Enhancing older citizens’ participation is a worthwhile aim in itself in a democratic country, but it is also the most effective means of promoting active ageing. The actual involvement of older people in the social, cultural and political life of their communities represents the way to healthy and positive ageing. This study refers to a research project on social intervention in relation to poverty and social exclusion among older people, the APSE 2 project “Ageing, poverty and social exclusion: Institutional networks and integrated social and health intervention with older people. In this ethnographic study, social intervention with older people was observed in a borough in Lisbon in Portugal. The data collected comprise observation and recordings of inter-institutional meetings, activities involving older people and interviews. The article shows how the inter-institutional network in a borough of Lisbon promotes the social inclusion of the older people within the community. It describes the main features of the intervention with the older population and reports some examples of activities that have been particularly effective in bringing older people into the spot light and making them the protagonists of the cultural life of their city.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Enhancing older citizens’ participation is a worthwhile aim in itself in a democratic country, but it is also the most effective means of promoting active ageing. The actual involvement of older people in the social, cultural and political life of their communities represents the way to healthy and positive ageing. This study refers to a research project on social intervention in relation to poverty and social exclusion among older people, the APSE 2 project “Ageing, poverty and social exclusion: Institutional networks and integrated social and health intervention with older people. In this ethnographic study, social intervention with older people was observed in a borough in Lisbon in Portugal. The data collected comprise observation and recordings of inter-institutional meetings, activities involving older people and interviews. The article shows how the inter-institutional network in a borough of Lisbon promotes the social inclusion of the older people within the community. It describes the main features of the intervention with the older population and reports some examples of activities that have been particularly effective in bringing older people into the spot light and making them the protagonists of the cultural life of their city.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
ageing, communities, intervention, older people, social inclusion, social exclusion, poverty, participation;
Journal of Social Work Practice, 19(2), July 2005, pp.163-179.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
Philadelphia, USA
With the aim of analyzing the strengths which exist in the personal social networks of members of multi-problem poor families, a sample of 100 members of these families was surveyed, using a structured interview. The main results of this exploratory Portuguese study suggest that: strong family ties constitute a resource to be taken into account; friends and neighbours are a resource that needs to be activated; the members of these families need to develop more reciprocal relationships within their personal network; emotional support is an open door towards the activation of other forms of support; it is necessary to give special attention to two sub-groups (women and the elderly).
With the aim of analyzing the strengths which exist in the personal social networks of members of multi-problem poor families, a sample of 100 members of these families was surveyed, using a structured interview. The main results of this exploratory Portuguese study suggest that: strong family ties constitute a resource to be taken into account; friends and neighbours are a resource that needs to be activated; the members of these families need to develop more reciprocal relationships within their personal network; emotional support is an open door towards the activation of other forms of support; it is necessary to give special attention to two sub-groups (women and the elderly).
Subject terms:
intervention, older people, neighbours, poverty, social networks, social services, women, families, friendship;
University of Kent. European Institute of Social Services
Publication year:
1993
Pagination:
401p.
Place of publication:
Canterbury
Detailed account of social services in the twelve member states of the European Community. Contains sections on: organisation, responsibility and finance for social services; preventative services; children and families; elderly people; people with disabilities; addictions; illnesses; AIDS/HIV; socially excluded people; young people; services for migrants; names and addresses of major public and private social services agencies.
Detailed account of social services in the twelve member states of the European Community. Contains sections on: organisation, responsibility and finance for social services; preventative services; children and families; elderly people; people with disabilities; addictions; illnesses; AIDS/HIV; socially excluded people; young people; services for migrants; names and addresses of major public and private social services agencies.
Subject terms:
HIV AIDS, immigration, learning disabilities, mental health, mental health problems, older people, physical disabilities, poverty, prevention, private health care, social exclusion, social services, voluntary organisations, young people, addiction, alcohol misuse, black and minority ethnic people, children, drug misuse, families, health care;