Benefits and Challenges of Involvement
Involving older adults as partners may improve research quality and relevance and support inclusive services and policy. Involvement may also support empowerment, skills, and social inclusion among older adults. Barriers to meaningful invo…
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Involving older adults as partners may improve research quality and relevance and support inclusive services and policy. Involvement may also support empowerment, skills, and social inclusion among older adults. Barriers to meaningful involvement include health challenges, digital exclusion, transport problems, time constraints, institutional structures, ageism, and power imbalances. The identified barriers can make involvement tokenistic rather than genuinely influential.