An evaluation after ten years of networking with visually impaired elderly people living on their own

About 12 years ago an inquiry was made into the requests for support of visually impaired elderly people living on their own. This led to a successful experiment in creating a so-called network, after which several networks were initiated. Some networks are still in the process of development, others are stabilised and again another is mainly focussing on the problem of social isolation. First, I will explain the objectives, the target group, the activities and the participants of the network. On the basis of the objectives formulated I will explain how differently a number of networks have developed. Then, I will discuss the roles and influence of the most important participants in the network, the bottlenecks and the conclusions.