TY - JOUR
T1 - Social innovation in long-term care
T2 - Lessons from the Italian case
AU - Casanova, Georgia
AU - Principi, Andrea
AU - Lamura, Giovanni
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This study was partially supported by a Ricerca Corrente funding from the Italian Ministry of Health to IRCCS INRCA. In addition, it has benefited from data collected on two projects funded by the European Union: a) MOPACT funded by Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration, Grant Agreement No. 320333; b) CEQUA under grant agreement No. VS/2015/0276.
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PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - The debate on policies addressing the challenges posed by population ageing pays increasing attention to sustainable and innovative ways to tackle the multidimensional impact this phenomenon has on society and individuals. Moving from the findings of two European research projects, a qualitative study based on a rapid review of the literature, expert interviews, focus groups and case studies analysis has been carried out in Italy. This study illustrates which social innovations have been recently implemented in this country’s long-term care (LTC) sector, and the areas in which further steps are urgently needed in the future. This takes place by first highlighting the existing links between social innovation and LTC, and then by identifying the key factors that can facilitate or hinder the implementation of these initiatives. Finally, the study suggests how to promote social innovation, by strengthening the “integration” and “coordination” of available services and resources, through a-for this country still relatively-new approach towards ageing, based on pillars such as prevention and education campaigns on how to promote well-being in older age.
AB - The debate on policies addressing the challenges posed by population ageing pays increasing attention to sustainable and innovative ways to tackle the multidimensional impact this phenomenon has on society and individuals. Moving from the findings of two European research projects, a qualitative study based on a rapid review of the literature, expert interviews, focus groups and case studies analysis has been carried out in Italy. This study illustrates which social innovations have been recently implemented in this country’s long-term care (LTC) sector, and the areas in which further steps are urgently needed in the future. This takes place by first highlighting the existing links between social innovation and LTC, and then by identifying the key factors that can facilitate or hinder the implementation of these initiatives. Finally, the study suggests how to promote social innovation, by strengthening the “integration” and “coordination” of available services and resources, through a-for this country still relatively-new approach towards ageing, based on pillars such as prevention and education campaigns on how to promote well-being in older age.
KW - Ageing
KW - Italy
KW - Long-term care
KW - Social innovation
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph17072367
DO - 10.3390/ijerph17072367
M3 - Article
C2 - 32244446
AN - SCOPUS:85083041987
VL - 17
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
SN - 1661-7827
IS - 7
M1 - 2367
ER -