Memorable

Memorable

Client / Funding programme:

ERASMUS+, KA220-ADU – Cooperation partnerships in adult education 2024

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Start and end dates:
01-12-2024 – 31-05-2027

AFEdemy role in the project:

AFEdemy’s task in the project is to develop a curriculum and trainer manual, and to safeguard the sustainability of the project.
The curriculum will address core issues related to creating dementia-friendly cultural activities. The aim is to create an innovative curriculum for dementia-friendly artistic and cultural expression that will enhance the quality of life of people suffering from dementia. The development of this curriculum will involve active collaboration with older people living with dementia and their caregivers, both formal and informal.
The trainer manual will include a detailed explanation on how the training content can be used to train (in)formal caregivers, artists, and other key stakeholders within the cultural domain to develop dementia-friendly cultural activities. It will feature suggestions for different learning formats including the learning content such as workshops, online seminars, face-to-face presentations, or self-paced learning.

☐ Coordination
☒ Research
☒ Training
☒ Curriculum development
☒ e-Learning Platform
☐ Networking
☐ Policy recommendation
☒ Sustainability

Description

The Memorable project aims to foster a dementia-friendly society by training volunteers, (in)formal caregivers, artists, and cultural stakeholders to make cultural institutions accommodating for people with dementia. It will develop educational materials to raise awareness and provide skills for creating dementia-friendly cultural spaces.

From the literature (Strohmaier et al., 202, Zeilig et al., 2014, it is known that arts-based interactions with people with dementia have positive effects on specific aspects of wellbeing. This also strongly connects to the „UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030)“ launched in December 2020. It states that social exclusion – in the same way as discrimination and ageism – can have significant negative effects on the health and well-being of older people. The Memorable project will help to give people ownership of their health outcomes and build on harnessing existing resources in the community, such as the existing museums, theatres, cultural and artificial expression opportunities. This community approach improves the social inclusion of people with dementia and their loved ones.

Objectives

  • To develop educational materials to equip volunteers, (in)formal carers, artists and other stakeholders within the cultural domain with the right skills and knowledge on how to raise awareness of the importance of dementia-friendly cultural institutions and how to develop or change them.
  • To set up an international network of experts focused on raising awareness and exchanging expertise and experiences on dementia-friendly cultural practices in the EU.

AFE Related Topics

☐ Outdoor spaces and buildings
☒ Social participation
☐ Transport and mobility
☒ Social inclusion and non-discrimination
☐ Housing
☒ Civic engagement and employment
☒ Communication and information
☒ Community and health services

Target groups

  • The primary target group of this project is (in)formal caregivers for individuals with dementia, alongside volunteers, artists and professionals employed within artistic and cultural organisations. They are the main group that the project’s educational materials will address.
  • The indirect target group encompasses individuals living with dementia and their families, informal caregivers, healthcare professionals, stakeholders operating within the cultural sphere, governmental entities, and other parties interested in the outputs and educational materials generated through the Memorable project.

Partners

Project coordinator:

Project partners:

Project workplan

The workplan of Memorable is divided into four work packages:

  • The Project Management (WP1)
  • Compendium: comparative analyses and educational needs and gaps (WP2)
  • Curriculum development and trainer manual (WP3)
  • Sharing and promotion, policy recommendations (WP4)

Planned results

The main outputs of the Memorable project will be:

  • A Compendium based on a comparative analyses of the learning needs of the main target group.
  • A comprehensive Curriculum and a Training Manual that will support adult educators, trainers and other facilitators to implement the curriculum in different kinds of learning formats such as workshops, online trainings or seminars.
  • A Policy Booklet consolidating the policy recommendations derived from the insights gained throughout the project duration.
  • An International Network of Relevant Stakeholders to share
    experiences and expertise with one another.

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