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Independent Living , Healthy Aging , Portugal/ethnology , Brazil , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To identify the strategies developed by people in the aging process to keep living in their own home, despite the weaknesses and difficulties they face. METHODS: The research was carried out based on a survey of population aged 65 years or older in the Portuguese municipality of Portimão. Data were collected by questionnaire, in 2017, and submitted to statistical and content analysis. RESULTS: Most respondents own their household, where they feel safe and satisfied, and they show awareness and concern about the changes they have to make in their home to stay there. In addition to housing and livability conditions, health, economic resources, social network, and available services play a major role in the community. CONCLUSIONS: We identified several strategies used by older adults to stay in their households as they age and the ways they mobilize their available resources, as well as constraints of aging in place.
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Healthy Aging , Independent Living , Aged , Brazil , Humans , Portugal/ethnology , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To identify the strategies developed by people in the aging process to keep living in their own home, despite the weaknesses and difficulties they face. METHODS: The research was carried out based on a survey of population aged 65 years or older in the Portuguese municipality of Portimão. Data were collected by questionnaire, in 2017, and submitted to statistical and content analysis. RESULTS: Most respondents own their household, where they feel safe and satisfied, and they show awareness and concern about the changes they have to make in their home to stay there. In addition to housing and livability conditions, health, economic resources, social network, and available services play a major role in the community. CONCLUSIONS: We identified several strategies used by older adults to stay in their households as they age and the ways they mobilize their available resources, as well as constraints of aging in place.
RESUMO OBJETIVO: Identificar as estratégias desenvolvidas por pessoas em processo de envelhecimento para se manter residindo na própria casa, apesar das fragilidades e das dificuldades com que deparam. MÉTODOS: A pesquisa foi realizada a partir de um inquérito a uma população com 65 anos ou mais no município português de Portimão. Os dados foram recolhidos por questionário, em 2017, e submetidos a análise estatística e análise de conteúdo. RESULTADOS: A maioria dos inquiridos tem habitação própria, onde se sente segura e satisfeita, e revela ter consciência e preocupação em relação às alterações que deve executar em sua casa para ali poder permanecer. Além das condições habitacionais e de habitabilidade, as condições de saúde, os recursos económicos, a rede social e os serviços disponíveis assumem um papel preponderante no envelhecimento na comunidade. CONCLUSÕES: Foi possível identificar uma diversidade nas estratégias utilizadas para permanecerem em suas casas à medida que envelhecem e uma multiplicidade de formas como mobilizaram os recursos que têm à disposição, bem como constrições do ageing in place.
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Humans , Aged , Independent Living , Healthy Aging , Portugal/ethnology , Brazil , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
The aging population has an impact on health, social, and economic issues in regard to individuals, communities, and organizations. The challenge for local policies in response to aging is to create sufficient resources to meet the population's needs, wishes, and rights as people age. Active aging constitutes one of the guiding perspectives on policies. Taking into account the local governance perspective, the Model for Aging Local Policies Analysis (MALPA) was created in order to convert the active aging paradigm into a practical approach, as a technique to evaluate and analyze local aging policies. In this research, the MALPA instrument was applied in two Portuguese communities (Coruche and Oeiras). The objective was to identify the intervention priorities of aging policies in both communities, determining whether the instrument can facilitate the development of proposals for the improvement of local aging policies. It was possible to evaluate the communities and programs, identifying the least appropriate policy actions regarding the intervention priorities. The results allowed us to identify 10 priorities about collaborative governance, involvement of the elderly in the policy-making process, lifelong learning, economic hardship, policies for all ages, isolated vulnerable and fragile groups, intergenerational contacts, safety in all policies, labor opportunities, and conditions and transport network improvement.
