Person-centeredness has been championed as a key principle of quality healthcare, but its application to the fourth aim of quality healthcare-workplace quality for the persons providing care-has received little attention. Drawing on notes and transcripts from four facilitated discussion groups with a total of 31 purposively selected participants, ranging from direct care workers to organizational leaders and academics working in aging, this special article describes insights gained about [...]

Despite widespread usage in aging and health services, the concept of person-centeredness (PC) does not have a single, universal definition. This definitional challenge may be due, in part, to desired parsimony that oversimplifies the concept's intrinsic complexity. To better understand the inherent breadth and depth of PC, 116 experts in health- and aging-related policy and practice participated in meetings to discuss PC as a concept, which led to a multilevel conceptualization of the term at [...]

Engaging patients as research partners is increasingly recognized as essential to producing relevant, credible, and impactful research. Evidence suggests that meaningful patient engagement aligns research with patient needs and priorities, improves feasibility and acceptability of interventions, enhances recruitment and retention of participants, and promotes uptake of study findings. However, there are persistent challenges, including tokenistic involvement, poorly defined roles, limited scope [...]