database: models of health promotion for older people

Details for: Counselling at the Street Corner

Country	Austria
Project-number	AT-7
Name of model	Counselling at the Street Corner
Name in national language	Beratung am Eck
Link to model	http://pflege.fsw.at/gszs/gsz15/gsz 15_beratung_am_eck.html
Organisation	Fonds Soziales Wien
Link to organisation	http://www.fsw.at
Type of organisation	public non-profit
Project manager	DSA Elisabeth Ettmann
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Relevance of the model	Innovative project on health promotion for older people
Target groups	Socio-economically disadvantaged older people Older people from minority ethnic groups Migrants
Age of target groups	56-60 61-65 66-70 71-75 76-80 81-85 86-90
Setting	City
Funded by	Federal State of Vienna
Partner institutions	-
City	Vienna, Austria
Region	Vienna, Austria
Short summary	Counselling at the Street Corner is a low level service without social barriers by the counselling centre “care and attendance at home” for citizens of the 6th, 7th, 14th and 15th Viennese district. Older people and their relatives get information, advice and support in form of face-to-face interactions and group events.
Main objectives	Information for older people and their relatives Advice for older people and their relatives Support for older people and their relatives
Main activities	Individual offers are to consult and advice in social, financial and jurisdictional belongings (e.g. care and attendance at home or stationary care) in different languages (in German, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Turkish) to give basic help (e.g. filling in official administrative forms) to organise talks about various health and social related issues Group offers are open discussion groups for senior citizens intercultural groups for older women discussion group “health promotion for older women from Turkey” multilingual information events about specific health and social matters
Evaluation	no
Description of evaluation	no evaluation
Main results	n/a
Contact name	DSA Elisabeth Ettmann
Contact email	n.A.
Contact telephone	+43-01-4000-15850
Contact fax	-
Social participation and inclusion	social support, networks
Inclusion criteria More information on inclusion criteria
3. Multi-faceted, holistic
4. Sustainability
5. Voice of older people
6. Model involves visible and invisible target groups	The project activities are very close to the population characteristics of the respective Viennese districts and therefore also involve invisible groups as target groups. These are for instance older women with a migration background.
7. Diversity	The project includes several individual and group offers which is essential in terms of diversity. For instance, the individual consultation hours are offered in different languages (in German, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Turkish). The group offerings are for diverse groups such as older Turkish women. Special health and social themes are offered in a multilingual way too.
8. Geographical and physical accessibility
10. Gender sensitivity	Individual and group activities are often offered especially for women (older women, female foreigners etc.).
16. Innovative strategy

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