STATE OF THE ART – ANALYSIS AND CROSS-CULTURAL MODEL DEFINITION (WP3)

The WP3 “State of the art” was aimed to develop the foundation of the TEC-MED Model. It was composed of 3 activities sequenced over time. These activities were linked together, so that the result of the first activity allowed the development of the second and the third one. A.3.1.1. consisted in an integrative literature review in order to: 1) Analyze case studies about the most promising social care initiatives in Europe and the Mediterranean basin to elderly people with dependence and risk of social exclusion, and 2) analyze the social care models in the participants countries. A state of the art was developed and a checklists and semi-structured interview guide, in different languages, to be use in the next activity. A.3.1.2. consisted in the development of qualitative research based on semi-structured interviews and focus groups. With the results of these interviews and analyzing the background with the previous literature review a SWOT analysis to diagnosis the Social Care Practices in the participant countries was developed (Egypt, Greece, Lebanon, Spain and Tunisia). Finally, in A.3.1.3, first, a consultation online technical Delphi panel was developed with expert from the participants countries. With all the previous information, the TEC-MED model, and them validated with expert in an international online workshop. Thanks to a deep literature review and to the consultation with 207 stakeholders related with vulnerable elderly population at micro, macro y mesolevel, as well as final beneficiaries.