Using Research To Improve Practice and Inform Policy in Assisted Living: A Manual for Community-Based Participatory Research

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Article Publication Date: 
7/9/2009
Summary: 
A new first-of-its-kind e-manual has been published about improving practices and informing policies in assisted living communities through the use of a collaborative method of research – community-based participatory research (CBPR). The manual serves as a “how-to” resource for researchers, practitioners, advocates, policy makers, and community members and explains the principles and methods of community-based participatory research with actual examples from the medication management research.
Topics: 
Housing
Types/Tools: 
Populations: 
Aging/Older Adults
Sources: 
CEAL–UNC Collaborative
Programs/Initiatives: 
N/A
Keywords: 
Long-Term Care
CBPR; community-based participatory research; Assisted Living;

Contact

Karen Love
Managing Director
Center for Excellence in Assisted Living
Phone: 
703-533-3225

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/51985