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Implementing a Senior Community Care Model: An Italian Top‐Down Cohousing Project and Nursing Home
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Abstract Not ageing in place is an increasing reality for many older Europeans. For several decades societies have applied different care models in developing initiatives to provide safe and age-friendly spaces. This article presents the community care model implemented by the Italian service provider ISRAA ... view more
Not ageing in place is an increasing reality for many older Europeans. For several decades societies have applied different care models in developing initiatives to provide safe and age-friendly spaces. This article presents the community care model implemented by the Italian service provider ISRAA in Treviso (Italy) in one of its nursing homes and senior cohousing projects. The aim of our study was to analyse this senior community care model and find out how residents have responded to it. Participants were both the older adult residents in the two ISRAA facilities and professionals responsible for their social attention. A qualitative methodology was used: questionnaire, interviews, and focus groups with professionals and care facility residents. Results reveal the care philosophy implemented, residents’ experiences, the main barriers to creating a community, and how this model could be improved by following community development principles, with the older people’s help, participation, and engagement. The conclusions highlight the importance of applying principles of self-determination and social inclusion in a preventive care model for the senior community. In addition, a key factor in promoting community development is for professionals to act as community development practitioners and to allow older adults to be part of the change.... view less
Keywords
aging; gender; nursing home; inclusion; community; elderly; care; Italy
Classification
Gerontology
Social Work, Social Pedagogics, Social Planning
Free Keywords
ageing; care; cohousing; community care; social inclusion
Document language
English
Publication Year
2024
Journal
Social Inclusion, 12 (2024)
Issue topic
Community Development and Preventative Care With Older People: New Values and Approaches
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed