1. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY VIEW OF
ANKARA UNIVERSITY CENTER ON
AGEING STUDIES: A MODEL PROJECT
ABOUT “COLOURING THE LIVES OF
ELDERLY”
Prof. Dr. Emine OZMETE
Head of Ankara University Center on
Ageing Studies
IFA 11th GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON
AGEING, PRAGUE
2. YAŞAM= LIFE
YAŞAM was established
on the 9th of November
2010 in the Official
Journal according to the
“Foundation of a Center
Regulation”
3. Mission of YAŞAM;
The mission of YAŞAM is to
form social policies to meet
the economic, social, cultural
and psychological needs of
elderly people and to
contribute and carry out
projects on research /
education and the
implementation in the field of
the welfare of the elderly at
both macro and micro-level, to
publish and develop
sustainable education and
implement models for the
elderly, provide training for
professionals working in the
field of elderly care and
welfare and provide
consultancy services.
4. Being
sustainable Special care on
research,
Focusing publication,
on the service,
education and
elderly community
relationships
Monitoring global
trends, contributing
Embracing to the
establishment of
interdisciplinary social policies
approach
BASIC concerning the
elderly population
PRINCIPLES in Turkey
OF YAŞAM
Focusing on senior
Development of individuals’ environment,
national and planning and implementing
economic, social, cultural,
international co- emotional, physical and
operation and psychological programs to
accreditation ameliorate senior
individuals’ lives
Co-operation with non-
governmental
organizations, local Liaising between the
administrations, public and
university and the
legal persons,
implementation of organizations in service
common projects towards of the elderly people
the prosperity of the
elderly
5. YAŞAM ADMINISTRATION
Prof. Dr. Emine • Head
• Ankara University Faculty of Health Sciences
Özmete Department of Social Work
• Member of Administration board
Prof. Dr. Teslime Atlı • Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Department of
Geriatric Sciences
Assoc. Prof. Levent • Member of Administration board
• Ankara University Faculty of Law Department of Social
Akın Security Law
Assoc.Prof. Hayat • Member of Administration board
• Ankara University Faculty of Education Sciences
Boz Department of life long learning
Assoc. Prof. Senay • Member of Administration board
• Ankara University Faculty of Politic Sciences
Gökbayrak Department of Work Economics
6. The nation that does not feel
grateful to the ones who worked
with all their power in the past,
does not have the right to project
the future with confidence.
7. • The history of YAŞAM is very young but it is a
history of a dream.
• The idea of this centre started being discussed at
a time when “ageing” as a concept was not even
mentioned both in the academic, social and
policy arena in Turkey.
• Approximately 20 years ago, when we were
planning our research projects about ageing, we
were aware of the fact that Turkey needs to
increase the number of institutions which focus
on ageing studies.
• YAŞAM has emerged as a result of congregation
of various interdisciplinary ageing research
studies that have been taking place for a long
time at our university.
9. • The rate of elderly people is 7.1% in Turkey. This rate will be
18% by 2050.
• Ageing is big phenomenon in Turkey as well as world wide.
• *Economic problems
• *Social Problems
• *Psychological problems are increasing with ageing.
10. Life expectancy at birth, in years
80
75
70
Turkey
EU
EU members since 2004 or 2007
CIS
65
60
55
1980 1990 2000 2010
11. WHY STUDY ELDERLY?
• “Old age is a phase when the accumulated life experience
and wisdom emerges and when the individual re-discovers
everything.
• For that reason, as Cicero says “Wanting to be young again
is like a horse who wants to go back to start line when he
already crossed the finish line”.
• Elderly people are the important representatives of the
past. They are valuable in terms of transferring past
knowledge and values to the future. Recognising elderly
and benefiting from their knowledge will both help them to
remain their status in the society and will contribute to the
society.
12. • In this respect, providing quality
services to the elderly and
developing relevant social
policies have become one of the
most important policy areas in
Turkey. Global ageing has
resulted in rising demand for
economic and social needs. In
order to meet this demand,
private and public sector,
universities, NGOs and local
governments have to be more
responsive and involved.
13. What Is Social Responsibility?
Being Socially
Responsible means
that people and
organisations must
behave ethically and
with sensitivity
toward social,
cultural, economic
and environmental
issues.
14. “Colouring the Lives of Elderly”
In the scope of “Colouring the Lives of Elderly“ social
responsibility project, we provided maintenance for the
houses of the poor elderly, who are either living alone or
with their families, in order to add value to their lives. The
number of families who live under the poverty line has
been increasing and most of the elderly and their families
in this situation are not even able to meet their basic needs
such as food. Moreover, deteriorating health conditions
result in the increase of treatment and medication
expenditures. For that reason, maintenance of the house is
not a priority for them. Even if it becomes a priority, most
of the time they do not have the means for this.
15. • Ankara
University
Center on
Ageing Studies
• Kayalar (Multi
National Firm)
DUFA Wall-
Paint
• Elmadag
Municipality
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22. 22 March 2011, “Respect for the Elderly”
week
International Conference on “Social
Policy Agenda for the Elderly”
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24. ANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ YAŞLILIK ÇALIŞMALARI UYGULAMA VE
ARAŞTIRMA MERKEZİ
KONFERANS
“Yaşlılık ve Sağlıklı Yaşam”
Program
Açılış konuşmaları
Nurhan YEŞİLYURT
Seyranbağları Huzurevi Yaşlı Bakım ve Rehabilitasyon Merkezi Müdürü
Doç.Dr. Emine ÖZMETE, Ankara Üniversitesi Yaşlılık Çalışmaları
Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Müdürü
Konferans
Uzman Dr.Sevgi ARAS, Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dahili Bilimler
Anabilim Dalı Geriatri Bilim Dalı
“Yaşlılıkta Doğru İlaç Kullanma İlkeleri”
Dr.Hülya YARDIMCI, Ankara Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Beslenme
ve Diyetetik Bölümü
“Yaşlılıkta Yeterli ve Dengeli Beslenme İlkeleri”
27 Eylül 2011, SALI
Saat: 14.00-15.00
Seyranbağları Huzurevi Yaşlı Bakım ve Rehabilitasyon Merkezi Konferans Salonu
Bağlar Caddesi No:161 Seyranbağları / ANKARA
