# Ageing of disabled persons in rural areas: a geographical approach for understanding well being and proximities

Franck Chignier-Riboulon, Meddy Escuriet, Mauricette Fournier

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Franck Chignier-Riboulon, Meddy Escuriet, Mauricette Fournier. Ageing of disabled persons in rural areas: a geographical approach for understanding well being and proximities. 17th biennial conference on Disability Research, The Nordic Network on Disability Research, May 2025, Helsinki, Finland. hal-05062984

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# Ageing of disabled persons in rural areas: a geographical approach for understanding well being and proximities

Franck Chignier-Riboulon, Meddy Escuriet, Mauricette Fournier

Territoires lab, Clermont, France

Mav. 9th 2025

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Unité mixte de recherche

Territoires

Observer, analyser, accompagner
les transitions territoriales

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RECHERCHE
APPLIQUÉE SUR
LE HANDICAP

APPLIED
DISABILITY
RESEARCH
# A combination of local services

* Understanding French acronyms

* ESAT, social workshop

* FAH, FV and EANM, residential structures for disabled workers, but without medical service

* FOI, occupational home, with or without residential function

* FAM, EAM, medicalised residential structure

* SAVS, social structure for accompanying people (relationship with family, cultural pleasures, social life)

* SAMSAH, social and medical structure for accompanying disabled persons

* SAJH, structures for persons with psychological difficulties

* EHPAD, residential structure for dependent elderly persons
# A geographical approach

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* Rural issue

* Defining sites

* a suburban one

* Two in mountains

* Cunlhat, isolated?

* Rochefort, a twin site with La Bourboule

* One in an agricultural plain, with close small towns

* One close to the Belgian border

* Surveys

* Workers close to retirement

* Retired persons

* Other persons
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Understanding perimeters : the example of the social
workshop of Colombier- la Blégnière

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The local environment

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# Perspectives of the research

* Local environments

* What is expected?

* From fieldwork to general value