At Rede Cuidas we believe that the senior should have the option of staying at home with decent living conditions! Join us!
Did you know that the main cause of accidental death among the elderly Portuguese is the fall? The loss of mobility and poor housing conditions are worrying and a life-threatening phenomena for the +65 years old population. What can you do to prevent this?
Rede Cuidas is an innovative project that aims to address the architectural and service limitations of the elderly population of Lousã, a predominantly rural territory and where aging and loneliness are strongly felt. We argue that the senior should have the right to decide to stay at home and, therefore, should be supported in the construction of an adapted and personalized plan for their aging, to guarantee the conditions of human dignity, health, well-being and safety, thus delaying or avoiding its institutionalization.
To this end, Rede Cuidas comes to challenge you to join us in this initiative for the dignity of the elderly as having the right to decide about their lifestyle! Therefore, if the senior wants to stay at home, adaptations to their dwellings will be necessary so that, in a co-constructed manner with the beneficiary and their family, it is possible to guarantee safety and well-being conditions, avoiding risks and promoting autonomy of older people in their daily lives. Your contribution will result in the purchase of material for the homes of the beneficiaries of this project.
Join Rede Cuidas for a decent life!
About the author
Associação de Desenvolvimento Social e Cultural dos Cinco Lugares (ADSCCL), is a Private Social Solidarity Institution, in the form of a non-profit association, born in 2002. Since 2009 it has been developing social development and sustainable local development activities, especially in the village of Lousã and Vilarinho, in Lousã Municipality, district of Coimbra.
ADSCCL aims to promote social, economic, cultural, recreational and territorial inclusion, with a view to sustainable and inclusive local development, using as its strategy the logic of social entrepreneurship and social innovation, investing in its beneficiaries and providing them with basic instruments.
This will allow the maximization of the possibility of social reintegration, favoring an integrated and holistic intervention model. The priority of the ADSCCL intervention is individuals who are potentially or effectively at risk of exclusion, namely at-risk children and young people, unemployed adults and family breakdowns, older people with specific need for care. National or foreign citizens from ethnic minorities may also be supported.
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Budget and due dates
The raised funds will be allocated exclusively to the purchase of physical equipment to adapt the housing of the project beneficiaries.
Considering that housing will require differentiated and tailored treatment, the amount raised will be distributed to the pressing needs identified in the initial diagnostics together with the beneficiary and his family.
