Report on SHAFE policies, strategies and funding

The objective of Working Group (WG) 4 of the COST Action NET4Age-Friendly is to examine existing policies, advocacy, and funding opportunities and to build up relations with policy makers and funding organisations. Also, to synthesize and improve existing knowledge and models to develop from effective business and evaluation models, as well as to guarantee quality and education, proper dissemination and ensure the future of the Action. The Working Group further aims to enable capacity building to improve interdisciplinary participation, to promote knowledge exchange and to foster a cross-European interdisciplinary research capacity, to improve cooperation and co-creation with cross-sectors stakeholders and to introduce and educate students SHAFE implementation and sustainability (CB01, CB03, CB04, CB05). To enable the achievement of the objectives of Working Group 4, the Leader of the Working Group, the Chair and Vice-Chair, in close cooperation with the Science Communication Coordinator, developed a template (see annex 1) to map the current state of SHAFE policies, funding opportunities and networking in the COST member countries of the Action. On invitation, the Working Group lead received contributions from 37 countries, in a total of 85 Action members. The contributions provide an overview of the diversity of SHAFE policies and opportunities in Europe and beyond. These were not edited or revised and are a result of the main areas of expertise and knowledge of the contributors; thus, gaps in areas or content are possible and these shall be further explored in the following works and reports of this WG. But this preliminary mapping is of huge importance to proceed with the WG activities. In the following chapters, an introduction on the need of SHAFE policies is presented, followed by a summary of the main approaches to be pursued for the next period of work. The deliverable finishes with the opportunities of capacity building, networking and funding that will be relevant to undertake within the frame of Working Group 4 and the total COST Action. The total of country contributions is presented in the annex of this deliverable

Supporting community engagement through teaching, student projects and research

The Education Acts statutory obligations for ITPs are not supported by the Crown funding model. Part of the statutory role of an ITP is “... promotes community learning and by research, particularly applied and technological research ...” [The education act 1989]. In relation to this a 2017 TEC report highlighted impaired business models and an excessive administrative burden as restrictive and impeding success. Further restrictions are seen when considering ITPs attract < 3 % of the available TEC funding for research, and ~ 20 % available TEC funding for teaching, despite having overall student efts of ~ 26 % nationally. An attempt to improve performance and engage through collaboration (community, industry, tertiary) at our institution is proving successful. The cross-disciplinary approach provides students high level experience and the technical stretch needed to be successful engineers, technologists and technicians. This study presents one of the methods we use to collaborate externally through teaching, student projects and research

Future bathroom: A study of user-centred design principles affecting usability, safety and satisfaction in bathrooms for people living with disabilities

Research and development work relating to assistive technology 2010-11 (Department of Health) Presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 197

Stakeholder network as a determinant to the degree of synchronization between a firm’s values and its stakeholder management strategies. A comparison between public and private companies using mission statements and corporate charitable donations.

Stakeholder theory and stakeholder management theories have gained popularity among practitioners and scholars in recent decades for both its normative and positive power. Intuitively, it is easy to assume that firms who manage for stakeholders utilize various stakeholder management strategies to realize their corporate values. Thus, this study intends to examine the degree of synchronization, or the lack thereof, between a firm’s publicly endorsed values and the values embedded in its CSR stakeholder management activity, specifically, charitable donations. More importantly, due to the different sizes and nature of the stakeholder networks faced by private and public firms, we expect the levels of synchronization to differ between the two, with the distinction that such values stray further from each other for public firms. We found that public and private firms differ in the levels of synchronization between their endorsed values and their charitable recipient organizations’ values on many semantic and psychological domains (17 categories). Interesting, contrary to our initial hypothesis, the level of discrepancy is greater among private firms than that of public firms on most domains (16 categories), which entices further research into determinants of firms’ behavior affected by institutionalized rituals

The contribution of education and learning for older adults’ well-being: Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the ESREA network “Research on Education and Learning of Older Adults”

This e-book contains full length papers of contributions presented at the 9th Conference of the ESREA network “Research on education and learning of older adults” held in the University of the Algarve between 11 and 13th of October, 2018. Given the growing importance of well-being for reserchers, policy makers, social worker and adult educators, namely in old age, the organization selected the following theme for the 2018 conference: “The contributions of education and learning for older adults’ well-being”. Participants were invited to submit proposals on one of four topics: (1) theoretical approaches on older adults’ well-being, quality of life and related concepts; (2) well-being and policy/social policy; (3) analysing the older adults’ well-being, in all its dimensions and through different methodological approaches; and, (4) educational and learning experiences: contributions to the well-being of older adults

Learning, becoming, being: The Journey from student teacher to full teacher registration.

