Developing Evidence Enriched Practice in Health and Social Care with Older People

This one-year study is part of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) programme called A Better Life. It summarises the lessons learned from an appreciative and collaborative approach to using a range of evidence in service and workforce development to promote a better life for older people, carers and the staff who support them.
The report outlines:
• key features of a collaborative action-research project involving
older people, carers, researchers and staff from social care and health
organisations, both statutory and voluntary
• how participants at six project sites in Wales and Scotland combined
research from A Better Life and local, contextual evidence to make
improvements in service and workforce development
• the key elements that support and inhibit the use of evidence in service
and workforce development
• well-being and learning outcomes for project participants
• a consideration of the costs associated with the approach taken, and the
resources needed to run and sustain similar projects.