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Sugahara, G., Matos, M., Santos, I.  & Canha, S. (2022). Involving the community in ageing policy design: The Cascais Protocol. AGEING IN EUROPE: Towards more Inclusive Societies, Research and Policy.

G. T. Sugahara et al.,  "Involving the community in ageing policy design: The Cascais Protocol", in AGEING IN EUROPE: Towards more Inclusive Societies, Research and Policy, Vienna, 2022

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	author = "Sugahara, G. and Matos, M. and Santos, I.  and Canha, S.",
	title = "Involving the community in ageing policy design: The Cascais Protocol",
	year = "2022"
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Involving the community in ageing policy design: The Cascais Protocol
T2  - AGEING IN EUROPE: Towards more Inclusive Societies, Research and Policy
AU  - Sugahara, G.
AU  - Matos, M.
AU  - Santos, I. 
AU  - Canha, S.
PY  - 2022
CY  - Vienna
AB  - As observed in several other metropolitan peripheries in Europe, Cascais’ – a municipality in
Lisbon's metropolitan area - unprecedented demographic change poses unparalleled
challenges to the public administration. At the municipalities’ request a participatory action
research project was undertaken
to produce a diagnostic, a strategy and an action plan for ageing, old-age, and social policies.
Using the lenses of critical gerontology, this paper aims to describe the protocol applied in
Cascais and its preliminary findings.
Data was collected from 12 out of 18 workshops conducted with 6 ´reference groups’,
between February and April-2022. The number of participants in each reference group ranged
from 5 to 14 (n=53). This paper reports on three main data sources, (i) a paper-based inquiry,
distributed before each session, (ii) notes from the research team, and (iv) a transcription of
the audio recorded
(with an average duration of 1,5h). The main topic for the workshops 1 and 2 were ageism and
the age-friendly framework in the context of Cascais, respectively.
When asked if they ever felt discriminated against due to his or her age, 68% (36) replied no.
There was a significant change when the participants were asked about witnessing age
discrimination, 58% (31) replied yes. Despite a general acknowledgment of diversity in ageing
and disapproval of ableism,
most participants continued to negatively associate ageing to disability and dependence. The
Cascais Protocol proved to be useful to expand the boundaries of ageing policies, but its
replicability potential remains unclear.
ER  -