2nd TEW - Transnational Exchange Workshop "Age and Care" - Maribor (Slovenia)

The second Transnational Workshop Exchange meeting of the Active AGE project related to the issue of Age and Care took place in February from 24th to 26th in the city of Maribor (Slovenia). During the workshop partners shared their knowledge and experiences concerning local policies and practices about care services.

The lead expert, Annamaria Simonazzi, presented and discussed the cities’responses to a questionnaire aimed at mapping the current patterns of elderly care provisions in the cities of the Active Age network, concerning the availability and affordability of the elderly care.

One part of the meeting was dedicated to the presentation of the case studies about the following subthemes: Home care, Employment & Enterprise in the care sector and Active Age.

List of the case studies:

1. Elderly care in the Republic of Slovenia.

2. Senior Citizens Home Tezno.

3. “Help to person”: a soft home-care service to support elderly people in theirdaily life”– A case study in Rome by Caritas.

4. Health @ Home (H@H) – a case study in Sevilla.

5. Societa – social service in Prague.

6. For a dignified life –Dobrich.

7. Support to elderly people abusing alcohol consumption – Edinburgh.

8. The Extra Care Housing Model – Wolverhampton.

To read more, see Case Studies Report "Age and Care" in Our Outputs.