Older people: How to break their isolation during the holidays?

Older people and their carers, citizens and associations, elderly professionals and local elected representatives will find on this portal resources to support them in the search for suitable and local solutions.

Thanks to the initiatives presented in

Citizens and associations

, you will learn how to:

• maintaining contact and initiating exchanges with older people;
• help as a neighbor and become a player in the solidarity of your neighborhood;
• volunteer with the many associations that work to maintain the social connection of older people throughout the territory;
• associations will be able to obtain tools to support them in their missions.

In the

Older people and their caregivers

, you will also find:

• initiatives that support and accompany the helping/assisted pair in the different components of their daily life, based around the 10 essential needs of the elderly person;
• resources to support and accompany family caregivers: psychological listening and support devices, training and orientation tools, networks of assistance between family caregivers...

Two other headings are intended for local elected officials, who play a key role in identifying and coordinating action with the most vulnerable groups, and for professionals in old age who provide tailored solutions every day. They will find tools that can assist them in their daily exercise.