Grandis XXI. – Vocational Education for Interprofessional Elderly Care in the 21st century Erasmus Project

Project Title

Grandis XXI. – Vocational Education for Interprofessional Elderly Care in the 21st century

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 vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Health and wellbeing; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

Introduction

Twenty-first century Europe is experiencing an uplift in the health of its population, with adults living longer, healthier lives than ever before. This has an impact on the demographic profile of our communities, with a higher proportion of older adults among the population. The project is aligned with the problems caused by demographic changes all over the world where the number of older adults is increasing every year and creating serious load problems for accompanying social and health systems. This was recognised by the European Union Commission when it started a Research and Development programme called Active and Assisted Living in 2008 (www.aal-europe.eu), aiming to stimulate the development of ICT-based systems and new models of elderly care. These systems support the active ageing and wellbeing of seniors at home in order to avoid their hospitalisation, and to stay in their own house and environment as long as possible. The purpose of Grandis was to improve vocational education and training to optimise adoption and successful use of these systems.

Objectives
Grandis XXI. project aimed at providing a possible answer to the challenges of the ageing societies by developing curriculum and online course for the social caregivers of the 21st century based on a requirement analysis by involving the target group and beneficiaries from the partner countries. The main results of the project is the course “Connected Care of Older Adults” a competence-based, modular training programme designed for formal and informal carers. The course prepares carers for effective use of ICT-based tele-care and communication systems that help monitor, manage, and improve the ability of people to live independently and interact with their care network. It aims to equip carers with an understanding of the demand for new approaches to care and to enhance its delivery through the use of a variety of eHealth technologies and smart devices, like home appliance monitoring, activity sensor wristbands, movement monitors, and even some tele-diagnostic tools installed in the home.

Topics addressed by the project:

1. ICT – new technologies – digital competences
2. Health and wellbeing
3. New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Target groups
– Students of vocational education
– Formal caregivers, care workers, informal caregivers involved in the long-term-care of their relatives
– „Young” elderly people retired from related professions (e.g. teachers), who are interested in working as informal caregivers in online communities.

Partnership
Grandis Consortium includes 8 organisations from 5 countries, among them vocational educational schools from Hungary, VET providers from Hungary and Ireland, universities from Spain and the United Kingdom, and a society with social activities from France. In the consortium experts from vocational and higher education, information technology, social care and gerontology worked together in the development of the planned intellectual outcomes.

• Prompt-H Information Technology Training, Trade and Service LTD., Hungary
• Szalézi Vocational School, Hungary
• Veszprémi Vocational Centre Öveges József Vocational School, Hungary
• Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain,
• Aston University, United Kingdom
• The Irish Computer Society Ireland
• Guimel Association, France
• Corvus Adult Educational Provider, Hungary

The beneficiaries of the project results in the long term are older adults from 55+ but with a focus particularly on those over 65.

Results and impact attained, long-term benefits
The indicators reached demonstrate the impact of the project: for about 700 older adults, 400 teachers and trainers, care workers were directly involved into the needs-analysis, the experiments and pilots and 48 Grandis certificates were issued in the five countries.
The training program was built up in accordance with the educational initiatives of the European Union: EQF, ECVET and DigComp, what ensures the European wide usability and sustainability of the results.

The long term benefits are supported by publishing the learning content under the Creative Commons license of “Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International”. This license allows all European organisations to use, distribute, modify and even commercialise freely Grandis curriculum, learning content and is allowed to implement the training course in any type of e-learning systems, and to deliver the course in any kind of forms (face-to-face, online, blended form) regarding the special needs of their target group.

Project portal: http://grandis.prompt.hu/ (dissemination platform for visitors)
E-learning platform: https://moodle.grandis21.hu/
Contact:: edu@prompt.hu

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 345091,52 Eur

Project Coordinator

PROMPT-H Számítástechnikai Oktatási, Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. & Country: HU

Project Partners

• UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID, SAU
• Corvus Kft
• GUIMEL
• ICS Skills
• ASTON UNIVERSITY
• SZÁMALK-Szalézi Szakgimnázium
• Balatonalmádi Család-és Gyermekjóléti Központ és Szociális Szolgálat