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| The development of a "Neighborhood in Solidarity" in Switzerland | | Author(s) | Marion Zwygart, Alain Plattet, Sarah Ammor |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 60, nos 6-7, October 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, October 2017 |
| Pages | pp 519-534 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Self help organisations ; Neighbourhood care ; Participation ; Projects ; Switzerland. |
| Annotation | This article presents a case study based on the `Neighborhood in Solidarity' (NS) methodology to illustrate its application in a locality of 8,000 inhabitants in Switzerland. This specific project was proposed to exemplify the global aim of the NS methodology. That aim was to increase the integration of older people in societies in order to improve their quality of life. The case study demonstrated the enhancement of the capacity of the older people to remain actively engaged in their neighbourhood. The study focused on the creation of an autonomous community of empowered older people who could resolve their own problems after a five-year project. The construction of the local community was presented throughout the six steps of the methodology: (1) preliminary analysis, (2) diagnostic, (3) construction, (4) project design, (5) project implementation and (6) empowerment and with three degrees of involvement (community, participative, and integrative involvement). Performance and output indicators, quality indicators and social determinants of health assessed the development of the local project. The impacts of the projects which were illustrated in this specific example motivated this publication to inspire practitioners from other countries. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-171201207 A |
| Classmark | RH: PQ: PQN: TMB: 3E: 76C |
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