Capturing Daily Life in Retirement developments:

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Capturing Daily Life in Retirement developments

• Methodological Issues

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WHEN to do evaluation and research?

• When does the researcher come on board?
• Where does the research start?
• Is crucial material accessible?
• Is the outcome already set by the policy through
  the commissioners?
• Can this be participatory research? Who is
  involved?

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WHAT design and methodology

• Understanding of evidence-base levels of
  CONFIDENCE
• Is crucial material accessible? Issues of
  CONFIDENTIALITY
• What are the collective as well as individual
  ETHICAL issues?
• Importance of RESEARCH MANAGEMENT in
  participatory, multidisciplinary and devolved
  research

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HOW do we develop the evidence-base?

• Understanding of evidence-base, how INNOVATIVE
  can this be?
• Does crucial material need to be COMPARATIVE
  between projects?
• What is our understanding of rigour?
• Are we developing our knowledge of TRIANGULATION

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CRITIQUE?

• Can we bite the hand that feeds us?
• If so, how do we get these messages across
• Who are the communicators?

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WAY FORWARD

• Turning the symposium into a text
• - is this the way forward?