Douma Linden, Bouwman Ruben, Hutter Inge, Meijering Louise
Basiseenheid Demografie, Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, Nederland.
Healthy Ageing, Population and Society, Rijkuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, Nederland.
Tijdschr Gerontol Geriatr. 2017 Feb;48(1):4-13. doi: 10.1007/s12439-016-0203-3.
Dutch municipalities are looking for ways to promote citizen participation, among which older adults. This paper discusses older adults' experiences regarding favoring and inhibiting factors for lasting and independent citizen participation around the themes of housing, wellbeing and health care.
The participatory research project lasted from April 2014 to March 2016. The organizational structure consisted of a working group, a group of 21 participants (aged 65+) and the research team. Interviews and focus-group discussions were used.
The project did not result in lasting and independent citizen participation of older adults, as was intended beforehand. When we examined the experiences of the participants, we found that their participation was favored and inhibited by the factors Can do, Like to, Enabled to, Asked to, and Responded to.
In order for citizen participation to be successful, all five identified factors should be met by the stakeholders involved. To achieve this we recommend to fine-tune the mutual expectations of the stakeholders, using the CLEAR model. The empirically grounded knowledge, generated throughout the project, strengthens the existing evidence-base about participation of older adults and helps to shape local participation programs.
荷兰各市镇正在寻找促进公民参与的方法，其中包括老年人。本文围绕住房、福祉和医疗保健主题，探讨老年人在持久且独立的公民参与方面的有利因素和阻碍因素的相关经历。
参与式研究项目从2014年4月持续至2016年3月。组织结构包括一个工作组、一组21名参与者（65岁及以上）和研究团队。采用了访谈和焦点小组讨论的方式。
该项目并未如预先设想的那样，实现老年人持久且独立的公民参与。在考察参与者的经历时，我们发现他们的参与受到“有能力做”“愿意做”“有条件做”“被要求做”和“做出回应”等因素的促进和阻碍。
为使公民参与取得成功，相关利益攸关方应满足所有已确定的五个因素。为实现这一点，我们建议使用CLEAR模型来微调利益攸关方之间的相互期望。在整个项目过程中产生的基于实证的知识，强化了关于老年人参与的现有证据基础，并有助于制定地方参与计划。
