Support Experiences of older people in Europe Erasmus Project

Project Title

Support Experiences of older people in Europe

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Social entrepreneurship / social innovation; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

Europe is currently facing a significant aging of its population, and in the various countries this situation will be a real challenge by 2040. This demographic position poses real challenges to the population in general and more specifically to providers of support solutions for the older people, of which we are a part. The current “weight” represented by the challenges linked to aging must be converted into opportunities for improvement in social, medical / care, technological and economic terms. We must adapt our various support offers, either it is accommodation and care or either home care support, with also alternative solutions. The tendency to support more and more at home (even for very dependent older people) has started in many European countries and will accelerate in the coming years, with the challenge of responding to the challenge of supporting carers. Our organizations in Europe are working more and more to find the best possible balance, from the accommodation solution with care to home support according to the needs and expectations of the older people. Despite this tendency towards home support, we now know that this solution, although favored, cannot be the only solution, and that society will have to offer a range of services corresponding to the needs and expectations of the older population and their families.
This is why we wish to set up exchanges of professional practices to allow our professionals to open up to new, innovative practices and methods, which can be a source of inspiration to improve or strengthen support models existing in our countries.
The objectives of this project are therefore to support professionals in the evolution of their professional practices by exchanging practices, to promote the evolution of our organizations for the production of innovative solutions, and to structure transnational interactions and initiate cooperation with other European countries.
This project brings together 5 organizations from 5 European countries (France, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Italy, Slovenia), and 15 professionals brought to exchange their practices during training events planned in France in February 2021 and in Italy in October 2021.
This project is therefore structured around 2 training events, which will be the key moments of the project, including the presentation of support systems in the different partner countries, innovative or specific actions or methods developed more particularly in France and Italy , the 2 host countries for training events. The other partners will also have to present the specific projects or methods, current or in development in their country. Visits of organisations will also be planned.
To carry out these training events, the referents (who will be present at transnational meetings) will have online meetings with the coordinator every month in order to define the programme of training events and monitor project actions.
The results of the project are mainly the exchange of practices during training events, which will be formalized by a guide of professional practices in Europe concerning support for the older people.
This project will be the subject of an important communication within the local networks but also more widely on a European scale, in particular thanks to the EAN network which is partner of the project. This project is a great opportunity to take the necessary time to discuss our professional practices, and initiate the development of new support offers based on European best practices.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 40175 Eur

Project Coordinator

VYV3 Pays de la Loire – Personnes Âgées & Country: FR

Project Partners

• ISTITUTO REGIONALE RITTMEYER PER I CIECHI
• Asociace poskytovatelů sociálních služeb České republiky, z. s.
• DOM DANICE VOGRINEC MARIBOR
• RESEAU EUROPEEN DU VIEILLISSEMENT ASBL