Why tell us?

2006 Conference

Involving older people in research on how older people cope with loneliness and isolation.

Myself Joan Brogden and co-presenter Elaine Jones are members of a team of older people who have joined together to research into how older people cope with the problem of loneliness and isolation.

We called the project "HELLO" as this is the word most used in greeting each other.

Elaine and myself will describe how we learned to do the necessary tasks for this project.

We will describe our hopes and fears and also our feelings as we made this project come alive.

We will talk about the stages that we have completed and what is still to be done and then where we hope to go with this project.

Finally we will explain why we have titled this talk "why tell us"

Authors

Brogden ~ Joan

Joan Brogden. I was involved in Saying Hello. I am now treasurer for the Over 50`s Forum Wigan Borough. I am involved in research with Adult Services Wigan. I am on the Steering committee for Research in Practice for Adults (RIPFA). I am a member of the Partnership for Older People Project Forum (Wigan) and have done mini research with Keele University for POPPS.

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Jones ~ Elaine

lnbrElaine Jones. She was involved in Saying Hello. She is now a trustee of the Over 50`s Forum Wigan. She is involved in research with Adult Services Wigan. She is a member of the Steering committee for Research in Practice for Adults. She has taken part in the mini research with Keele University for the Partnership for Older People Project (Wigan).

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