Strategies and lessons learnt from user involvement in researching quality and safety in nursing homes and homecare

Purpose The purpose is to share strategies, rationales and lessons learnt from user involvement in a quality safety improvement research project the practice field nursing homes homecare services. Design/methodology/approach This viewpoint paper summarizing how researchers co-researchers of services (nurse counsellors different municipalities, patient ombudsman next-of-kin representatives/and elderly care organization representant) experienced through all phases project. included implementation leadership intervention. Findings Multiple strategies were applied during including partnership consortium, employment representatives (co-researchers) user-led activities. rationale was ensure sound context adaptation intervention development tailor-made activities tools based on equality mutual trust collaboration. Both university-based Co-researchers it as useful necessary involve or being involved project, designing, planning, implementation, evaluation dissemination results. Originality/value User growing field. There limited focus this aspect interventions settings projects focussing leadership' role improving safety.