Abstract
Initiated as a cross-national European research endeavour 15 years ago, we have established a mixed methods research program with the overarching purpose to increase and deepen the knowledge on how aspects of home interplay with health and disability trajectories along the process of ageing. With a comparative ambition, samples representing different age and diagnosis groups are studied longitudinally. More knowledge is needed to target problems related to societal planning for the ageing population, integrating housing provision with health care and social services development. Traditional dissemination of research findings is insufficient to achieve genuine impact from research. To contribute to societal and economic benefit, efforts moving results into the public domain are imperative. While maintaining high scientific standards, researchers must find ways to make their research more appealing and easier to access. Concentrating on user-oriented activities integrated in a complex research program, an emerging model for knowledge translation will be outlined.