008, Online only
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Researching later life engages us with people living in all situations including some who are involved in health, housing and social care. Regardless of whether they are receiving or providing services or have some other interest, inviting them to participate in research is a serious matter. Research participants should be approached only after giving careful consideration to what it is they will be asked to do. They may be seen as research participants or co-producers of research. This article presents guidelines relating to ethical research practice.
Co-production and participation: older people with high support needs
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing summarises a review of literature and a small-scale survey of good practice on the participation and co-production of older people with high support needs. It looks at the benefits and barriers to participation; highlights two research programmes involving older people with high support needs. Recommendations for improved practice are also listed. It is noted that the evidence base for the review was limited as relevant material was either about participation as it relates generally to older people or was about older people with high support needs but contained very little reference to participation.
Growing older together: the development and promotion of resident-led models of housing with care for older people: a programme of work being undertaken by the Housing LIN (Learning and Improvement Network)
- Author:
- HOUSING LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT NETWORK
- Publisher:
- Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 5
- Place of publication:
- London
This practice briefing outlines the work being undertaken to capture examples of practice of resident-led housing for older people, building on the 2013 report ‘Growing older together: the case for housing that is shaped and controlled by older people’. This key area of work recognises that there is a need to increase the supply of housing suitable for older people and ensure that the offer of new housing options and choices prove attractive to a new generation of older people with changing priorities and higher expectations. The work programme will comprise several elements, including: an overall report, covering a broad range of examples; liaison with community-led housing organisations, older people’s representative forums/networks and other interested parties; and a spring conference for 2016. (Edited publisher abstract)
Involving older people in commissioning: more power to their elbow?
- Authors:
- WISTOW Gerald, WADDINGTON Eileen, DAVEY Vanessa
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 75p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
This research set out to investigate what happens when older people are given the opportunity to shape service commissioning and delivery. The study also raises wider question of whether it can change the nature of local power relations in the long term. Dorset and Salford were identified as two areas where structures and processes exist which encourage and facilitate the involvement of older people in local decision-making. Through focus groups the research examined: how older people in these areas were involved in commissioning and service delivery; what difference their involvement made; the factors which lead to successful engagement; and the barriers to involving older people. Key findings revealed that public policy has made increasing reference to voice and choice for service users. Yet there were few examples where users have a real say in commissioning and more strategic approaches to service planning. Older people and agencies felt that their local involvement processes were worthwhile and associated with identifiable results. National focus groups were more sceptical about whether outcomes justified the time and resources involved. In conclusion, involvement should concentrate specifically on outcomes more than on processes.
How does the rhetoric of 'user participation' in research apply to older people
- Authors:
- BOYCE Melanie, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 27(1), 2009, pp.55-63.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
In recent years there has been a government emphasis on the involvement of service users and carers in the planning and shaping of services. Different research initiatives involving older people are highlighted. It is suggested that training in research skills for older people is crucial to advance their active and meaningful participation. The narrow range of involvement by older people in research is considered in relations to both policy and practice.
Involving older service consumers in health research: action research as a strategy for promoting involvement
- Authors:
- CALDWELL Kay, COLEMAN Kate, HOLMSHAW Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 26(2), 2008, pp.113-112.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
This paper considers the extent of older service consumer involvement in health-related research and, through a critical consideration of the literature, explores the levels and ways in which older service consumers are involved. The experiences of research involvement from the perspectives of both older service consumers and professional researchers are explored, and the benefits of, and difficulties facing, such partnerships are considered. The importance of education and training for both older service consumers and professional researchers for such partnership working is highlighted, and strategies for enhancing effective involvement in planning, design and managing research are suggested. The benefits of utilising an action research approach to promote and support consumer involvement are considered and the process for developing this approach as a key strategy for promoting older service consumer involvement explored.
Public involvement and the ageing population: incompatible trends?
- Authors:
- WAIT Suzanne, NOLTE Ellen
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing Horizons, 2, 2005, Online only
- Publisher:
- Oxford Institute of Ageing
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
This paper begins by exploring the concept of public involvement within the current UK health policy context. It then discusses current levels of knowledge about older people’s preferences, perspectives and experience with the health care system. It concludes by bringing these two discussions together to explore the compatibility of the ageing of society with government’s declared aim of increasing public involvement in health.