CERGAS Seminar "Solutions supporting Ageing in Place: A systematic literature review."

The concept of Ageing in Place (AiP) has progressively moved from a theoretical paradigm to a guiding principle for rethinking social and healthcare services in ageing societies. AiP emphasizes the importance of enabling older adults to remain in their own homes and communities for as long as possible, maintaining their autonomy and quality of life. Despite the growing attention in both academic and policy arenas, the operationalization of AiP into effective, scalable, and sustainable solutions remains fragmented. This study aims to bridge this gap by developing a comprehensive framework for understanding and categorizing AiP interventions, with the goal of supporting policy innovation and service sustainability.
This study presents the first phase of a broader research project, focusing on a systematic literature review aimed at mapping existing interventions and service innovations related to AiP. The objective is to identify, classify, and critically analyze the types of AiP interventions that have been explored in the academic literature, with particular attention to their key characteristics and operational features.

The review addresses the following research questions: 
RQ1: What types of solutions for AIP have been explored in existing literature? 
And, more specifically
RQ2: What are the objectives of these solutions and how do they contribute to promoting AIP?
RQ3: What are the main actors included in these solutions? Which roles do they enact?

The final sample of records included in the study is 113. Results show a wide diversity in the terminology and focus areas used to describe AiP-related interventions, underscoring the need for a systematic approach to classify and compare them. Moreover, we identify six type of solutions explored in literature, which relate to different objectives to support AiP. We show the main actors included in AiP initiatives and the role they enact, illustrating the dominant role of public administrations, whereas older adults are largely passive beneficiaries, missing the opportunity to co-design inclusive solutions. 
This works makes several contributions. First, it brings together fragmented research over existing solutions to support AiP, identifying six typologies and offering analytical information on their core features. Second, it identifies multiple avenues for research to consolidate the field. Last, it contributes to the international discourse on how to make ageing societies more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable.

Speaker:

Eleonora Perobelli is Lecturer in Public Management at SDA Bocconi School of Management, where she has been collaborating since 2017. She is also a researcher at the Center for Research on Health and Social Care Management (CERGAS) of the School in the Social Policy and Service Management area. Since 2022, she has been the Program Coordinator for the Executive Master in Management of Public Administrations (EMMAP) and the Course in Management of Public Administrations (MAP).
Her research interests and scientific publications focus on three main topics: service management models and their impact on organizational economic and social sustainability: the definition and measurement of the value created in public services; the management of public-private hybrid organizations (e.g., in-house, public enterprises, etc.). Her research mostly focused on the welfare, long-term care and housing sectors. She took part to multiple research and executive education initiatives in partnership with local and regional public organizations, public-private hybrid organizations and foundations. She coordinates the SDA Bocconi team involved in the HouseInc project, funded under Horizon Europe.
Her works are published in international and national journals such as Public Management Review, International Journal of Long Term Care, Mecosan, and Economia & Management. Also, she contributed to international books published by Elgar Publishing, Palgrave and Routledge. She regularly contributes to the OASI Report on the state of the National Health Service and the annual Report of the Observatory on Long Term Care, which she co-edits. She is the co-author of several volumes dedicated to local welfare innovation and the management of public housing services.
She holds a PhD in Management & Innovation from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and a Master of Science in Economics & Management of Government and International Organizations from Università Bocconi.

Giordana Puritani is a researcher at CERGAS - SDA Bocconi, where she focuses on public and healthcare management. Her research interests include public services design, digital innovation and clinical management and governance. She holds a MSc in Economics and Management of Government and International Organizations and a BSc in Business Administration and Management, both from Bocconi University.

Link zoom:

https://unibocconi-it.zoom.us/j/92326769527?pwd=EziPFonTk2WCin1lea4mSWFHFYmaIr.1

Meeting ID:

923 2676 9527

Passcode:

515469

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