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- Building a model to analyse and compare social policies on ageingPublication . Bárrios, Maria João; Fernandes, Ana Alexandre; Fonseca, António M.Demographic ageing results in issues both for individuals and for organizations, with regards to social, economic and health issues. The challenge for public policies is to create the adequate resources and to adapt devices, in order to facilitate and allow an ageing process with well-being. The WHO’s proposal of Active Ageing has a great potential in guiding ageing policies, in particular local interventions. In this research we aimed to convert the active ageing concept into a practical instrument, built for use by policy-makers, researchers and stakeholders to evaluate and compare different social policies on ageing. We have proceeded to the validation of both the content and the design of the instrument, using the Delphi technique. Through the instrument created, it will be possible to analyse ageing policies from the active ageing point of view, to compare programmes and communities/organizations, to share the best policy practices and identify the least appropriate policy actions as the intervention priorities, adjusting and improving them.
- Identifying priorities for aging policies in two Portuguese communitiesPublication . Bárrios, Maria João; Fernandes, Ana Alexandre; Fonseca, António M.The aging population has an impact on health, social and economic issues in regards to individuals, communities and organizations. The challenge for local policies in response to aging is to create sufficient resources to meet the population’s needs, wishes and rights as people age. Active aging constitutes one of the guiding perspectives on policies. Taking into account the local governance perspective, the instrument MALPA was created in order to convert the active aging paradigm into a practical approach, as a technique to evaluate and analyze local aging policies. In this research, the MALPA instrument was applied in two Portuguese communities (Coruche and Oeiras). The objective was to identify the intervention priorities of aging policies in both communities, determining if the instrument can facilitate the development of proposals for the improvement of local aging policies. It was possible to evaluate the communities and programs, identifying the least appropriate policy actions regarding the intervention priorities. The results allowed us to identify 10 priorities about: collaborative governance, involvement of the elderly in the policy making process, lifelong learning, economic hardship, policies for all ages, isolated vulnerable and fragile groups, intergenerational contacts, safety in all policies, labor opportunities and conditions and transport network improvement.