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Current research, lecture series


Summary

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 in different parts of the city to reach a wide audience.

Each topic was linked to a presentation by the City of Gothenburg and the results of the dialogue process that forms the basis for the different domains in the base assessment.


 

Subjects such as ageism in media, digital gaps amongst the elderly population, a senior perspective on the urban development, mobility and housing enviroments that are age-friendly are topics that have been lit.

The lecture series is conducted in collaboration between AgeCap – Center for Aging and Health at the University of Gothenburg and Senior Gothenburg, Gothenburg City Development Center during 2019-2020.

 

Here is a link to presentations and filmed lectures (only in Swedish)

Lecture about ageism

 

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Key facts

Main target group: Older people in general

Other target group(s): Staff in the City

Sector(s): Housing, Information and communication, Transportation, Urban development

Other sector(s): Mobility, historical perspective on ageing

Desired outcome for older people:
Learn, grow and make decisions

Other issues the Age-friendly practice aims to address:
  • Ageism
  • Ageing in place
  • Inclusion

Contact details

Name: Emma Matsson

Email address: kerstin.karlsson@cityhall.goteborg.se


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

Engaging the wider community

Project lead: Local authorities

Others involved in the project:
  • Research institution

Older people’s involvement: Older people were not directly involved

Moving forward

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

Was the impact positive or negative:
Positive

Please share with us what you found in detail:
We only counted how many came and if there were a lot of questions to the researcher.

Feedback:
The lecture series was highly appreciated. This year, 2020, we will continue with a talkshow tour with five delicate issues that has been chosen by seniors.

Looking back

Challenges:
To reach out to older persons. We have Facebook, a website, posters, a printed programme but still did we reach the right persons?