Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
The Kerby Centre of Excellence xiii
Prologue: Seniors' Collaborative Research Manual xv
Section 1 The Reason for the Book. How It Came to Be 1
1 Make Room for Seniors: Research with, for, and by Aging Adults 3
2 Resilience and Seniors: What We Did and What We Learned about Doing Research 33
Section 2 Research Methods Manual 55
3 Field Research 57
4 Interviews and Questionnaires 77
5 Focus Group Research 103
6 Narrative Research 129
Section 3 Conducting Inquiries and Research 151
7 READY: Setting the Agenda for Your Research 155
8 SET: Creating Your Research Proposal 171
9 GO: Conducting Research and Sharing Results 189
Further Readings and Resources 201
Appendices
Appendix 1 Resilience as Social Capital: Lessons from Older Adults 205
Appendix 2 Handout of Basic Principles of PAR 227
Appendix 3 Sites and Sources: Seniors and Resilience Research Proposal 231
Appendix 4 Observation Workbook for Field-Work 247
Appendix 5 Focus Group Training Notes 253
Appendix 6 An Example of a Structured Workbook Approach to Focus Groups 261
Appendix 7 Follow-Up Focus Group to Discuss Rural Resilience Findings 263
Appendix 8 Report of the Focus Group Meeting with CJCA Seniors Club 271
Appendix 9 Narrative Interview Guide 279
Appendix 10 Examining Social Problems 289
Appendix 11 Navigating the ?Seven C's?: Curiosity, Confirmation, Comparison, Changing, Collaborating, Critiquing, and Combinations 301
Appendix 12 Elder Self-Neglect: Project Description 311
Glossary of Terms 323
List of Figures
1 Participatory Action Research processes 19
2 PAR-informed inquiry-based training 23
3 Organizational chart for research 41
4 Sample of photo information with codes: Snowbirds documentary 68