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Active Aging Unlocking the potential for people over 50. LOCAL EVALUATION John White CEO - PICESWM Dr Paul Kingston, Prof. Ageing and Mental Health - Staffordshire University and team. LARG. PICESWM Staffordshire University Herefordshire Council and PCT Age Concern Herefordshire
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Active Aging Unlocking the potential for people over 50 LOCAL EVALUATION John White CEO - PICESWM Dr Paul Kingston, Prof. Ageing and Mental Health - Staffordshire University and team
LARG • PICESWM • Staffordshire University • Herefordshire Council and PCT • Age Concern Herefordshire • Job Centre Plus • Community First • Hereford Chamber of Trade • Associations of small business • National Farmers Union • Town and Parish Council • PRIME • Rural Media Company
Active Aging 2 year programme - Looking at the impact of worklessness and unemployment for people over 50 living in the western area of the county of Herefordshire • Examining the effectiveness and quality of existing support, information and advice • -Identifying initiatives and potential solutions for people over 50
Active Aging Baseline study: Series of focus groups (individual and stakeholder) Survey N=circa 200 Development of the ‘intervention’ using previous Development of the ‘evaluation’ Statistical data ONS Policy Data Political and social policy data
Active Aging (Partner logo) Local evaluation [pre and post test design] Quasi-experimental design employ the same strategies as experimental designs, but lack the randomisation [could we randomise]? This then becomes a Non-equivalent control group design with pre-tests (Raa) > Oa1 > Xa> Oa2 Random selection pre-test independent post-test variable
Active Aging SAMPLE Intervention group N=20 – 10 per location [Peterchurch and Kington] Control group N=20 – 10 per location Recruitment for attrition N=60 for intervention -- N=60 for control Consent and refusal
Active Aging (Partner logo) Local evaluation SOCIAL CAPITAL Sequential analysis of a variety of measurements: Social networks (Antonnucci, Phillipson,Wenger) Social capital (UK Census, BHPS, Resource Generators Boase and Wellman) Skills and education Economic circumstances Satisfaction with life (Diener) Quality of life Occupational status Life time occupational status All valid and reliable tools And possibly others ……
Active Aging Preliminary data
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