The city of The Hague has been hosting between 2nd-4th of October the Age-Friendly Cities Conference on innovation, health and active ageing. There was a workshop on the 3rd of October about ‘diversity’. A lot of ENIEC members attended the workshop and where involved. ENIEC member Frédéric Lauscher from Germany gave a lovely presentation. “Diversity […]
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KOTOSA – A Project about SubSaharan elderly in Brussels
Kotosa is a documentary about SubSaharan elderly in Brussels, Belgium. Kotosa means ‘to respect’ in Lingala, the official language in the Democratic Republic of Congo. DRC is a former colony of Belgium, so we share a turbulent and at times violent past – and present. In Brussels almost 30 percent of the elderly (65+) have an immigrant background. It’s a very diverse group. Sub-Saharan elderly […]
The first Finnish guidebook for culture sensitive memory work
The ETNIMU project of The Society for Memory Disorders Expertise in Finland, published a guidebook called “Culture-sensitive memory work: Finnish experience”, meant for the specialists of social and health care sector, on the 3rd of October 2017. The aim of the guidebook is to expand the vision of specialists of how the clients of different […]
Roma people as a target group in the brain health promotion project ETNIMU in Finland
By Siiri Jaakson, Finland. The Society for Memory Disorders Expertise in Finland has run a project called ETNIMU since 2015. The aim of the project has been to promote the brain health of the elderly from different ethnic backgrounds in Finland. Besides the Roma people, the target groups were chosen to be the Russian, Estonian and […]
Empowerment through Participation: Good Practices from work with Ageing Somali Women in Helsinki
By Hanna Rantala, Ruth Franco and Susana Lethovara Report (English) http://www.jadeprojekti.fi/ […]
