Implementing a Senior Community Care Model: An Italian Top-Down Cohousing Project and Nursing Home.

Autor/inn/en	Riccò, Isabella; Anleu-Hernández, Claudia María; De Stefani, Adele
Titel	Implementing a Senior Community Care Model: An Italian Top-Down Cohousing Project and Nursing Home.
Quelle	In: Social Inclusion, (2024) 12, 16 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2183-2803
DOI	10.17645/si.7404
Schlagwörter	Gemeinschaft; Gender; Inklusion; Altern; Betreuung; Pflegeheim; Alter Mensch; Italien
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 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.
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2024/1