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Enhancing Senior Safety & Well-being in Valenciennes: Project Impact & Evaluation

This project aims to integrate senior prevention policies at all levels in Valenciennes City, by raising awareness on prevention risks, providing support through a social action center, and evaluating the impact of these actions on senior citizens.

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Enhancing Senior Safety & Well-being in Valenciennes: Project Impact & Evaluation

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  1. Valenciennes CityIntegrated Senior Prevention Policy Bratislava14 - 15 December 201606/2014

  2. SUMMARY Project Action Takeaccountspecifically of Seniors: improve the existingsecurity and preventionpolicy Communicate and raiseawareness: preventfromrisks Identify, care and support: accompanyseniors victims • II. Impact and Evaluation of Project Action

  3. I. Project Action Integrate senior prevention policy at all levels • Valenciennes City • - 8000 seniors agedfrom 60 and over (2016), • - Part of association «Cities, Friends of the elders», World HealthOrganization(November 2015), • - Willingness to build: “living together” and promote well-being and safety of the inhabitants via the City Senior Council Works Groups

  4. Take senior citizens into account • in the security and prevention policy • Local and senior citizenspreventionpolicies • Act on prevention • Developprevention actions • Train Valenciennes city’s staff • « Seniors Council in action » • Diagnoses • Operations • Trainings

  5. B. Communicate and raiseawarenessPreventionRisks • Free Preventive workshops • - «Seniors, stay mobile!» • - «Seniors, avoidscams!» • - Forum «preventtogether» • Cybercrime • Safety in public transports

  6. C. Identify and Support • Creation of a social action centre for seniors in 2015 which main objectives are: • Welcome and communicatewith seniors • Provide a home help service and tailored social support including: • ¤ home help desk • ¤ Nursing home service • ¤ office for seniors • THE SOCIAL MEDIATION PROCESS • « Go Ahead »

  7. II. Impact and Evaluation of Project Action • Figures in 2015 • - 8000 beneficiaries • - 82 individualsmobilized on tracking • 20 individualstrained • The + of the operation • Individualized and adapted action (tracking, listening, guiding or supporting) • The action requires an important financialcost:humancost. • A thoughtisconducted on voluntarywork.

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