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No Porto a Vida é Longa

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It`s a municipal program that encourages those over 60, city residents, to regularly practice sports, through a single annual symbolic payment.
This program operates throughout the year, except in August. The program’s available modalities are: gymnastics, cardio fitness, cycling, water activities, pilates, tai chi, yoga, boccia, latin dances and zumba.
The activities are prepared and…

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Started: 1998
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Health

Rua Direita

Rua Direita is an ambitious municipal program for the deep rehabilitation of the city’s fine network of public spaces, which have not received any intervention for decades.

The program aims to restore circulation and enjoyment conditions to public spaces in areas that have long been forgotten.

Geographically comprehensive, the Rua Direita program is located throughout the city’s…

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Started: 2018
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Urban development

Estamos Juntos

Estamos Juntos Program aims to reduce the social isolation of the senior population, caused by increased longevity, the decline or absence of social networks and the lack of social responses.It is considered that the reduction of social isolation is structuring for the promotion of successful aging.The Program presents itself as a free solution for participating…

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Started: 2019
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Social protection

Jornadas CAPI – Cidade Amiga das Pessoas Idosas

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On September 19, 2019, the Municipality of Porto promoted the I Seminar – Porto, Age-Friendly City, where the various projects that contribute to a better quality of life, to the happiness and sense of belonging of senior people, were made public.
This seminar meant to inform and involve the city in the projects that have…

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Started: 2019
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Information and communication

Contas à Vida

Considering that the current socioeconomic context, in which financial products and services are increasingly electronic, this reality demands that financial education for the senior public assumes a preponderant role for their protection, since, the more informed they are, the more better decisions they will be able to make.

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Started: 2019
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Information and communication, Labor

Porto Importa-se

The municipality developed an inquiry addressed to the elderly citizens who live in social isolation in social housing districts of the city of Porto. The main guiding principles are problem identification link between the identified elderly citizens and the different social responses. The purpose is to also counterpart the formal responses with an extended volunteer…

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Started: 2019
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Social protection

Quem Sou Eu?

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This project’s goal is to tell the stories of these people’s lives, by means of Artwork Expressions, which culminates in public presentations to the community. A pilot experiment took place in 2018 in a vulnerable territory of the city. In 2019 the project was extended to other territories.

 

Watch the summary video in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvrxhbCUaso

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Started: 2018
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Other

O Porto é Lindo! – Roteiros Turísticos +65

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This program consists of guided tours to various emblematic spaces in the city and is intended for people aged 65 and over. The main objective of this project is to provide seniors quality free time, increasing access to immovable and moveable cultural and religious heritage means of cultural enrichment all the while promoting active citizenship…

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Started: 2018
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Information and communication

Residências Partilhadas para Idosos

This project is developed in the city of Porto to providing answers to two specific social problems, namely: precarious housing and social isolation. Through this project, seniors are lodged in social housing, which they share with other seniors, who are in the same situation, and they are supported by a Social Institution, that provide the…

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Started: 2019
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing

Transit Training for Enhanced Mobility

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These transit trainings have yielded great results with several participants sharing stories of visiting family members in other towns that they hadn't seen in years, going in to New York City to enjoy a Broadway show, and making the most of visiting the beaches in the southern part of the state. In the words of…

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Started: 2018
Location: Westwood
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Transportation

Stonewall

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January 2019 – Committee members attended a Town of Stonewall Business Information Evening
February 2019 – Scam Prevention poster
February 2019 – Presentations to the Town of Stonewall and RM…

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City population: 1300020 % over 60Joined Network in 2018

Project – “Seniors cuddle little ones”

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The project “Seniors cuddle little ones” is focused on helping parents and hospital employees in taking care of new-born  children during their longer than usual stay in the neonatal Hospital Unit right after birth.

Parents who cannot provide personal care for babies in hospital for various reasons can count on help from a 60+ volunteer. These…

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Started: 2019
Location: City of Poznan
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Health

Poznań VIVA SENIOR

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The “Poznań Viva Senior” project is a Poznań city initiative implemented to improve Poznań citizens `s quality of life. These innovative  services unique in Poland, are based on the real seniors needs, responding to theirs expectation.

The project is characterized by a comprehensive approach considering different needs of often single, dependant seniors.

The services were prepared with…

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Started: 2017
Location: City of Poznan
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Other, Social protection

Current research, lecture series

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As a means to spread awarness and knowledge of Age-friendly Gothenburg’s dialogue process and base assessment a lecture series was held together with the university of Gothenburg during 2019.

It was also a way to collaborate with the research and help them to popularize their research and reach out to older persons. The lectures were held…

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Started: 2019
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Housing, Information and communication, Transportation, Urban development