TY - JOUR
T1 - Typical oversights when managing an intergenerational program
T2 - a reflection from Portugal
AU - Azevedo, Cláudia
AU - Palmeirão, Cristina
AU - Paúl, Constança
PY - 2018/4/3
Y1 - 2018/4/3
N2 - This article reflects on how a lack of systematic design in planning an intergenerational program (IP) could compromise the use of an appropriate methodological framework, participant selection criteria, and applicable methods of evaluation. Drawing upon an IP developed in a disadvantaged context in Portugal between a school and a day care center for older persons, we critically consider the motivations for implementing this type of program. It is argued that disparate motivations lead to unsystematic design and planning, an indistinctness of selection criteria for the participants and prevented outcomes-oriented thinking. Additionally, guidance is provided for potential use in planning future IPs.
AB - This article reflects on how a lack of systematic design in planning an intergenerational program (IP) could compromise the use of an appropriate methodological framework, participant selection criteria, and applicable methods of evaluation. Drawing upon an IP developed in a disadvantaged context in Portugal between a school and a day care center for older persons, we critically consider the motivations for implementing this type of program. It is argued that disparate motivations lead to unsystematic design and planning, an indistinctness of selection criteria for the participants and prevented outcomes-oriented thinking. Additionally, guidance is provided for potential use in planning future IPs.
KW - Intergenerational programming
KW - Methodological framework
KW - Oversights
KW - Practitioners
KW - Systematic design
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85038870902&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15350770.2018.1404863
DO - 10.1080/15350770.2018.1404863
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85038870902
SN - 1535-0770
VL - 16
SP - 205
EP - 210
JO - Journal of Intergenerational Relationships
JF - Journal of Intergenerational Relationships
IS - 1-2
ER -