ENGAGING ELDERLY PEOPLE TO DEVELOP

TECHNOLOGY-ASSISTED SERVICES

through Participatory & Appreciative Action & Reflection (PAAR)

Professor Tony Ghaye, Reflective Learning-UK, Dr. Anita Melander-Wikman, Luleå University of Technology,

Sweden

PAAR IS 3RD GENERATION ACTION RESEARCH for POSITIVELY ENGAGING

with ELDERLY PEOPLE. PAAR has 5 dimensions

•Space•Participation•Appreciation•Action •Reflection

PAAR and HUMAN FLOURISHING

PAAR – in – PRACTICE(using the power of the positive

question)

How far do the spaces we create for positively engaging with elderly

people, enable them to find and use their ‘voice’?

How far do the spaces we create for positively engaging with elderly

people, enable them to find and use their ‘voice’?

How far are our participatory practices with elderly people

(dis)empowering?

How far are our participatory practices with elderly people

(dis)empowering?

What are the challenges of listening to and learning from elderly people

in order to build responsive healthcare services and supporting

mobile technologies?

What are the challenges of listening to and learning from elderly people

in order to build responsive healthcare services and supporting

mobile technologies?

How can we build and sustain better healthcare services and products by working more ethically with elderly

people?

How can we build and sustain better healthcare services and products by working more ethically with elderly

people?

In what ways do our actions with elderly people lead to better

healthcare supporting technologies and enhance our knowledge

management?

In what ways do our actions with elderly people lead to better

healthcare supporting technologies and enhance our knowledge

management?

SO WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT

POSITIVELY ENGAGING WITH ELDERLY PEOPLE

through PAAR methodology?

SO WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT

POSITIVELY ENGAGING WITH ELDERLY PEOPLE

through PAAR methodology?

Facilitators:

Professor Tony Ghaye, Director, Reflective Learning-UK, tony.ghaye@btinternet.com, www.reflectivepractices.co.uk

Dr. Anita Melander-Wikman, Senior Lecturer, Div. of Health and Rehabilitation, Dept. of Health Science, Luleå University of

Technology, Sweden, anita.melander-wikman@ltu.se, www.ltu.se