Using participatory research to co-produce an education and training e-resource to support care home staff to meet the sexuality, intimacy and relationship needs of care home residents with and without dementia
AimTo present the methodological approach and research methods chosen in a research study designed to enable the collaborative creation of an education and training e-resource designed to facilitate and support care home staff to address the sexuality, intimacy and relationship needs of older care h...
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| description | AimTo present the methodological approach and research methods chosen in a research study designed to enable the collaborative creation of an education and training e-resource designed to facilitate and support care home staff to address the sexuality, intimacy and relationship needs of older care home residents.DesignCo-production using community-based participatory approach.MethodsFour participatory workshops with care home staff, residents and their significant others.ResultsWorkshops 1 and 2 identified and developed real-world case scenarios related to sexuality, intimacy and relationship needs and identified care staff training needs in this area. Then workshop 3 provided valuable feedback on the prototype training e-resource, and the final workshop identified care home staff engagement with and implementation of the e-resource in practice.ConclusionThe findings provide evidence that using participatory approaches, such as co-production, to develop education and training resources in a sensitive subject area with care home residents, significant others, carers and care home staff, was a useful approach in engaging a vulnerable population group, in a sensitive area. However, this approach is not without challenges in care home communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-00e75b959df447189fc40fd12a556cbe2023-12-11T09:42:33ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Dementia2813-39192023-12-01210.3389/frdem.2023.12355171235517Using participatory research to co-produce an education and training e-resource to support care home staff to meet the sexuality, intimacy and relationship needs of care home residents with and without dementiaMaria Horne0Jane Youell1Christine Brown Wilson2Laura Brown3Paul Simpson4Tommy Dickinson5Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, Leeds, United KingdomFaculty of Medicine and Health, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, Leeds, United KingdomSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Queens University, Belfast, United KingdomDivision of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United KingdomSchool of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United KingdomDepartment of Mental Health Nursing, Kings College London, London, United KingdomAimTo present the methodological approach and research methods chosen in a research study designed to enable the collaborative creation of an education and training e-resource designed to facilitate and support care home staff to address the sexuality, intimacy and relationship needs of older care home residents.DesignCo-production using community-based participatory approach.MethodsFour participatory workshops with care home staff, residents and their significant others.ResultsWorkshops 1 and 2 identified and developed real-world case scenarios related to sexuality, intimacy and relationship needs and identified care staff training needs in this area. Then workshop 3 provided valuable feedback on the prototype training e-resource, and the final workshop identified care home staff engagement with and implementation of the e-resource in practice.ConclusionThe findings provide evidence that using participatory approaches, such as co-production, to develop education and training resources in a sensitive subject area with care home residents, significant others, carers and care home staff, was a useful approach in engaging a vulnerable population group, in a sensitive area. However, this approach is not without challenges in care home communities.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frdem.2023.1235517/fullsexualityintimacyrelationshipseducation and trainingaged carecommunity-based participatory research |
| spellingShingle | Maria Horne Jane Youell Christine Brown Wilson Laura Brown Paul Simpson Tommy Dickinson Using participatory research to co-produce an education and training e-resource to support care home staff to meet the sexuality, intimacy and relationship needs of care home residents with and without dementia Frontiers in Dementia sexuality intimacy relationships education and training aged care community-based participatory research |
| title | Using participatory research to co-produce an education and training e-resource to support care home staff to meet the sexuality, intimacy and relationship needs of care home residents with and without dementia |
| title_full | Using participatory research to co-produce an education and training e-resource to support care home staff to meet the sexuality, intimacy and relationship needs of care home residents with and without dementia |
| title_fullStr | Using participatory research to co-produce an education and training e-resource to support care home staff to meet the sexuality, intimacy and relationship needs of care home residents with and without dementia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using participatory research to co-produce an education and training e-resource to support care home staff to meet the sexuality, intimacy and relationship needs of care home residents with and without dementia |
| title_short | Using participatory research to co-produce an education and training e-resource to support care home staff to meet the sexuality, intimacy and relationship needs of care home residents with and without dementia |
| title_sort | using participatory research to co produce an education and training e resource to support care home staff to meet the sexuality intimacy and relationship needs of care home residents with and without dementia |
| topic | sexuality intimacy relationships education and training aged care community-based participatory research |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frdem.2023.1235517/full |
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