Introduction

The postgraduate diploma course was free to attend and open to clinicians practising in the care of older people in Wales. Registration for the postgraduate diploma course could either be through a first degree or via relevant experience in the care of older people coupled to a professional qualification. A time when interview data was captured on C90 cassette tapes, Margaret Thatcher was the United Kingdom Prime Minister and typed acetates shown on overhead projectors was the epitome of professional teaching practice. The area of discharge from hospital was, and remains, a contemporary area of concern across research, policy and practice. Participatory case study work positions participants as having expertise in the social world and engages the person as co-researchers with lived experience who are in the thick of it – experiences that mirrored our own clinical practice and values. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.