Routledge international handbook of participatory approaches in ageing research

This Handbook presents established and innovative perspectives on involving older adults as co-creators in ageing research. It reorients research and policy toward more inclusive and adequate designs that capture the voices and needs of older adults. The Handbook: introduces types of participatory approaches in ageing research; highlights key methodological aspects of these approaches; gives insights from projects across different cultural contexts and academic disciplines, showing ways in which older participants can be involved in co-designing different stages of the research cycle; examines key issues to consider when involving older participants at each step of the research process; includes the voices of older adults directly; draws out conclusions and points ways forward for future research. This Handbook will be essential reading for researchers and students interested in the field of ageing and/ or participatory methods, as well as for those policy stakeholders in the fields of ageing and demographic change, social and public policy, or health and wellbeing who are interested in involving older adults in policy processes. It will be useful for third-sector advocacy organizations and international non-governmental and public agencies working either in citizen involvement/participation or the ageing sector.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- 1 Participatory Approaches in Ageing Research: An Overview -- Part 1 Methodological Aspects of Participatory Approaches in Ageing Research -- 2 Role of Reflexivity in Challenging Participation Inequality in Participatory Approaches with Older Adults -- 3 The Willingness of Older Adults to Engage in Participatory Research: Empirical Findings from Switzerland -- 4 Involving Older Adults in the Data Analysis Process -- 5 Participatory Research and Development Approaches in Applied Ageing Research -- Part 2 Designing Research Together with Older Adults -- 6 Setting the Research Agenda Together as a form of Productive Ageing. Rationale and Exemplary Cases -- 7 Co-creating Culturally Nuanced Social Measures with Indigenous Elders -- 8 Tensions in Transformation: Participatory Approaches in Sustainable Energy Technology Projects in the UK and India -- Part 3 Collecting Data Together with Older Adults -- 9 Promenade Parlante: Intergenerational Dialogue, Urban Scenography, and Co-creation -- 10 Older Individuals' Active Participation in Data Collection in Diverse Settings in South Africa -- 11 Challenges and Opportunities of New Product Co-creation with Older Consumers -- Part 4 Analysing and Validating Results Together with Older Adults -- 12 Experience of Member Check with Older Adults in Non-participatory-research-culture -- 13 "We Talked About Years that I Experienced as Well!" - The Role of Age in the Participatory Design of Phone Befriending Services in Estonia -- 14 When Care is Moving in - Participatory Approaches to Elicit Needs and Desires When Healthcare has Become a Natural Part of your Daily Life -- 15 Older Adults in Research: A Participatory Approach to Sexuality and Intimacy Based on an Example from Poland.