Project ID: 610
| Description | A qualitative study of older people's views on and experience of receiving help from neighbours. Group discussions and semi-structured interviews with 23 people (9 U3A members, 15 voluntary service users) included topics relating to the neighbourhood, interactions with neighbours and getting/giving help. |
| Topics | Sociology |
| Type | U3A-led research (not an SLP) |
| U3A | Tynedale U3A |
| Organization/partner | None |
| Year started | 2014 |
| Source of reference | Janet Grime, Tynedale U3A. |
| Output | Report at: https://u3asites.org.uk/files/t/tynedale/docs/finalreportapril112016.pdf Article in journal 'Access by Design', Centre for Accessible Environments, February 2017, p45 Presentation: British Society of Gerontology Conference 2015 Presentation: Mobility, Mood and Place: Habitats for Happy and Healthy Ageing, October 2016 Paper: 'Older people's experiences of getting help from neighbours' was published in the journal 'Working with Older People' on 6 September 2018. See: https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/WWOP-03-2018-0010 |
| Notes | Prize winner in RITA competition 2013 Grant from Averil Osborn Memorial Fund, British Society of Gerontology |