“Age XXL”: Activities And Impact Of The Intergenerational And Inclusive Project In The School Community, Prisoners And The Elderly’s Perception

Intergenerationality Programs—Between Children and Older Adults—For Portuguese Population: A Scoping Review

“…Eight studies were selected, four in Portuguese [ 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ] and four others in English [ 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 ]. Out of these included studies, one fits in the quantitative paradigm [ 32 ], three in the quantitative paradigm [ 26 , 27 , 29 ], three have a mixed approach [ 25 , 30 , 31 ] and one is a systematic review of the ScR type [ 28 ].…”

“…By analyzing the included programs/projects, 50% of these are integrated into previously existing programs/projects that seek to promote other areas beyond intergenerationality—combined programs [ 26 , 28 , 29 ], making up the remaining 50% we have programs/projects focused on intergenerationality alone—we called them projects without combined intervention, meaning they are only focused on this area of intervention [ 25 , 31 , 32 ]. Generally, these programs’/projects’ intervention periods varied between two and twelve months of fieldwork, having between two and twenty-six total sessions, each lasting from 15 to 120 min [ 25 , 26 , 28 , 29 , 31 , 32 ], see Table 2 . As for the population inserted in those programs/projects, the age of the older adult population ranged from 64 to 97 years old, with the ages of children varying from 3 to 13 years old [ 25 , 26 , 28 , 29 , 31 , 32 ].…”

“…Generally, these programs’/projects’ intervention periods varied between two and twelve months of fieldwork, having between two and twenty-six total sessions, each lasting from 15 to 120 min [ 25 , 26 , 28 , 29 , 31 , 32 ], see Table 2 . As for the population inserted in those programs/projects, the age of the older adult population ranged from 64 to 97 years old, with the ages of children varying from 3 to 13 years old [ 25 , 26 , 28 , 29 , 31 , 32 ]. It is worth noting that in some studies, the age group of the study population is not specified [ 26 , 28 , 32 ].…”

“…As for the population inserted in those programs/projects, the age of the older adult population ranged from 64 to 97 years old, with the ages of children varying from 3 to 13 years old [ 25 , 26 , 28 , 29 , 31 , 32 ]. It is worth noting that in some studies, the age group of the study population is not specified [ 26 , 28 , 32 ]. For other studies, the upper age limit established for the juvenile population was surpassed to allow for their inclusion, as these studies were relevant for understanding the matter.…”

“…For other studies, the upper age limit established for the juvenile population was surpassed to allow for their inclusion, as these studies were relevant for understanding the matter. So, the maximum age was considered 11 years old in the studies of Valente (2015) and Barbosa (2020) [ 25 , 31 ] and 13 years old in the study of Henriques (2021) [ 32 ].…”