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Recruiting and retaining older persons within a home‐based pilot study using movement sensors
Author(s) -
Bailey Cathy,
Buckley Vanessa
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
health and social care in the community
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.984
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1365-2524
pISSN - 0966-0410
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2010.00963.x
Subject(s) - key (lock) , psychology , movement (music) , older people , applied psychology , medical education , gerontology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , computer science , computer security , philosophy , aesthetics
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.