Evolving partnerships: engagement methods in an established health services research team.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) program is a partnered health services research team that aims to improve the quality of care and quality of life for residents and quality of worklife for staff in nursing homes. This team includes academic researchers, trainees, research staff, citizens (persons living with dementia and family/friend caregivers of persons living in nursing homes), and decision-makers (ministries of health, health authorities, operators of nursing homes). The TREC team has experience working with health system partners but wanted to undertake activities to enhance the collaboration between the academic researchers and citizen members. The aim of this paper is to describe the TREC team members' experiences and perceptions of citizen engagemen

SUBMITTER: Chamberlain SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8502285 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature