Citation

Bailey C, Buckley V. Health Soc. Care Community 2011; 19(1): 98-105.

Affiliation

Ethnographic Research Unit, Technology Research for Independent Living (TRIL), Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, National University Ireland, Galway, Ireland TRIL Centre, Hospital 4, St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-2524.2010.00963.x

PMID

21040065

Abstract

In this paper, we report on key aspects of recruiting and retaining a small group of community dwelling older adults in to a study, piloting motion sensors in their homes for 8 weeks. This was to further understanding of older adults' falls at home. We consider our recruitment strategy in terms of informed consent and non-exploitation; planning and explaining, and our retention strategy in terms of communicating and recording and pacing and sharing data. Offering reflective analyses of our challenges and strategies may help develop skills that maximise the involvement of older adults in research, particularly technologies related research, whilst at the same time ensuring inclusive and non-exploitative research relationships.

Language: en