Demographic change has increased the need for research on healthcare for older people.
Recently there has been a growing awareness that research might benefit from actively …

Background: it is a UK policy requirement to involve patients and the public in health
research as active partners. Objective: we reviewed published reports of studies which …

Background patient and public involvement (PPI) in research has been linked with
numerous beneficial impacts, however, evidence for older people's involvement is limited …

Background Older people are often explicitly or implicitly excluded from research, in
particular clinical trials. This means that study findings may not be applicable to them, or that …

Background Society is placing increasing demands on collaboration with actors outside the
academia to be involved in the research process, and the responsibility for turning this into …

Background User involvement in research has rapidly increased and is often a precondition
to obtain research funding. Benefits such as effectiveness and increased relevance of …

Although the number of older subjects is rapidly increasing worldwide, they are still under-
represented in research studies. This is true not only in pharmacological and …

Background This systematic review aimed to identify facilitators, barriers and strategies for
engaging 'hard to reach'older people in research on health promotion; the oldest old (≥ 80 …

Older people are systematically excluded from many clinical research studies. In this review,
we examine the reasons for this state of affairs and summarise the current knowledge of …

The need of a comprehensive public health approach that responds to the needs of the
aging population has been stated as one way to handle the world-wide ongoing …