Public Policy Measure
The Social Centre is a social service, implemented in specific physical facilities, to support social, recreational and cultural activities, organised and promoted with the active participation of the elderly in a community.
This social service aims to
a) Prevent loneliness and social exclusion;
b) Promote autonomy and active and healthy ageing;
c) Encourage participation and promote social inclusion;
d) Foster interpersonal and intergenerational relationships;
e) Contribute to delaying or avoiding institutionalisation.