"a good initiative to get elderly connected to life"
"a good initiative to get elderly connected to life"
Lifelong Learning Programme, Grundtvig Multilateral, Project number: 503474-LLP-1-TR-GRUNDTVIG-GMP
Introduction The problems about elderly care and the people giving nursing care have arisen along with the gradually increasing elderly population in European countries. Even though not all the elderly are sick or in need, they become dependent on others in their daily life activities as a result of the losses.
With the increase in dependency level, elderly care is being considered as a hard, extensive and expensive service. Home care services are increasingly extended and accepted in respect of health protection and improving the quality of life.Generally, the spouse and the children of the elderly, mostly the women, are held accountable in home care of the elderly.In addition to the obligation of caring for the elderly and undertaking a lot of responsibility at home, the informal care givers may have some physical, mental, social and economical disruptions (fatigue, exhaustion, loneliness, corrosion in the family relations, fail to afford the care, etc.) which are defined as “care load” or “care stress”.
With the increase in dependency level, elderly care is being considered as a hard, extensive and expensive service. Home care services are increasingly extended and accepted in respect of health protection and improving the quality of life.Generally, the spouse and the children of the elderly, mostly the women, are held accountable in home care of the elderly.In addition to the obligation of caring for the elderly and undertaking a lot of responsibility at home, the informal care givers may have some physical, mental, social and economical disruptions (fatigue, exhaustion, loneliness, corrosion in the family relations, fail to afford the care, etc.) which are defined as “care load” or “care stress”.
Project Aims
Analysing the situations and needs of the elderly and informal care givers in the participating countries
Identifying and defining current aspects of elderly care in the participating countries and sharing the results among the project partners
Developing training workshops for informal and professional care givers to provide psycho-social support and establish exchange and interconnections between informal and professional care givers
Assessing the use and benefit of the developed workshops
Sharing the results of the project on the project website
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