Acknowledgements
The Kerby Centre of Excellence
Prologue: Senior?s Collaborative Research Manual
Section 1: The Reason for the Book. How It Came to Be
1. Making Room for Seniors: Research with, for, and by Aging Adults
2. Resilience and Seniors: What We Did and What We Learned about Doing Research
Section 2: Research Methods Manual
3. Field Research
4. Interviews and Questionnaires
5. Focus Group Research
6. Narrative Research
Section 3: Conducting Inquiries and Research
7. READY: Setting the Agenda for Your Research
8. SET: Creating Your Research Proposal
9. GO: Conducting Research and Sharing Results
Further readings and resources
Appendices
Appendix 1. Resilience as Social Capital: Lessons from Older Adults
Appendix 2. Handout of Basic Principles of PAR
Appendix 3. Sites and Sources: Seniors and Resilience Research Proposal
Appendix 4. Observation Workbook for Field-Work
Appendix 5. Focus Group Training Notes
Appendix 6. An Example of a Structured Workbook Approach to Focus Groups
Appendix 7. Follow-Up Focus Group to Discuss Rural Resilience Findings
Appendix 8. Report of the Focus Group Meeting with CJCA Seniors Club
Appendix 9. Narrative Interview Guide
Appendix 10. Examining Social Problems
Appendix 11. Navigating the "Seven C?s": Curiosity, Confirmation, Comparison, Changing, Collaborating, Critiquing, and Combinations
Appendix 12. Elder Self-Neglect: Project Description
