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| Training needs in the area of aging for social professionals and senior population in Portugal | | Author(s) | Marta Goncalves, Sergio Caramelo, Jose Almeida Ribeiro |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 20, no 1, 2016 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2016 |
| Pages | pp 23-29 |
| Source | www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/wwop.htm |
| Keywords | Personnel ; Social workers ; Training [welfare work] ; Postgraduate education ; Portugal. |
| Annotation | This paper aims to provide understanding on how the Institute of Public and Social Policies in Portugal could be useful to the country in terms of post-graduate training in the area of ageing. The authors conducted two focus groups (n=11), one with professionals of one large and three medium size social organisations, and the other with managers of three large, two medium and two small size social, health and civil rights organisations which support the older population. While the specific aim of the first focus group was to identify the training needs on ageing for professionals who work with assistance or support to the older population, the aim of the second group was to identify the training interests of the retired or pre-retired older population. The results indicate that the main challenges for those working with Portugal's older population are their training needs, and what exactly constitutes adequate training for them in the area of ageing, as compared to the training that currently exists. The authors conclude that both social professionals and senior population in Portugal need post-graduate training in the area of ageing. Given Portugal's rapidly changing and complex demography, attention needs to be given to training in rethinking support for the older population, and to developing empowerment and social inclusion. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160311202 A |
| Classmark | QM: QR: QW: V7P: 76T |
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