scholarly journals Interinstitutional networks and democratization of services in social intervention with older people in Portugal

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Isabella Paoletti ◽  
Alda Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Social Intervention ◽  
Policy Document ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Network Program ◽  
Interdisciplinary Study ◽  
Large Corpus

 This article presents an interinstitutional network supporting older people in Portugal and a policy document that institutionalized this type of interinstitutional practices. The data are part of a large corpus collected in the course of interdisciplinary research: “Aging, poverty and social exclusion: an interdisciplinary study on innovative support services.” (https://apseclunl.wordpress.com/). The documentation of good practices in intervention with older people at risk of exclusion were the aim of the research project. The data collected incudes: interviews, observation and recordings of inter-institutional meetings. In the light of the relevant literature, the study discusses the ethnographic account in relation to relevant policy documents (“Rede Social” Interinstitutional Network Program RCM no. 197/97, of 18 November). Describing the main aspects of the intervention strategies with the older population, the article documents the value of these experiences and the approach in policies for the democratization of services and the inclusion of citizens participating in decision making about delivery of services and the promotion of inclusive societies.  

A Typology of Caregiving Situations and Service Use in Family Carers of Older People in Six European Countries

GeroPsych ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirko Di Rosa ◽  
Christopher Kofahl ◽  
Kevin McKee ◽  
Barbara Bień ◽  
Giovanni Lamura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Older People ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Family Caregiving ◽  
Service Use ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Family Carers ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Typology Of Care

This paper presents the EUROFAMCARE study findings, examining a typology of care situations for family carers of older people, and the interplay of carers with social and health services. Despite the complexity of family caregiving situations across Europe, our analyses determined the existence of seven “caregiving situations,” varying on a range of critical indicators. Our study also describes the availability and use of different support services for carers and care receivers, and carers’ preferences for the characteristics of support services. Our findings have relevance for policy initiatives in Europe, where limited resources need to be more equitably distributed and services should be targeted to caregiving situations reflecting the greatest need, and organized to reflect the preferences of family carers.

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL INTERVENTION STRATEGIES IN LEAD EXPOSURE IN CHILDREN

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36
Author(s):  
Corina Lupu ◽  
Corina Rugina ◽  
Maria-Cristina Neagu ◽  
Iulia Adina Neamtiu ◽  
Cristian Pop ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lead Exposure ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Social Intervention

scholarly journals Institutions and Pastoralist Conflicts in Africa: A Conceptual Framework

2021 ◽  
pp. 154231662199573
Author(s):  
Dennis Amego Korbla Penu ◽  
Sebastian Angzoorokuu Paalo
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
State Level ◽  
Typical Case ◽  
Institutional Changes ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Institutional Pluralism ◽  
Development Outcomes ◽  
New Institutions

Pastoralist conflicts are important global development outcomes, especially in Africa. Analysing relevant literature on this phenomenon, we identify “institutions” as a key but fragmented theme. This blurs a composite understanding of how institutions affect these conflicts and their management. Hence, this article proposes a conceptual framework that brings harmony to this discourse by analysing 172 relevant publications. The framework was then tested using evidence from interviews and policy documents collected on a typical case in Agogo, Ghana. The findings show that pastoralist conflicts in Africa are shaped from three main dimensions: institutional change, institutional pluralism, and institutional meanings. Thus, state-level institutional changes create different institutions at the community level, and stakeholders using these institutions place different evaluations on them based on obtained outcomes. These dynamics contribute to conflict management dilemmas. Hence, the study recommends that intervention efforts examine whether new institutions contradict existing ones and to resolve them before implementation.

A commentary on the emerging literature on advocacy for older people

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 18-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Scourfield
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Service User ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Mental Capacity ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Emerging Themes ◽  
The Uk

This paper comments on emerging themes derived from recent official publications on older people's advocacy in the UK. There is an examination of relevant policy documents and the responses from service user groups. Discussion includes: clarity in defining advocacy; the nature of the advocacy relationship; sustained and reliable financing of advocacy services; the uneven nature of provision; lack of inter‐agency connectivity; the need to establish national standards for advocacy; problems of mental capacity; and advocacy for care home residents and for minority groups. The need for and direction of further research is proposed.

scholarly journals Older People in Long-Term Care Institutions: A Case of Multidimensional Social Exclusion

2021 ◽  
pp. 297-309
Author(s):  
Feliciano Villar ◽  
Rodrigo Serrat ◽  
Annette Bilfeldt ◽  
Joe Larragy
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older People ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Models Of Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
The Impact

AbstractLiving in a long-term care (LTC) institution provides older people experiencing health and social problems with a comprehensive range of support services that address their quality of life. Despite access to such services, challenges arise in relation to their participation in key activities both within and outside the institution. This chapter examines such challenges, reviewing and describing ways to prevent exclusion along various domains, specifically social relationships, civic participation and socio-cultural life. Firstly, we discuss ways in which bio-medical models of care and the quality control systems, which are dominant in LTC services, standardise care, tending to put decisions exclusively in hands of staff, taking away residents’ autonomy, and ultimately curtailing rights and citizenship status. Secondly, we examine how LTC services might prevent such exclusion and promote older people’s participation in at least four respects: (1) prompting and supporting residents’ ability to take decisions on their own care, (2) favouring the maintenance and creation of social relationships, (3) enabling residents’ participation in the activities and management of the institution, and (4) guaranteeing residents’ rights and full access to citizenship. We discuss the impact and limitations of recent initiatives put into practice in these areas of practice.

Case Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 125-221
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Community Intervention ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Sequential Method ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Qualitative Phase

After reviewing the relevant literature covering community intervention strategies, destination sustainability, and quality, this chapter explores local people who are involved in ecotourism and related operations in the PA-based destinations of India. The study adopted exploratory sequential method under which different sets of people are interrogated during the qualitative phase of the study through focus group discussion and expert interviews. The result of qualitative phase is used for scale development, and a questionnaire survey was administered among local community members in the descriptive stage. Pilot study and cross-destination analysis are also executed before proceeding for descriptive research.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Katz
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Older People ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Local Contexts

This chapter introduces the book and the historical background of and current relationship between ageing and everyday studies. It reviews relevant literature leading up to the explanation of the book’s organization on materialities and embodiments and outlines how the book’s chapters address and innovate research in the authors’ respective areas. The introduction claims everyday ageing, with its roots in sociology, is today an expansive interdisciplinary field that includes cultural studies, the Humanities, media and cinema, spatial and consumer fields, and health and technology areas, which in their combination emphasize the extent to which experience and identity for older people are represented, mediated and activated in local contexts.

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