Dementia is a decline in mental ability that usually progresses slowly, in which memory, thinking, and judgement are impaired, and personality may deteriorate. It usually develops slowly, and affects mainly those aged over 60. The most common causes of dementia in EU are Alzheimer's disease (about 50-70% of cases), the successive strokes which lead to multi-infarct dementia (about 30%); other causes are Pick's disease, Binswanger's diseases, Lewy-Body dementia and others. It is clear there that a big burden for the families is to support their family member with dementia. Especially for the adult population this is a huge stressful moment especially taking into consideration that there is no enough information available towards the behavioural and attitudinal challenges which the living with a person with dementia caused. There are no existing non-formal trainings on that topic which presents in an understandable manner the strategies and tips that could support the adult generation into the process of supporting their family member with a dementia. Hence our project. Dementia is a decline in mental ability that usually progresses slowly, in which memory, thinking, and judgement are impaired, and personality may deteriorate. It usually develops slowly, and affects mainly those aged over 60. The most common causes of dementia in EU are Alzheimer's disease (about 50-70% of cases), the successive strokes which lead to multi-infarct dementia (about 30%); other causes are Pick's disease, Binswanger's diseases, Lewy-Body dementia and others. It is clear there that a big burden for the families is to support their family member with dementia. Especially for the adult population this is a huge stressful moment especially taking into consideration that there is no enough information available towards the behavioural and attitudinal challenges which the living with a person with dementia caused. There are no existing non-formal trainings on that topic which presents in an understandable manner the strategies and tips that could support the adult generation into the process of supporting their family member with a dementia. Hence our project. The project first of all focussed on developing training material for adult training that helps carers to address and support family members with dementia. These were developed in English, Bulgarian, Turkish and Spanish. Next, these training courses were provided freely via an online learning platform, as well as Android and iOS native mobile applications, using a wizard style approach that offers support linked to the different phases of dementia patients. Both applications have been offered freely via Google Play and iOS App Store. We combined this training material also with a guidance toolkit for the trainers themselves, so they were able to deliver the trainings in an appropriate manner. Finally, the project organised a successful event on 29 March where all outcomes were presented. 45 attended physically, 382 online. The project developed the following outputs which will support the adult awareness and preparation (adult training) to support their family members with dementia: - IO1: Adult guide “How to support your family member with dementia” in English, Greek, Dutch, Spanish, Bulgarian and Turkish - IO2: Wizard style open mobile application – 24/7 offer help on solutions per specific problem (both for Android and iOS) in English, Greek, Dutch, Spanish, Bulgarian and Turkish - IO3: Guidance Toolkit for Adult trainers with methodological support on delivery of the DEMOER course in English, Greek, Dutch, Spanish, Bulgarian and Turkish - ME: 29 March 2022, "Demencia y Alzheimer" - see https://www.dementia-care.eu/2022/03/30/final-multiplier-event/ for videos, pictures, programme - Multilingual project website: https://www.dementia-care.eu/ - Multilingual online learning platform: https://www.dementia-care.eu/elearning/?lang=en - Multilingual Android application: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.demoer.mobile - Multilingual iOS application: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1554435286
- to raise the awareness among partners countries and on EU level about the importance of provision of informal training to adult family members to understand and provide better support to their family member with dementia; - to enable the acquisition of additional key and transversal competences of adult population in a informal setting. - to provide reliable material to adult volunteering organisation who are supporting adult volunteers that care about alone elderly with dementia. - to develop online and mobile learning material which consist of proven training content that will avoid misleading information that is appearing onto internet on the topic. - to decrease the social and economic burden to the families of suffering patients.
Dementia is a decline in mental ability that usually progresses slowly, in which memory, thinking, and judgement are impaired, and personality may deteriorate. It usually develops slowly, and affects mainly those aged over 60. The most common causes of dementia in EU are Alzheimer's disease (about 50-70% of cases), the successive strokes which lead to multi-infarct dementia (about 30%); other causes are Pick's disease, Binswanger's diseases, Lewy-Body dementia and others. It is clear there that a big burden for the families is to support their family member with dementia. Especially for the adult population this is a huge stressful moment especially taking into consideration that there is no enough information available towards the behavioural and attitudinal challenges which the living with a person with dementia caused. There are no existing non-formal trainings on that topic which presents in an understandable manner the strategies and tips that could support the adult generation into the process of supporting their family member with a dementia. Hence our project.