The Cuatroochenta Chair of the UJI listens to the needs of the elderly in Castelló



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## The Cuatroochenta Chair of the UJI listens to the needs of the elderly in Castelló Focus groups have been held with elderly people to carry out a diagnostic study of their needs as part of the project "Castelló: a Friendly City for the Elderly".

30/11/2022 |
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Do you think there are enough benches to sit on in your street? Do you have any problems when you go to your bank branch or health centre? Does the bus run frequently enough? These are some of the questions posed to the nearly 40 people who have taken part in the focus groups over the last two months as part of the project"Castelló: a Friendly City for the Elderly", developed by the Cuatroochenta Chair in Artificial Intelligence, Health and Wellbeing of the Universitat Jaume I together with the Castelló de la Plana Town Council with the aim of finding out what older people think and expect from the city.

The Chair and the Town Council organised nine discussion groups, six of which were made up of people over 60 years of age, the other two of which were representatives of companies and public centres and the last group was made up of carers.

The meetings addressed the eight areas proposed in the WHO Guidelines on Age-Friendly Cities related to the physical environment, the social and cultural environment, communication and information, and social services and health. In all of them, participants had the opportunity to mention negative and positive aspects, as well as to suggest proposals for improvement or solutions to the different problems detected.

In the different focus groups, aspects such as the state of the streets and the accessibility of buildings were evaluated, as well as everything related to transport as a key element to facilitate the mobility of older people in their city. Participants also contributed ideas on the current offer of events and activities available, opportunities for associations, ageism, unwanted loneliness or intergenerational communication, among others. The digital divide and the image of older people in the media were also discussed. Finally, regarding social and health services, the purpose was to assess whether these are accessible and affordable for older people, as well as whether they have the necessary resources and services to meet the needs of this group.

The participants were selected taking into account the inclusion of people in different age ranges, living in different districts of the city and with different socioeconomic status in order to guarantee the representativeness of the whole group of elderly people in Castelló. Among the participating companies and public centres were representatives of different socio-health centres (day centres for the elderly and residences) with different professional profiles (physiotherapy, psychology, nursing and occupational therapy). Representatives of different associations and local businesses were also present.

Complementary to the focus groups, the Chair is also currently collecting information through a [survey for people over 60 living in the town of Castelló](https://jaumei.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6SGM08NedeuvKcK). In addition to the eight areas mentioned above, information is also being collected on the psychological well-being of older people, the use of ICTs and training in different technological fields.

**Diagnostic study to promote active and healthy ageing**

The project is part of the Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities promoted by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the aim of which is to create resources to facilitate healthy and active ageing. It is also aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development approved by the United Nations (UN).

The town of Castelló became a member of this network in 2014. Two years later, it carried out its first Action Plan. This 2022, the Castelló Town Council has started the preparation of the second Action Plan and has commissioned the Universitat Jaume I to prepare the new diagnostic study, which is expected to be published during the next year 2023. This will bring the first phase of the project to an end and from then on the second phase will begin, the aim of which is to translate the various proposals for improvement made by the participants in the focus groups into the Action Plan.

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