Positive Ageing

Head Researcher: Alice Delerue Matos (CICS/UM) and Isabel Amorim (EAPN)

Research Team: Technical directors of 18 NGO and municipality council of Terras de Bouro

Proposing Institution: EAPN

Partner Institutions: ADCL (Associação para o Desenvolvimento das Comunidades Locais), Centro Social da Paróquia de Chorense, Centro Social da Paróquia de Souto, Centro Social da Paróquia de S. Victor, Centro Social e Paroquial de Cervães, Centro Social e Paroquial de Cibões, Centro Social e Paroquial de Covide, Centro Social e Paroquial de Moimenta, Centro Social e Paroquial de Rio Caldo, Centro Social e Paroquial da Sobreposta, Centro Social e Paroquial de Vilar, Centro Social e Paroquial de Vilar da Veiga, Centro de Solidariedade Social de Valdosende, Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa/ Delegação de Braga, EAPN Portugal/ Núcleo Distrital de Braga, Fraterna, Fundação Bomfim, Santa Casa da Misericórdia da Póvoa Lanhoso, Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Vieira do Minho, Município de Terras de Bouro (Rede Social), Universidade do Minho (CICS)

Funding Institution: EAPN, 18 NGO of the district of Braga and municipality council of Terras de Bouro

Objectives: to characterise the senior population covered by the Project in social-demographical terms; to analyse the social networks and solitude, health and life quality in the elderly population; to evaluate the impact of several actions of the research project; fight the isolation and solitude; to promote the social and civic participation; to promote the cognitive capacities ,the creative capacity and the spirit of initiative; to promote mobility and physical wellbeing; to promote networking and institutional exchange of the NGO involved in the project.

Duration: 2011 – 2013