Adding life to years
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Summary

Municipality of Cartago carries out Awareness-Raising Work on the abuse and mistreatment of older people. On June 15 of this year, the Municipality of Cartago, carried out virtual activities to raise awareness about the treatment of older people and specifically the abuse and mistreatment that this population often faces.

Within the framework of this celebration, a virtual talk was held: Let’s talk about an Inter-American Convention on the protection of human rights for older people. As part of this discussion, older people were asked to share their experiences through photographs and banners. The participation from both older adults and their families was significant.

Municipalidad de Cartago realiza trabajo de concientización sobre el abuso y maltrato a las personas mayores. El 15 de junio del presente año, la Municipalidad de Cartago, realizó actividades virtuales para sensibilizar en el buen trato a las personas mayores y en la sensibilización sobre el abuso y maltrato a esta población.

En el marco de esta celebración, se realizó la charla virtual: Hablemos sobre la convención Interamericana sobre la protección de los Derecho humanos de las personas mayores, además se les solicitó a las personas mayores que externaran por medio de fotografías y pancartas el respeto a sus derechos.
La participación de las personas mayores fue masiva y se logró la participación de sus familiares en esta actividad.

Website: https://fb.watch/6sg_1m4EIR/

Key facts

Main target group: Both younger and older people (i.e. intergenerational)

Sector(s): Information and communication

Desired outcome for older people:
Build and maintain relationships

Other issues the Age-friendly practice aims to address:
  • Ageism
  • Elder abuse
  • Intergenerational activities
  • Inclusion
  • Participation

Contact details

Name: Veronica Hernandez

Email address: veronicahz@muni-carta.go.cr


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

Engaging the wider community

Project lead: Local authorities

Others involved in the project:
  • Civil Society Organisation
  • Older People’s Association

Older people’s involvement: Older people helped to implement the age-friendly practice

Moving forward

Has the impact of this age-friendly practice been analysed: No

Do you plan to evaluate your age-friendly practice? No

Looking back

Challenges:
The digital literacy of older adults was a challenge