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Kadıköy Municipality’s Social Center

Kadıköy Municipality’s Social Center

Status: Ongoing

Evaluated

Kadıköy Turkey
Print this page City population: 48257119,34% over 60Practice started in 2013

Summary

Kadıköy Municipality aims at assisting the local seniors by offering facilities for active ageing, providing psychological support, and contributing to their social life and personal development through protective, preventive and supportive services. Inaugurated on December 4th, 2013, the Social Center targets the elderly population in Kadıköy aged 65 and above. Kadıköy’s Social Center has the perspective of active ageing for reducing social isolation among Kadıköy’s elderly, providing a warm social environment, where they could come together with peers and enjoy a variety of activities as well as sustaining their productivity. Social Center serves on a membership basis, but is free of any subscription charge, and by 2016 it has total number of 873 members among the elderly residents of Kadıköy. In a detached building (about 265 square meters) and a large garden of 1.023 square meters, Social Center has 100 square meters of hobby garden and a 25 square meters of winter garden for social activities. The main services offered for seniors at Kadıköy’s Social Center include:Basic health care services: Measurement of blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol, etc. is carried out by health staff.Health seminars: Trainings on active and healthy ageing, ageing in place, diabetes, blood pressure, cardiovascular health, oral and dental health, precautions to prevent home accidents, etc. are organized.Personal care: Basic hairdressing services such as haircut and hand and foot care (manicure pedicure) is served under hygienic conditions by hairdressers.Personal development: Arts and crafts, English, ceramics, computer, Pilates, arts, music and other courses are offered. Socio-cultural activities: Theatre, concert, cultural trips, picnic, preschool visits, breakfast/lunch/dinner are organized for the members.Psycho-social support: Psychological support, consultancy and group therapy services are provided for the members by the psychologist. Leisure: Watching TV, reading books, playing games in activity rooms.Hobby garden: There is a hobby garden where the members could do some gardening and cultivation.

Website: http://www.sosyalyasamevi.kadikoy.bel.tr/

Key facts

Main target group: Older people in general

Desired outcome for older people:
Build and maintain relationships

Other issues the Age-friendly practice aims to address:
  • Ageism
  • Accessibility

Contact details

Name: Tanrıkulu, Duygu

Email address: duygu.tanrikulu@kadikoy.bel.tr

Preferred language(s): English

Age-friendly practice in detail (click to expand):

Engaging the wider community

Project lead: Local authorities

Older people’s involvement: Older people were consulted during the planning process

Details on older people’s involvement: Kadıköy Municipality considered the local elderly population’s demand in the establishment and further improvement of the Social Center project. The first implementation has been in Sahrayıcedit, one of the neighborhoods of Kadıköy with the highest rate of elderly population. The services and facilities are included in the annual schedule according to the collective demands of the local elderly community and members. Therefore, most of the services are decided upon according to the requests of the senior citizens involved.

Moving forward

Has the impact of this age-friendly practice been analysed: Yes

Please share with us what you found in detail:
It has almost been three years since the inauguration of Kadıköy’s Social Center. Throughout this period, the network of active elderly members neared 300. The services and the center itself were received positively both by the senior citizens involved and their caregivers/families.

Expansion plans:
The model and its active ageing perspective is considered as a Kadıköy standard, given shape according to local needs, and will be implemented in other neighborhoods of Kadıköy through inauguration of new Social Centers in each neighborhood, because of its prominent impact especially for active participation of the elderly into social life.