Involving Older Adults as Co-researchers in Social Work Education |
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| Authors: | Carolyn Gutman Shira Hantman Miriam Ben-Oz Wendy Criden Roxana Anghel Shula Ramon |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Social Work , Tel Hai College , Upper Galilee , Tel Hai , Israel cgutman@netvision.net.il;3. Department of Social Work , Tel Hai College , Upper Galilee , Tel Hai , Israel;4. Social Studies and Primary Care Department , Faculty of Health and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University , Cambridge , United Kingdom;5. Faculty of Health and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University , Cambridge , United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | This article examines the contribution of older adults as co-researchers to the evaluation of a gerontological social work course. The evaluation was conducted at an Israeli college as part of a collaborative project with a United Kingdom university. Here, we follow the older adults who are service users through their transition to the role of co-researchers and reflect on their experiences in the process. Insights gained by the different stakeholders from the co-researching experience are discussed, and the growing interest in service-user contributions to social work education in various fields such as aging and disabilities is recognized. |
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