{"id":42766,"date":"2025-01-14T08:55:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T08:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/?p=42766"},"modified":"2025-01-14T10:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T10:12:19","slug":"porto-portugal-age-friendly-city-promotes-ways-to-age-with-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/porto-portugal-age-friendly-city-promotes-ways-to-age-with-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"Porto, Portugal “Age-Friendly City Promotes Ways to ‘Age with Balance'”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAging with Balance: Preventing Dependencies in the Elderly” was the theme of the second edition of “Estamos Juntos \u2013 Capacita\u00e7\u00e3o,” a project aimed at increasing the knowledge of social intervention agents and the general community. The strong participation of registrants \u2013 from both within and outside the municipality of Porto \u2013 reflects the involvement and dedication of local organizations, as well as key partners of the Action Plan.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Promoting dialogue and active participation around aging is essential to address the challenges of a transforming society,” emphasized the Councilor for Social Cohesion during the closing of the initiative.<\/p>\n

Fernando Paulo, Councillor for Education and Social Cohesion of the Porto City Council,\u00a0 reminded that “the aging of the population is not just a demographic phenomenon, but a call to action to create more inclusive, supportive communities prepared to ensure quality of life for all generations.<\/p>\n

Recalling these participatory forums as concrete examples of the strategy outlined in the “Porto Age-Friendly City” Action Plan, the councilor considers these spaces crucial for “identifying problems, proposing solutions, and building responses tailored to real needs.”<\/p>\n

For Fernando Paulo, “the topic of aging is particularly relevant in the national context, where changes in family models and the decline of traditional support networks make technical and social empowerment even more urgent.”<\/p>\n

Therefore, “recognizing the potential and challenges of aging requires not only a holistic vision but also collaborative efforts between specialized technicians, local organizations, and the community itself.”<\/p>\n

By providing training and debate spaces like this, we continue to pave the way for active, healthy, and balanced aging, demonstrating that, in Porto, aging is also synonymous with inclusion and citizenship,” concluded the Social Cohesion Officer.<\/p>\n

The “Estamos Juntos \u2013 Capacita\u00e7\u00e3o” event featured clinical psychologist Andreia Ribeiro, an expert in Addictive Behaviors and Dependencies (CAD), who works at the Integrated Care and Referral Unit of the Integrated Intervention Department of ICAD, in the Treatment area and is part of the national team of the CAD Referral\/Coordination Network.<\/p>\n

The panel, moderated by Ant\u00f3nio Fonseca, the scientific coordinator of the “Porto Age-Friendly City” Action Plan, focused on the theme “The elderly and problematic use of the internet and gambling.”<\/p>\n

See the original news article here: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.porto.pt\/pt\/noticia\/cidade-amiga-das-pessoas-idosas-promove-formas-de-envelhecer-com-equilibrio<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cAging with Balance: Preventing Dependencies in the Elderly” was the theme of the second edition of “Estamos Juntos \u2013 Capacita\u00e7\u00e3o,” a project aimed at increasing the knowledge of social intervention agents and the general community. The strong participation of registrants \u2013 from both within and outside the municipality of Porto \u2013 reflects the involvement and dedication of local organizations, as well as key partners of the Action Plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Promoting dialogue and active participation around aging is essential to address the challenges of a transforming society,” emphasized the Councilor for Social Cohesion during the closing of the initiative.<\/p>\n

Fernando Paulo, Councillor for Education and Social Cohesion of the Porto City Council,\u00a0 reminded that “the aging of the population is not just a demographic phenomenon, but a call to action to create more inclusive, supportive communities prepared to ensure quality of life for all generations.<\/p>\n

Recalling these participatory forums as concrete examples of the strategy outlined in the “Porto Age-Friendly City” Action Plan, the councilor considers these spaces crucial for “identifying problems, proposing solutions, and building responses tailored to real needs.”<\/p>\n

For Fernando Paulo, “the topic of aging is particularly relevant in the national context, where changes in family models and the decline of traditional support networks make technical and social empowerment even more urgent.”<\/p>\n

Therefore, “recognizing the potential and challenges of aging requires not only a holistic vision but also collaborative efforts between specialized technicians, local organizations, and the community itself.”<\/p>\n

By providing training and debate spaces like this, we continue to pave the way for active, healthy, and balanced aging, demonstrating that, in Porto, aging is also synonymous with inclusion and citizenship,” concluded the Social Cohesion Officer.<\/p>\n

The “Estamos Juntos \u2013 Capacita\u00e7\u00e3o” event featured clinical psychologist Andreia Ribeiro,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":42773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"categories":[917,550],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42766"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42766"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42774,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42766\/revisions\/42774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}