The project with which she was able to get the grant and that will developed during this period, and with which she has obtained the funding, is called “Socioeconomic deprivation related to the effect of the presence of dependant older people: strategies for innovative politics (SEreDIPE)”.
On March a new mate has incorporated into the Poliwelfare, Georgia Casanova, of Italian nationality, through the Marie Curie Individual Fellowship Grant (Horizon 2020- MSCA-IF-2019) of two years duration. The project with which she was able to get the grant and that will developed during this period, and with which she has obtained the funding, is called “Socioeconomic deprivation related to the effect of the presence of dependant older people: strategies for innovative politics (SEreDIPE)”. This project turns around the risk of poverty for families with dependent people to their care. The study is directed to analyze the effects of the necessities and cares of old people (older than 65) in the socioeconomic conditions of their family unities in eight European countries.
The study pretends to comprehend in depth the complex relationship between the limitations of AVD (Activities daily living), the need to take care of the older people and the socioeconomic privations of the families, identifying valid and reliable indicators, and innovative strategies -where «innovation» means «social innovation»- to project long-lasting family and care politics (LTC). The results proportionate tools and information for the decision-making and validated actions to the politicians responsible for it. SEreDipe is an study of mixed method, based on the quantitative analysis of secondary data integrated with a qualitative analysis of data to find useful innovations in order to support families and the long-lasting assistance systems in all Europe.
Georgia is a social Researcher in welfare topics from 2002, specialized in long-lasting cares to a national and international level. Expert on mixed methods and comparative studies, she has worked and studied in different international contexts and in developing countries from Africa and the Balkans. She had the opportunity of working in the National and Local Agencies of services, NGOs, Universities and specialized Research Centres. From 2013 to 2021, she was a researcher at the Socioeconomic Research Centre about Ageing at the INRCA – Italian National Institution of Health and Science about Ageing. Giorgia is a member of the Family international monitor. Know the institution here
Their research interest are social Innovation, long-lasting care, comparative studies, socioeconomic deprivation and ageing.
