Contributos dos serviços de âmbito social para o Ageing in Place ‐ o caso de Aveiro

12/19/2022

Demographic ageing presents major challenges for urban planning, in the provision of services to each territory. The preference of the elderly to live in their own home and community originated the Ageing in Place (AIP) as it states that the elderly must have the services necessary and economically accessible to continue to participate in the community, whether social, health, culture, or sport services. This dissertation’s objectives are to evaluate the adequacy between the supply and the demand of these services to the elderly and to understand how different forms of occupation affect their daily lives in the influence area of Aveiro. This way, a discontinuous occupation of the territory results in a decrease in the quality of the AIP regarding the demand and accessibility to services, especially the more they move away from the center of each parish. However, the role of local government is another equally important factor in AIP when there are territorial obstacles. Demographic projections show a high increase in the proportion of elders, reaching three times more older than young people in most of the parishes. For the next 10 and 20 years, the need to increase the number of facilities is confirmed, based on current distribution and capacities. However, it is necessary to consider the increase of the capacity of existing ones and the definition of the real needs, adapting the AIP to each territory and meeting the challenges that each one has, for example, by ensuring transport to the services.

Authors in the community:

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  Liliana Maria Grade Calado

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Supervisors of this institution:

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  Eduarda Pires Valente da Silva Marques da Costa

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civil-engineering - Civil engineering

por - Portuguese

Instituto Superior Técnico