The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research supports the Sustainable Development Goals
In 2010 the World Health Organisation launched the initiative for an ‘Age-friendly World’. The vision is to reshape all towns and regions into living spaces in which one can grow old. The project ‘Age-friendly Region’ contributed to bringing this vision to the Austrian-Hungarian border region by improving the situation of older people in need of care. The project developed new approaches so that older people in need of care and their relatives can better cope within their familiar context, to enjoy an appropriate quality of life in old age.
A pre-post survey of 100 health and care experts indicated that networking and collaboration improved during AFR. Also, 230 older clients reported their health status, which they assessed about 3% higher at the end – compared to older people without AFR services.
The evaluation pointed to a positive direction of AFR effectively addressing growing LTC needs and recommended:
The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research supports the Sustainable Development Goals