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General Purposes
1. increase awareness and information on the active participation of ageing citizens in the enforcement of their patients rights in all EU countries with their double role of: empowered patients; active citizens who act in the community; 2. demonstrate how the active role of "empowered ageing patients/users" can contribute to face the challenges resulting from the crisis of the European social and "demographic"model, maintaining the health care universalism. 3. promote the active participation of ageing people in health-care policy and services in order to enhance well-being in old age and avoid that diseases can be cause of their social exclusion.
Areas have been analyzed in order to four highlight: * actors * empowerment processes * the relation with welfare systems * working procedures used by the active citizenship
3 = = 1 4
2 3 2 1 2
6 1 2 9 4
An empowerment process
a mechanism allowing people, organizations and communities to boost their capability to control their lives (Rappaport).
Some proposal
1. EU: capitalize the 'European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity. 2. NG: remove obstacles in order to enable a patient centered implementation of Healthcare 3. Local authorities: invest money and energy on the training of senior community agents and the establishment of socializing centers 4. Civic organizations: align their organizations and their actions to the information provided by the good practices