APIC

Personalized citizen support for community integration

 

 “ An essential determinant of the health and well-being of seniors, social participation represents the involvement of a person in activities that provide interactions with others in community life and in shared and important environments, in a manner evolving, according to the time available and according to what is desired and meaningful for her. » (Levasseur et al., 2022)

During this support tailor-made for approximately 3 hours per week during about 1 year, an elderly person and a volunteer accompanying person are combined to achieve meaningful social and leisure activities, depending on the personal and environmental resources of the elderly person.
APIC is based on…
  • respect for the needs and interests of seniors
  • peer-to-peer exchange
  • respect for differences
  • the importance of inclusion in the community