Using Situated Interviews to Engage Frail Older People in the Co-production of Improved Emergency Healthcare
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Nicola Gale; Zoe Radnor; Victoria Cluley
- Source
- International Journal of Public Administration. 44:767-777
- Subject
- Public Administration
business.industry
05 social sciences
HN
HM
0506 political science
Coproduction
Nursing
RA0421
0502 economics and business
Situated
Health care
050602 political science & public administration
Production (economics)
Business
Business and International Management
Older people
Emergency healthcare
050203 business & management
RC
- Language
- ISSN
- 1532-4265
0190-0692
Including frail older people in the development and improvement of healthcare is a topical issue and co-production represents a common approach. How to practice co-production effectively, however, remains challenging, particularly when including vulnerable populations. This paper provides methodological highlights from a project designed to improve care pathways for frail older people. The project applied a co-constructive approach to co-production using situated interviews. We make four recommendations for practice and two linked conclusions – that situated interviews represent a flexible and accessible method for engaging vulnerable populations and that conceptual clarity is essential to the delivery of effective co-production.