Apr 24 2008
Older for Older, will care older people
Scotland, Apr 24: In a bid to aid older people to stay intact with their community, a new project will be implemented in the Highlands. The project aims to promote the helping tendency among the older people to make them help each other. The core idea of the project emerged at a workshop in Inverness that includes delegates from Ireland, Dumfries and Galloway and Scandinavia.
The project is named as Older for Older abbreviated as O4O. Four areas will be chosen for the implementation of the project in the coming summer. Highlands’s higher education institute will take initiative to execute the European Union-funded project.
According to Professor Jane Farmer, the project co-ordinator, “Earlier, research has shown that older people are making significant social contribution for each other in the rural areas. The project consider them as assets as they help to maintain the liveliness of the communities by contributing a range of basic support services that help them to lead an independent life for the rest of their life. Even though the project gives special emphasis on older people it will also try to build a strong bond between generations.”
In the meantime the project of UHI tries to keep men engaged by participating them in courses like golf, canoe building and furniture making. The new report of Scottish Funding Council case studies’ submitted to the Scottish government has recommended Engaged Men project. Involvement of various educational institutions, public-sector agencies and organisations will be effectively used in the project.
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