This paper offers a series of reflections and intervention strategies aimed at identifying the needs of families navigating the ‘ageing process’ and responding to these needs with increasing competence. Adopting a specific relational-symbolic perspective on family and social bonds, it proposes the application of the Percorsi di Enrichment Familiare (PEF®) method for families with elderly members, as a form of preventive and promotional family intervention. Within this theoretical and methodological framework, two case studies will be presented, focusing on the support and accompaniment of caregivers of older adults. These were implemented as part of the “Ben-Essere Anziani” project, carried out within accredited family counselling centres managed by the Fondazione Fare Famiglia – Onlus in the Milan metropolitan area, under the initiative “Sperimentazione Centri per la Famiglia” promoted by the Lombardy Region.
Catholic University of Sacro Cuore of Milan, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-8406-4604
Fondazione Fare Famiglia - Onlus, Assago, Italy
Fondazione Fare Famiglia - Onlus, Assago, Italy
Fondazione Fare Famiglia - Onlus, Assago, Italy
Fondazione Fare Famiglia - Onlus, Assago, Italy
Catholic University of Sacro Cuore of Milan, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-2379-6227
Chapter Title
“Alzheimer Cafè e Tè delle 17”: la metodologia dei Percorsi di Enrichment Familiare (PEF®) in gruppi di supporto per caregiver di anziani
Authors
Silvia Donato, Giulia Marabelli, Elena Galli, Elisa Serighelli, Laura Lafergola, Laura Ferrari
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0744-7.50
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Publication Year
2025
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Book Title
Accompagnare la longevità
Book Subtitle
Buone pratiche educative e formative per l’invecchiamento attivo
Editors
Vanna Boffo, Michele Bertani, Donatella Bramanti, Rabih Chattat, Laura Formenti
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Number of Pages
628
Publication Year
2025
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© 2025 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0744-7
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0743-0
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0744-7
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-0745-4
Series Title
Studies on Adult Learning and Education
Series ISSN
2704-596X
Series E-ISSN
2704-5781