Geronto housewives are trained to recognize victims of violence among users of services in the home and inform professionals that an elderly person suffers violence, but they can also point to their own and positive practices that the elderly used to defend themselves from violence.
Elderly people are often lonely, and Geronto housewives play an important role in alleviating this phenomenon.
Additionally, a PD workshop was organized to reduce various forms of violence against the elderly in Novi Sad, Serbia. They are in the process of discovering and disseminating successful practical behaviors - positive deviance solutions - to reduce economic violence, neglect and isolation.
This material was produced by WIN (Welfare Improvement Network) within the EVA “Strengthened Gender Action in Cahul and Ungheni districts” project, financed by the European Union and implemented by UN Women in partnership with UNICEF. The content belongs to the authors and does not necessarily reflect the vision of the European Union. As part of the social innovation process, the Positive Deviance Approach was applied in the project with support from facilitators Lars Thuesen, Berit Daugaard and Mads Fly-Hansen from WIN (Welfare Improvement Network).
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