AgeSam – Aging and Demographic Changes in late modern society Erasmus Project

Project Title

AgeSam – Aging and Demographic Changes in late modern society

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Research and innovation

Project Summary

The overall goal with the project AgeSam – Aging and Demographic Changes in late modern society was to create a module/course on PhD /master level focusing on ageing and dementia including the lifelong, lifewide education of elderly people, as well as for professional and informal carers. This goal was fulfilled. Apart from reaching those goals, other accomplishments were reached; scientific publications (5), establishment of an Alumni network, a wider dissemination then originally planned. The project fulfilled the four intellectual outputs: Integrated care teaching tool, A Study handbook, A cross-border method in collaboration and social innovation supportive to the Course module: Ageing societies and Dementia care. The module for PhD/master students used a problem and challenge-based approach that emphasized learning by doing. The research issues as well as research plans among the participants were closely integrated in the course. The 23 PhD students were affilitated to 15 Universities, coming from Sweden (5), Finland (5), Denmark (7), Poland (2), Belgium (1), Netherlands (1), France (2). Out of the application criterias, the participants and the research areas represented several subjects; Health Science, Social Work, Nursing Science, Psychology, Political Science, Media Education. The course in itself had a interdisciplinary focus and the mixture among the participants made a substantial contribution. The Synopsis of the participants was required in the early beginning of the course and the structure/content linked closely to the students own research questions. The final examination linked to the same. This approach enabled students to build cognitive and metacognitive skills for acquiring, analyzing, and applying knowledge. Further, the interdisciplinary competencies contributed to the professional development in aging societies was a part of the module. In higher education, two of the main objectives are intercultural exchange and an international perspective on learning. The project was built both on previous and ongoing projects and network constellation in Sweden and abroad. In addition, a strong collaboration with relevant stakeholders who have been involved in the conceptual and preparation phase as well as implementation of the study design. The cross-border collaboration departs from the CareSam network (caresam.mau.se). Within the frame of the CareSam network, the EU-partner collaboration was a logical way to proceed out of previously results and outputs. Lead partner in this project was Malmö University. The partners involved were: Roskilde University, UC Syd and Univ College Absalon (DK), Univ of Lower Silesia (PL), Klaipeda Univ (LT), Univ of Lapland (FIN) and the Simrishamn Municipality (SE). In addition, other local and regional stakeholders within elderly care connected to each partner has been involved in the project. This has made a substantial contribution to the outcome of the project including knowledge of the Glocal concept and Community of Practice (and research). The results will remain available and visible as an integrated part of the home institutions of the partners. The open access publications that was made under the umbrella of the project will also be available (references to the publications are available at the website).
Key words: Education, digital health, curriculum development, aging, dementia, transnational, multidisciplinary, short-term mobility

Project Website

https://caresam.mau.se/agesam

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 227413,7 Eur

Project Coordinator

MALMO UNIVERSITET & Country: SE

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SYDDANMARK
• DOLNOSLASKA SZKOLA WYZSZA UCZELNIANIEPANSTWOWA
• ROSKILDE UNIVERSITET
• KLAIPEDOS UNIVERSITETAS
• PROFESSIONSHOJSKOLEN ABSALON S/I
• Simrishamns kommun
• LAPIN YLIOPISTO