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Living circumstances of

young and old people in our region

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If we compare our living conditions with the ones of our grandparents we can say that there was a great improvement in what concerns life in general.

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We now have better education, better housing facilities, better working conditions and better leisure opportunities.

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Youngsters can make a series of choices their grandparents couldn't and they have things their ancestors didn´t even dream about.

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But they also live difficult times with the lack of jobs (we live in an industrial region that is seriously affected by unemployment ) and a competitive labour market and the psychological and family problems they create.

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Presently, we are too worried to succeed in a competitive world, in having material things and we forget family ties and relationships.

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A great percentage of older people live completely alone and many times in poor conditions.

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Our national and local authorities and associations are trying to end this trend by establishing projects to fight solitude in old age and to support an active ageing.

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One of those projects is a partnership between local authorities and universities that allows students to live in real homes instead of university residences and helps older people to feel less lonely.

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Another one is Universidade Senior whose goal is to provide older people an active life and to allow them to participate in leisure, social and cultural activities.

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And of course, there are also many projects regarding home care and helping with daily chores provided by the National Health Care Centres or by private charity associations (many of them set up by groups of youngsters).

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So, there is a generation gap.The differences between young people and the elderly exist, but nowadays there´s an attempt to make them disappear. An attempt to allow older people to continue to exercise their competence, to enjoy respect and esteem, and to maintain or establish supportive and caring relationships….

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Thank you for your attention!