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Advancing Research and Training on Ageing, Place and Home

Projektbeschreibung

Das Älterwerden in der eigenen Wohnung im Fokus

Immer mehr ältere Menschen in Europa sind obdachlos. Fast ein Drittel lebt in einer prekären Wohngegend. Ein Fünftel leidet unter einem Mangel an Zusammenhalt. Darüber hinaus leben schätzungsweise drei Millionen ältere Menschen in Europa in stationären Einrichtungen. Das Altern im eigenen Heim − die Möglichkeit, sicher, unabhängig und komfortabel in der eigenen Wohnung und in der Nachbarschaft zu leben − ist die bevorzugte Lösung. In diesem Zusammenhang wird das Projekt HOMeAGE im Rahmen der Marie Skłodowska-Curie-Maßnahmen die Schwierigkeiten untersuchen, mit denen ältere Menschen konfrontiert sind. Speziell wird das Projekt ein interdisziplinäres, sektorübergreifendes und internationales Programm der Ausbildung von Promotionskandidierenden und der Forschung durchführen. Es wird die miteinander verknüpften Herausforderungen von Bedürfnissen und Systemen, Heimat und Zugehörigkeit sowie Rechten und Mitsprache untersuchen.

Ziel

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.

Koordinator

UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY
Netto-EU-Beitrag
€ 572 976,00
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UNIVERSITY ROAD
H91 Galway
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Ireland Northern and Western West
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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