Interinstitutional networks and democratization of services in social intervention with older people in Portugal

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  • Isabella Paoletti CRIS- CCentro di Ricerca e Intervento Sociale , Perugia, Italia
  • Alda Gonçalves Instituto da Segurança SocialAv.ª da República, nº 4 | 1069-062 Lisbon

https://doi.org/10.17583/rasp.2017.2103

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This article presents an interinstitutional network supporting older people in Portugal and a policy document that institutionalized this type of interinstitutional practices. The data are part of a large corpus collected in the course of interdisciplinary research: “Aging, poverty and social exclusion: an interdisciplinary study on innovative support services.” (https://apseclunl.wordpress.com/). The documentation of good practices in intervention with older people at risk of exclusion were the aim of the research project. The data collected incudes: interviews, observation and recordings of inter-institutional meetings. In the light of the relevant literature, the study discusses the ethnographic account in relation to relevant policy documents (“Rede Social” Interinstitutional Network Program RCM no. 197/97, of 18 November). Describing the main aspects of the intervention strategies with the older population, the article documents the value of these experiences and the approach in policies for the democratization of services and the inclusion of citizens participating in decision making about delivery of services and the promotion of inclusive societies.

 

 








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Author Biographies

Isabella Paoletti, CRIS- CCentro di Ricerca e Intervento Sociale , Perugia, Italia

Isabella Paoletti is a researcher at CRIS - Centro di Ricerca e Intervento Sociale, APS (Social Research and Intervention Centre, NGO), Perugia, Italy. Her research interests are informed by discourse analysis, conversation analysis ethnomethodology and ethnography, studying interaction in institutional settings. Among her recent publications: (2015) Active Aging and Inclusive Communities: Inter-Institutional Intervention in Portugal, Aging International, 40:165-186, DOI 10.1007/s12126-014-9216-9.; with Tomás, M. I. & Menéndez, F. (eds.) (2013) Practices of Ethics: An Empirical approach to Ethics in Social Sciences research, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Alda Gonçalves, Instituto da Segurança SocialAv.ª da República, nº 4 | 1069-062 Lisbon

Researcher at the "Centro de Recursos em Conhecimento
Unidade de Planeamento e Controlo de Gestão
Gabinete de Planeamento e Estratégia"
Instituto da Segurança Social

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2017-07-30

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Paoletti, I., & Gonçalves, A. (2017). Interinstitutional networks and democratization of services in social intervention with older people in Portugal. Research on Ageing and Social Policy, 5(2), 109–137. https://doi.org/10.17583/rasp.2017.2103

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