SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY VIEW OF ANKARA UNIVERSITY CENTER ON

AGEING STUDIES: A MODEL PROJECT ABOUT “COLOURING THE LIVES OF

ELDERLY”Prof. Dr. Emine OZMETE

Head of Ankara University Center on Ageing Studies

IFA 11th GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON AGEING, PRAGUE

YAŞAM= LIFEYAŞAM was established

on the 9th of November 2010 in the Official

Journal according to the “Foundation of a

Center Regulation”

Mission of YAŞAM; The mission of YAŞAM is to

form social policies to meet the economic, social, cultural and psychological needs of elderly people and to contribute and carry out projects on research / education and the implementation in the field of the welfare of the elderly at both macro and micro-level, to publish and develop sustainable education and implement models for the elderly, provide training for professionals working in the field of elderly care and welfare and provide consultancy services.

YAŞAM ADMINISTRATION

The nation that does not feel grateful to the ones who worked with all their power in the past, does not have the right to project the future with confidence.

The nation that does not feel grateful to the ones who worked with all their power in the past, does not have the right to project the future with confidence.

• The history of YAŞAM is very young but it is a history of a dream.

• The idea of this centre started being discussed at a time when “ageing” as a concept was not even mentioned both in the academic, social and policy arena in Turkey.

• Approximately 20 years ago, when we were planning our research projects about ageing, we were aware of the fact that Turkey needs to increase the number of institutions which focus on ageing studies.

• YAŞAM has emerged as a result of congregation of various interdisciplinary ageing research studies that have been taking place for a long time at our university.

Ageing Data

• The rate of elderly people is 7.1% in Turkey. This rate will be 18% by 2050.

• Ageing is big phenomenon in Turkey as well as world wide.

• *Economic problems• *Social Problems• *Psychological problems are increasing with ageing.

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WHY STUDY ELDERLY?• “Old age is a phase when the accumulated life experience

and wisdom emerges and when the individual re-discovers everything.

• For that reason, as Cicero says “Wanting to be young again is like a horse who wants to go back to start line when he already crossed the finish line”.

• Elderly people are the important representatives of the past. They are valuable in terms of transferring past knowledge and values to the future. Recognising elderly and benefiting from their knowledge will both help them to remain their status in the society and will contribute to the society.

• In this respect, providing quality services to the elderly and developing relevant social policies have become one of the most important policy areas in Turkey. Global ageing has resulted in rising demand for economic and social needs. In order to meet this demand, private and public sector, universities, NGOs and local governments have to be more responsive and involved.

What Is Social Responsibility? Being Socially

Responsible means that people and organisations must behave ethically and with sensitivity toward social, cultural, economic and environmental issues.

“Colouring the Lives of Elderly”

In the scope of “Colouring the Lives of Elderly“ social responsibility project, we provided maintenance for the houses of the poor elderly, who are either living alone or with their families, in order to add value to their lives. The number of families who live under the poverty line has been increasing and most of the elderly and their families in this situation are not even able to meet their basic needs such as food. Moreover, deteriorating health conditions result in the increase of treatment and medication expenditures. For that reason, maintenance of the house is not a priority for them. Even if it becomes a priority, most of the time they do not have the means for this.

• Ankara University Center on Ageing Studies

• Kayalar (Multi National Firm)

DUFA Wall-Paint

• Elmadag Municipality

22 March 2011, “Respect for the Elderly” week

International Conference on “Social Policy Agenda for the Elderly”

ANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ YAŞLILIK ÇALIŞMALARI UYGULAMA VE ARAŞTIRMA MERKEZİ

KONFERANS

“Yaşlılık ve Sağlıklı Yaşam”

Program

Açılış konuşmaları Nurhan YEŞİLYURT Seyranbağları Huzurevi Yaşlı Bakım ve Rehabilitasyon Merkezi Müdürü Doç.Dr. Emine ÖZMETE, Ankara Üniversitesi Yaşlılık Çalışmaları Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Müdürü

Konferans

Uzman Dr.Sevgi ARAS, Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dahili Bilimler Anabilim Dalı Geriatri Bilim Dalı “Yaşlılıkta Doğru İlaç Kullanma İlkeleri”

Dr.Hülya YARDIMCI, Ankara Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Beslenme ve Diyetetik Bölümü “Yaşlılıkta Yeterli ve Dengeli Beslenme İlkeleri”

27 Eylül 2011, SALI Saat: 14.00-15.00

Seyranbağları Huzurevi Yaşlı Bakım ve Rehabilitasyon Merkezi Konferans Salonu

Bağlar Caddesi No:161 Seyranbağları / ANKARA

Seyranbağları Nursing Home

ELDERLY POVERTY IN ANKARA: THE ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL NEEDS

WORLD HEALTH DAY

“HEALTH AND AGEING:BEING HEALTHY ADDS LIFE TO THE

YEARS”

SYMPOSIUMAPRIL 7TH , 2012

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