Project description
A closer look at growing old in your own home
A growing number of elderly in Europe are homeless. Almost a third experience neighbourhood deprivation. One in five struggle with a lack of cohesion. It is also estimated that 3 million elderly Europeans reside in institutional facilities. Ageing in place − being able to remain in one’s home and community safely, independently and comfortably, is the preferred arrangement. In this context, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project HOMeAGE project will explore the difficulties faced by elderly. Specifically, the project will carry out an interdisciplinary, intersectoral and international programme of doctoral training and research. It will study the interconnected challenges of needs and systems, home and belonging, and rights and voice.
Objective
Ageing in place is critical to the future of ageing societies in Europe. Older people’s places are recognised as fundamental to long-term health and wellbeing outcomes - a fact that has been magnified during the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet, critically, almost a third of older people in Europe experience neighbourhood deprivation, a fifth encounter a lack of cohesion, a growing number are homeless, and approximately 3 million people continue to reside in institutional settings. There are significant concerns that efforts are failing to support ageing in place. With its development as a field fragmented across disciplines and sectors, and with few researchers equipped to tackle this fragmentation, innovation in research and policy risks stagnation. This is despite the renewed interest and urgency arising from the pandemic in de-institutionalizing later life residential experiences. HOMeAGE will institute an interdisciplinary, intersectoral and international programme of doctoral training and research that drives the development of new leaders in excellence for the advancement of evidence-based innovation on ageing in place. In tackling the three interconnected challenges of (1) needs and systems, (2) home and belonging and (3) rights and voice, HOMeAGE delivers a unique employability and skills development process for doctoral researchers (DRs) ensuring that they can lead the response to current research and policy deficits. HOMeAGE addresses significant demand for DRs who possess essential competencies to overcome challenges concerning Europe’s demographic transition, and ‘sticking points’ in its developing Silver Economy. HOMeAGE directly addresses the critical priority of enabling ‘older people to age in a place that is right for them’ within the WHO’s Global Strategy and Action Plan on Ageing. Crucially, it also addresses strategic themes in the EU Green Paper on Ageing, and key goals within the UN Sustainable Development Agenda concerning equity and sustainability.
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral NetworksCoordinator
H91 Galway
Ireland
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Participants (7)
60124 Ancona
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3584 CS Utrecht
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1050 Bruxelles / Brussel
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601 77 Brno
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60323 Frankfurt Am Main
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33100 Tampere
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6419 AT Heerlen
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Partners (19)
3527 GV Utrecht
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60131 ANCONA
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M60 2JR Manchester
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100 00 Praha 1
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1211 Geneve
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3500 Hasselt
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1150 Bruxelles / Brussel
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60121 Ancona
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0167 Oslo
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0349 Oslo
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2 Dublin
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M15 6BH Manchester
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TW14 9NU Feltham
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M6G3C3 Toronto
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1211 Geneve
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D02 XW14 Dublin
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5210 Windisch
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M13 9PL Manchester
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