Social capacity, sustainable development, and older people: Lessons from community-based care in Southeast Asia

Social capacity, sustainable development, and older people: Lessons from community-based care in Southeast Asia

While gender has become a central factor in development, age and older people are seldom considered, and many organisations assume a top-down, non-participatory model of care-even when these organisations are otherwise engaged in sustainable and participatory development. This paper looks at how old...

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Main Author: Ritchie M.A.
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Published: 2014
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-12032014-08-29T09:20:19Z Social capacity, sustainable development, and older people: Lessons from community-based care in Southeast Asia Ritchie M.A. While gender has become a central factor in development, age and older people are seldom considered, and many organisations assume a top-down, non-participatory model of care-even when these organisations are otherwise engaged in sustainable and participatory development. This paper looks at how older people have been involved in sustainable community-based care efforts in Southeast Asia, and argues that the key factor for project success is the building of 'social capacity'-the ability of a social group or community to function and care for its older members-which depends on the strategic approach to participation taken by the project. 2014-08-29T09:20:19Z 2014-08-29T09:20:19Z 2000 Article 9614524 10.1080/09614520020008814 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034536198&partnerID=40&md5=c2c2251fe9417d2770633317521a3c94 http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/1203 English
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description While gender has become a central factor in development, age and older people are seldom considered, and many organisations assume a top-down, non-participatory model of care-even when these organisations are otherwise engaged in sustainable and participatory development. This paper looks at how older people have been involved in sustainable community-based care efforts in Southeast Asia, and argues that the key factor for project success is the building of 'social capacity'-the ability of a social group or community to function and care for its older members-which depends on the strategic approach to participation taken by the project.
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