This research aims to investigate the journey of student teachers as they complete their programme of study and begin their careers in the teaching profession. There is little documented evidence of what, if any, impact an initial teacher education programme can have on teachers as they move through the profession – from student to newly qualified teacher to fully certificated teacher. This project will explore this relationship and how graduates call on the knowledge acquired in their initial teacher education qualification to inform their practice as teachers. The Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand is currently undertaking a project examining Future Focussed Initial Teacher Education this project will complement this work as well as the Ministry of Education's Draft Strategic Plan for Early Learning. The aims of both of these pieces of work are to provide quality learning outcomes for all children and effective teaching strategies. This project will explore these aims and the relationship between an initial teacher education programme. The research is a longitudinal study with three phases. The first phase investigated graduates perceptions of preparedness to teach and as they enter the workforce how their field-based initial teacher education training has contributed to this. The next two phases will follow the newly qualified teachers as the transverse the induction and mentoring towards full certification. In these two phases of this research the participants will become teacher researchers. This presentation reports on the findings of the first phase which included a survey and semi-structured interview

Optimising the residential aged care workforce: leadership & management study

This report is the result of a systematic narrative review of the black and grey literature that aimed to: examine what is known about the issues of leadership and management for the residential aged care workforce; and develop relevant policy options and strategies to improve leadership and management within the social, economical, and political context of Australian residential aged care.The research reported in this paper is a project of the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, which is supported by a grant from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing under the Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development Strategy

Report on Shafe Policies, Strategies and Funding

The objective of Working Group 4 of the COST Action NET4Age-Friendly is to examine existing policies, advocacy, and funding opportunities and to build up relations with policy makers and funding organisations. Also, to synthesize and improve existing knowledge and models to develop from effective business and evaluation models, as well as to guarantee quality and education, proper dissemination and ensure the future of the Action. The Working Group further aims to enable capacity building to improve interdisciplinary participation, to promote knowledge exchange and to foster a cross-European interdisciplinary research capacity, to improve cooperation and co-creation with cross-sectors stakeholders and to introduce and educate students SHAFE implementation and sustainability. To enable the achievement of the objectives of Working Group 4, the Leader of the Working Group, the Chair and Vice-Chair, in close cooperation with the Science Communication Coordinator, developed a template to map the current state of SHAFE policies, funding opportunities and networking in the COST member countries of the Action. On invitation, the Working Group lead received contributions from 37 countries, in a total of 85 Action members. The contributions provide an overview of the diversity of SHAFE policies and opportunities in Europe and beyond. These were not edited or revised and are a result of the main areas of expertise and knowledge of the contributors; thus, gaps in areas or content are possible and these shall be further explored in the following works and reports of this WG. But this preliminary mapping is of huge importance to proceed with the WG activities. In the following chapters, an introduction on the need of SHAFE policies is presented, followed by a summary of the main approaches to be pursued for the next period of work. The deliverable finishes with the opportunities of capacity building, networking and funding that will be relevant to undertake within the frame of Working Group 4 and the total COST Action. The total of country contributions is presented in the annex of this deliverable

Exploring the whole family experience living with younger onset dementia from a social model perspective

Social inequalities were identified as being experienced by individuals living with all types of impairments. However, those living with cognitive impairments under 65 years, were identified as being less understood by society, and associated with experiences of significant discrimination. The following Chapter 3; Feeling invisible and ignored: families experiences of marginalisation living with younger onset dementia explored from a social model perspective, the social factors which impact on the experiences of families living with YOD, including children and young people. In Chapter 3, our attention was drawn to the negative impact of society’s response and attitudes, adding to the marginalisation of families - affecting their relationships and ability to function together. The consequences of these lived experiences for children and young people having a parent with YOD, was highlighted as a gap in the research literature. The subsequent Chapter 4: The emotional well-being of young people having a parent with younger onset dementia looked at the societal influences on the emotional well-being of these children and young people from the perspective of the social model of disability. Chapter 4 confirms the ongoing emotional distress faced by children and young people at a particularly challenging time in their own lifecycle. The authors then delved further in an attempt to make sense of their lived experiences, having a parent with younger onset dementia. The outcome of this research resulted in Chapter 5: Empowerment of young people who have a parent living with dementia: a social model perspective, which considered what social factors, could facilitate better support and social inclusion for these children and young people. At this juncture the research demonstrated YOD impacts the whole family unit, thus highlighting the need for greater social inclusion, societal acceptance and enablement. Tailored formal services and support to address the complex and challenging needs of all family members, an area that has had little focus in the research literature, needed further exploration. This challenge was undertaken in Chapter 6: Co-creation of a family-focused service model living with younger onset dementia using the combined perspectives of the social model of disability and the family systems illness model. Bringing together the viewpoints of healthcare and service providers with all family members was critical to making sense of the multifaceted societal challenges faced in providing and receiving age-appropriate services. A theoretical framework was proposed as the basis for a co-created, family-focused service model. VI Conclusion: Throughout this thesis the common theme that has linked these chapters together, from the perspective of the social model of disability, has been the lack of understanding and largely unmet needs of people living with YOD and their family members. Experiences of socially constructed disablement impacts family function, relationships and connectedness. Hence, looking through the social model lens in relation to dementia allows us to see things differently, to redirect attention away from a diagnosis, personal tragedy, and disablement; and instead to focus on choice, control and enablement of the whole family. The proposed co-created, family focused service model could provide the foundation for developing social model principles to service policies and practices through greater cooperation, communication and learning between service users, service providers and stakeholders. With the aim to change societal views, and improve understanding and social inclusion, thereby enabling the whole family to feel valued and live well with dementia