title: Evaluating support services to seniors. A discussion of collaborative research.
abstract: The difficulties involved in attempting to turn collaboration into partnership are revealed in this article about the relationship between research funders and researchers, specifically government funders and university researchers. Some discussion revolves around the relationships between researchers and among the researchers, practitioners, and consumers. This article also discusses collaborative research relationships by using the evaluation of a support program to seniors as an illustration. Also addressed are how the research revealed the success of the program and the frustrations encountered when government would not act on the findings.
authors.affiliation: Centre on Aging, University of Victoria.
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Chappell
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Penning
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Havens
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Everitt
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Annis
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005380:Financing, Government; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008350:Manitoba; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000523:psychology; D012109:Research Support as Topic