TY - JOUR
T1 - Intergenerationality programs — between children and older adults — for Portuguese population
T2 - a scoping review
AU - Carvalho, Maria Inês
AU - Póvoa, Maria João
AU - Neves, Mariana
AU - Bernardo, Joana
AU - Loureiro, Ricardo
AU - Bernardes, Rafael A.
AU - Almeida, Inês F.
AU - Santana, Elaine
AU - Silva, Rosa
N1 - Funding Information:
This article is based upon the work of COST Action 19136 International Interdisciplinary Network on Smart Healthy Age-friendly Environments, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology); and the authors wish to acknowledge the Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra, Portugal, and the Portugal Centre for Evidence-Based Practice: a Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence, Portugal (PCEBP).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors.
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - The aging process is characterized by diverse and complex changes in the individual’s various dimensions, requiring continuous adaptation. In this sense, this transition can be faced from an active aging standpoint through strategies such as intergenerationality programs/projects, resulting in an active social participation and valorization that is so important to life in society. This review aimed to map existing programs/projects to promote interaction between children and older adults in Portugal to understand the extent and type of evidence available. A scoping review was developed guided by the JBI methodology and using PRISMA-ScR. The studies included six programs/projects promoting intergenerationality identified in Portugal, focusing their actions on promoting active aging and preventing problems associated with aging. The evaluated dimensions along the implementation of these programs were in the cognitive, motor, emotional and communicational domains, including parameters such as self-esteem, self-confidence, self-worth, well-being, loneliness and depression. These programs/projects present themselves as potential senior mental health promoters. However, other dimensions have been evaluated during these programs’/projects’ applications.
AB - The aging process is characterized by diverse and complex changes in the individual’s various dimensions, requiring continuous adaptation. In this sense, this transition can be faced from an active aging standpoint through strategies such as intergenerationality programs/projects, resulting in an active social participation and valorization that is so important to life in society. This review aimed to map existing programs/projects to promote interaction between children and older adults in Portugal to understand the extent and type of evidence available. A scoping review was developed guided by the JBI methodology and using PRISMA-ScR. The studies included six programs/projects promoting intergenerationality identified in Portugal, focusing their actions on promoting active aging and preventing problems associated with aging. The evaluated dimensions along the implementation of these programs were in the cognitive, motor, emotional and communicational domains, including parameters such as self-esteem, self-confidence, self-worth, well-being, loneliness and depression. These programs/projects present themselves as potential senior mental health promoters. However, other dimensions have been evaluated during these programs’/projects’ applications.
KW - Aged
KW - Healthy aging
KW - Intergenerational relations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85144676460&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/nursrep12040081
DO - 10.3390/nursrep12040081
M3 - Review article
C2 - 36412800
AN - SCOPUS:85144676460
SN - 2039-439X
VL - 12
SP - 836
EP - 849
JO - Nursing Reports
JF - Nursing Reports
IS - 4
ER -