Intervention Model of Day Centers – Interage Spaces of SCML

The Directorate of Development and Proximity Intervention (DIDIP) “manages, in an integrated manner, the services and equipment for social action and proximity health, promoting autonomy and social inclusion, through the provision of health care and support, namely in the following areas of intervention: childhood and youth; elderly population; people with disabilities; family and parenthood; disadvantaged social groups and community development,” according to the institution's statutes.
Regarding the day center, it is “an open response to the participation of the user and the community, which provides services and develops activities of an informative, sociocultural, and therapeutic nature, preventing dependency or its worsening, aiming at promoting autonomy and the person's permanence in their natural living environment, with better quality,” according to the Internal Regulation of the Day Center.

Management: Directorate of Development and Proximity Intervention (DIDIP)
Coordination: Alexandra Castro and Ana Moura

Authors: Esmeralda Saragoça, Isabel Araújo, Isabel Godinho, João Mendes, Marília Viegas, Teresa Pires, Vera Vaz
Collaboration: Ana Luísa Silva, Helena Rosário, Inês Brito, Isabel Peres, José Castro e Cunha, Luna Marques, Manuela Marques, and Rita Matos

Review: Alexandra Castro and Ana Moura
Graphic Design and Layout: Cristina Cascais (gingerandfredesigners@gmail.com)

Collection: Social Action Notebooks - 05 - Proximity
Publisher: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa/ Editorial Center
Year of Publication: November, 2021
ISBN: 9789899021501