R1 – Training on Cognitive activities – Mind- Stimulating Activities for Dementia Patients;
R1 provides families, adults and legal guardians of PwD with useful tools, tips, and activities based on non-formal education to stimulate the cognitive abilities in case they deteriorate. Moreover, it clarifies and helps the carers in the identification and recognition of the symptoms as well as will give valuable tips for prevention.
The development of the training contents is materialised through 4 practical modules:
Module 1 – Recognising the symptoms
R2 – Remote caring – Mind-Stimulating Activities through new technologies;
The anti-COVID restrictive measures have intensified the stress and burden for those families who take care of a relative suffering from dementia. The employment of new technologies and digital devices in the daily care activities can provide valuable help. In particular, this project result equips the carers of PwD and related disorders with a practical response to social distancing and isolation, due to the current health crisis.
More specifically, R2 adapts the activities of R1 so they can be performed remotely and through digital devices. Two practical modules are developed to respond to this purpose:
Module 2 – Remote and Digital Stimulating Activities for Dementia Patients
R3 – Development of support groups for relatives and legal guardians of people with dementia
As stated by the WHO “family caregivers of people living with dementia are more likely to develop major depression, anxiety disorders, and physical health disorders among others and they have a higher mortality rate compared to the general population”. For this reason, the aim of the R3 is to support informal caregivers to create support groups, in order to share experience, best practices, and to encourage them to overcome the stigma surrounding people with dementia.
R3 is materialised in one step-by-step manual on how to develop support groups for informal caregivers of people with dementia and a case collection booklet:
Manual: Development of Support Groups for Informal Caregivers of People with Dementia