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Social exclusion and loneliness have significantly negative impacts on physical and mental health. Such problems are increasingly prevalent in remote and sparsely populated regions of Europe. The lives of older citizens are further complicated by growing health and social care needs. Additionally, older people may be particularly impacted by the wider challenges faced by remote and rural communities, including the interrelated problems of declining economic activity, youth migration and limited access to goods and services. While ICT may help in alleviating these problems, older people may require help with computer and internet use. PLACE-EE is a transnational partnership of public health agencies, local authorities, academics and ICT experts dedicated to improving the quality of life for older people. The key objectives of the PLACE-EE project are as follows:
- Develop a participatory model of engagement with older people in remote and rural areas, using creative arts to assess health and social needs and use of public services.
- Exchange between older and younger citizens.
- Build flourishing social and cultural capital among older people through active involvement in creative and cultural activities. These activities and products will be documented and archived.
- Establish a transnational forum for cultural exchange for older citizens (and young counterparts) across the NPA.
- Document and evaluate a model of transferable, sustainable best practice and learning for connected ageing across all regions in the NPA.
- Disseminate the PLACE-EE Model across NPA regions, health and social care organisations and demonstrate opportunities for ICT services and app development.
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Some of the relevant outputs in this context:
- Development of an arts based Model to assess the needs and assets of older and isolated people
Transfer of knowledge and learning: We will provide a toolkit for creative arts facilitated workshops for obtaining the personal, social and health needs of older, isolated people and eliciting their cultural skills, knowledge assets.
- A transnational on-line Archive of cultural heritage, knowledge and skills created by older participants.
In each demonstrator site we will identify and record a range of local cultural heritage transnational on-line Archive of cultural heritage created by older participants: (e.g. traditional crafts, music, cooking, photographs). These heritage outputs are important for self and community esteem, and they have potential for commercial development. An on-line archive of such activities and outputs will create intra-national interest but it is also intended to create a focus for continued engagement between the communities and the partners. The Transnational Cultural Heritage Archive is a unique archive containing a wealth of material relating to cultural heritage in Northern Ireland, Ireland, Sweden and Iceland. Created by older and younger participants in intergenerational workshops you can search the archive in several ways.