Partnership research with older people - moving towards making the rhetoric a reality.
As nursing develops closer partnerships with older people in delivering care, it also needs to develop partnerships in order to create the knowledge base for practice in a way that challenges professional hegemony and empowers older people. However, the process of developing partnerships in research takes place against a background of academic research traditions and norms, which can present obstacles to collaboration. This paper is a reflection on the issues that have arisen in three projects where older people were involved in research at different levels, from sources of data to independent researchers. It points to some of the areas that need further exploration and development.
Reed
Jan
J
Centre for Care of Older People, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK. jan.reed@unn.ac.uk
Weiner
Robert
R
Cook
Glenda
G
D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D016294:Models, Nursing; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D011209:Power, Psychological; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000523:psychology; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration; D012944:Social Support; D013597:Systems Analysis; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D014956:Writing