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In Legionowo (Mazowieckie province) individuals aged 60+ account for 25% of all inhabitants. During the pandemic many elderly people were excluded from social life due to poor digital skills. We are convinced that only systemic activities developed along with stakeholders can permanently and effectively include seniors of both sexes in the city life. We will address these problems by developing the Strategy for Legionowo Activities Targeted at Senior Citizens Aged 60+ for 2022-2026. We will provide seniors from our town with digital skill training. Together we will analyse Legionowo initiatives for elderly people taken up so far and will conduct a study diagnosing the needs of this group. We will survey 500 individuals aged 60+ to find out what functions well and what should work better in our town. We will organise 3 virtual diagnostic walks to gather seniors’ opinions on various urban spaces. We will organise three virtual consultation cafés to let elderly people talk about their experience and ideas. Based on these activities, we will formulate conclusions and recommendations that will serve as the basis for a Strategy prepared by experts. We will consult its draft with seniors and will submit the final version to the Legionowo authorities that have declared to pass it in the form of a resolution.
Summary of project results
Over 25% of citizens of Legionowo (Mazowieckie Voivodeship) is over 60 years old. We have observed that many of the elderly have been excluded from the civic life due to their low digital competences.We have answered that challenge by designing a 2022-2026 strategy for seniors 60+ for the city of Legionowo. We are confident that only systemic solutions designed with all the stakeholders at the table can successfully and permanently include our seniors into the life of Legionowo. We have trained our seniors in digital competences. Together, we have analyzed Legionowo’s initiatives for the seniors, as well as analyzed and diagnosed the current needs of the group. We conducted a survey of 500 individuals over 60 on what functions well and what aspects of the city’s operations should be improved. We have also conducted three virtual diagnostic walks, during which we have learned about seniors’ opinions about urban spaces, as well as three virtual cafes where seniors had an opportunity to chat about their experiences and ideas. Based on these initiatives we have formulated conclusions and recommendations that served as a basis for the strategy. The draft of the strategy was consulted with the seniors and its final version was presented to Legionowo’s authorities, which adopted it in the form of a resolution.Thanks to our project we managed to show seniors as a group full of social potential. Our surveys have shown that the seniors have increased their digital competences. Adoption of the resolution by the city is a major success.
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