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Intergenerational Day Centers: A New Wave in Adult and Child Day Care
Intergenerational Day Centers (IDCs) are an innovation that addresses two important societal challenges, the continuing need for childcare and the emerging demand for older-adult supportive services that help them remain independent in their homes. These facilities provide care, and specialized reso...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9819571/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36613131 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010809 |
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author | Norouzi, Neda Angel, Jacqueline L. |
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description | Intergenerational Day Centers (IDCs) are an innovation that addresses two important societal challenges, the continuing need for childcare and the emerging demand for older-adult supportive services that help them remain independent in their homes. These facilities provide care, and specialized resources and activities for both older adults and children in one location. While the importance and benefits of these programs have been proven, there is scant information in the literature and best-practice guidelines on the planning and development of these programs. This qualitative study focuses on the research, planning, and building development for new IDCs in metropolitan areas. It is based on a case example of the process of establishing an IDC in the City of Austin, which was an element of the Age-Friendly Austin Plan. It examines the applicable literature and the extensive involvement of experts in architecture, community planning, and public health policy as well as data collected from community engagement workshops to facilitate the IDC’s creation and operation. This study offers a developmental strategy method that can be adopted and utilized by other cities, developers, and designers who are interested in building IDCs. |
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spelling | pubmed-98195712023-01-07 Intergenerational Day Centers: A New Wave in Adult and Child Day Care Norouzi, Neda Angel, Jacqueline L. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Intergenerational Day Centers (IDCs) are an innovation that addresses two important societal challenges, the continuing need for childcare and the emerging demand for older-adult supportive services that help them remain independent in their homes. These facilities provide care, and specialized resources and activities for both older adults and children in one location. While the importance and benefits of these programs have been proven, there is scant information in the literature and best-practice guidelines on the planning and development of these programs. This qualitative study focuses on the research, planning, and building development for new IDCs in metropolitan areas. It is based on a case example of the process of establishing an IDC in the City of Austin, which was an element of the Age-Friendly Austin Plan. It examines the applicable literature and the extensive involvement of experts in architecture, community planning, and public health policy as well as data collected from community engagement workshops to facilitate the IDC’s creation and operation. This study offers a developmental strategy method that can be adopted and utilized by other cities, developers, and designers who are interested in building IDCs. MDPI 2023-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9819571/ /pubmed/36613131 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010809 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Norouzi, Neda Angel, Jacqueline L. Intergenerational Day Centers: A New Wave in Adult and Child Day Care |
title | Intergenerational Day Centers: A New Wave in Adult and Child Day Care |
title_full | Intergenerational Day Centers: A New Wave in Adult and Child Day Care |
title_fullStr | Intergenerational Day Centers: A New Wave in Adult and Child Day Care |
title_full_unstemmed | Intergenerational Day Centers: A New Wave in Adult and Child Day Care |
title_short | Intergenerational Day Centers: A New Wave in Adult and Child Day Care |
title_sort | intergenerational day centers: a new wave in adult and child day care |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9819571/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36613131 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010809 |
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