Limited research has been done on the internet use and the level of health and ehealth literacy of carers of frail older people and people with dementia providing usually confusing results. Health and ehealth literacy of carers of people with dementia has only recently been in the research spotlight. The concept is innovative and the organisations participating in this consortium are interested in the topic of carers and technology. The project will be implement by 5 organizations actively working in field of people with dementia. All partners will contribute based on their expertise and will coordinate relevant output: • Collegium Balticum will coordinate the Current situation analysis report focusing on legal issues and privacy and all partners will assist, • CUT as an educational institute and the team of the department of nursing with a special focus on health and ehealth literacy will coordinate the training modules in collaboration with all partners, • ANS, as a partner with expertise in Erasmus + project dissemination and elearning projects will develop the elearning tool, • AAADRD, as an association working directly with carers and people with dementia, providing a variety of non pharmachological therapies through dementia day care centres, knowing the caregivers’ needs and also working already in computer literacy with healthy older people, will develop the Students’ toolkit that will accompany the programme • ABA will adapt UISEL module of basic computer training in Polish Bulgarian and Greek. At the end of the project all partner organize multiplayer events to dissemiante all project's outputs . n order to better understand the internet use of carers of people with dementia, we need to take into consideration the terms of health literacy and ehealth literacy. According to a recent definition health literacy includes the knowledge, skills and motivation that required for someone to find, access, understand, appraise and apply health related information in order to promote health, prevent illness and improve quality of life (Soerensen et al, 2012). Additionally, Norman and Skinner (2006) has mapped the dimensions that play a key role to the ehealth literacy with lily model, including the concepts of health literacy, traditional literacy, information literacy, computer literacy, science and media literacy (Using the metaphor of a lily, the petals (literacies) feed the pistil (eHealth literacy), and yet the pistil overlaps the petals, tying them together. Overall, it seems that there is lack of specilised ehealth training packages for specific populations and the available interventions rarely take into consideration the ehealth literacy level of the users during the implementation and the piloting phases (Xie et al, 2014). This project aims to provide a blended training programme (class sessions and elearning course) for carers of frail older people and people with dementia based on Lily theory model developed by Norman and Skinner (2006), integrating additionally dimensions presented by Chan & Kaufman (2011), Gilstad (2014) and adapted to fit the web 2.0 technology requirements. The training sessions may include 5 modules: Computer Literacy, Health Literacy, Communication skills, Media Literacy, Media Literacy - Videos, Web 2.0- use of interactive services. The Training and Student's toolkit will be available through the website page of the project and there will be a link directing to the material through partners websites. There will be no limitation in the use of the material. Concerning eLearning tool, access will be provided including a brief registration process and then the moderator for each partner will provide access to the relevant modules.
eHealth literacy is a priority for the European Union. It has been defined as the cognitive and social skills which determine the motivation and ability of individuals to gain access, to understand and use information. It is, therefore, extremely important to promote the people access to health information and their capacity to use it effectively. The project was based on Lily theory model developed by Norman and Skinner (2006), integrating additionally dimensions presented by Chan & Kaufman (2011), Gilstad (2014). The model will be adapted to fit the web 2.0 technology requirements. Five organisations from Poland, Greece, Cyprus, Italy and Bulgaria were working 2 years on the proper implementation of the project. 1). SSW Collegium Balticum- coordinator – University from Poland 2). CUT- University from Cyprus 3). ANS- a non-profit organization working in the field of social innovation, with a specific focus on management of projects and realization of services and products in the field of welfare and social inclusion. 4). Alzheimer Bulgaria Assiociation- non-governmental voluntary organization in community interest. The organization unites the efforts of families and professionals to improve the quality of life of people affected by dementia 5). AAADRD- a non-profit organization founded by carers of people with dementia and health care professionals interested in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). It aims at promoting awareness, care and support for everyone. eLILY project aims were to provide a blended training programme (class sessions and elearning course) for carers of frail older people and people with dementia and to increase their knowledge of e-health and the use of ICT in everyday care for the elderly and people with dementia. The main target group of the project were informal carers for older people and institutions dealing with informal adult education for elderly and dementia care. IO2- training curriculm The process of developing the methodology included the following stages: 1) a brief survey on the Health and eHealth literacy situation in partners’ countries, 2) development of the suggested curriculum 3) a delphi survey with carers and healthcare professionals 4) consensus meeting among partners of the final curriculum, 5) development content in English and translation of the contents to all partners’ language 6) piloting phase 7) analysis and reporting 9) development of trainers manual The developed methodology and training materials are available in partner languages on the project website, www.elily.eu. IO3- Toolkit Toolkit includs three parts: theoretical material, a set of exercises and a glossary of terms and its content is closely related to the content of training modules (IO2). The result is a set of tools that informal carers will be able to use at home to familiarize themselves with the concepts and consolidate the knowledge acquired during the training. The set of exercises in English is available online on the project website and has been translated into the national languages of the partners. IO4- elearning course Elearning course for informal carers of older people and people with Alzheimer's. The methodology developed in the project has been integrated and adapted to the elearning course. The e-learning course, available in all partner languages, is available for free on a dedicated e-learning platform. For each of the 4 modules, users can use interactive resources, including: theoretical materials, practical online exercises, self-assessment tools (evaluation questionnaire) and a glossary of terms. All involved countries (Poland, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus) are countries with low rate of health related internet use among older people. The project has raised awareness of the need to support informal carers in the acquisition of digital competence and e-health skills, especially in the current context of COVID-19 has accelerated the need to use ICT instruments in the public health sector. More information about the project is available at www.elily.eu.