Working Group 4: Synthesis and Quality Criteria for Participatory Research with Older Adults International Explorations of Participatory Approaches with Older Adults in Research, Policy, and Practice: Challenges and Opportunities

This White Paper outlines experiences from co-production with olderadults in research, policymaking, and practice as a means of propellingsocial innovation across research, policy, and practice for inclusiveageing societies. Participatory approaches can be carried out in manymethodological ways (Wanka & Urbaniak, 2023). We bring examples ofresearch projects conducted and ongoing in diverse ways and differentfields for a discussion about methods to be employed in participatoryresearch with older adults to yield mutual inspiration and centralisesubstantial issues for quality criteria development