Improving Senior and Intergenerational Learning Methods

And Curricula as Workforce in Community Proyects for Disabled

4th Partn

er Meeting

27th and 28th of March 2014

UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID

UCM

People caring people

Houses for the elderly and care centers

Housing with services

Social services at home

Health and personal care at home

Telecare

It is a big company for elderly and people withphysical and cognitive disabilities

The 3rd workshop we performed in

ARGÜELLES CARE CENTER

Argüelles is a care center for people with severe physical and cognitive disabilities (encephalitis, brain injury, stroke…)It has 20 people who receive daily care, they are from morning until evening, and another 20 people are outpatients for specific treatments.

ARGÜELLES CARE CENTER

The care includes personal care assistance (cleaning, food), medical care, rehabilitative therapies (physiotherapy, speech therapy), psychological and social, personal, family and occupational activities.

All patients have had a stroke, encephalitis, head injury…… From 18 to 65 years

VOLUNTEERS SENIORS

The seniors volunteers for this workshop were not the same as the ones from San José.

The three volunteers seniors were students at the University of Seniors in the Complutense University of Madrid

- Josefa Bartolome- Mariví Díaz- Manuel Barrero

Senior University created an NGO called Network Intergenerational solidarity

Is an NGO of the Complutense University

STEPS OF THE PROCESS (I)

1. Visit the center with the seniors for detected needs. In this moment the professionals and people with disabilities said they wanted a workshop about Fourth Centenary of the death of El Greco

STEPS OF THE PROCESS (II)

3. Intervention. Two sessions:

1) History about the person El Greco and Greco's paintings

2) Music at the time of El Greco

5. Evaluation

2. One training session with the seniors

VOLUNTEERS - WORKSHOP

• Where The Greco was born?Island of Creta

• Where´s The Greco buried? The church Santo Tomé (Toledo)

3rd experimental Workshop with Seniors

Intersession the person with disabilities had to find information about different aspects of El Greco (“homework”)

Other day we celebrate the carnival with them

5. EVALUATION Three differents evaluations on satisfaction

1 2 3 4 5 6

1. How does the information and support provided by the college / association / institution?

x

2. Previously, you had had experience with people with disabilities X

3. On a personal level, you value the participation in this workshop

x

4. You have changed your perception of disability.

X

5. Have you encountered any difficulties in the workshop?x

6. After the experience, you would like to continue working with an institution that works with young people with disabilities.

x

7. How do you value the experience? From 0 to 6. x

Summarizes some of the strengths or positive aspects of the experience

On a personal level has been a very fantastic experience, I believe that for people with disabilites has been interesting as it has broken its daily routine.

Summarizes some of the weaknesses or negative aspects of the experienceI haven´t experience with disabilites. For me has been a little stressful. I haven´t pedagogical training. It would be interesting to have some preparation to communicate to the people with disabilities

CONCLUSIONS

• Excellent reception by the director of the center and occupational therapist.

• All the senior volunteers:- Never had experience with dependent or disabled people.- They have said that it has been a fantastic experience- They want to continue working on the project

• All the person with disabilities: They say…- They are very satisfied with the workshop- They liked the relationship with the seniors- They want to participate in more workshops with the seniors- The workshop has been short, they want more days

THE BEST CONCLUSION IS

• The seniors people want to continue making this type of activity when the project ends

• They think going once every three months to do a similar activity to which we have made during the project

Improving Senior and Intergenerational Learning Methods

And Curricula as Workforce in Community Proyects for Disabled

4th Partn

er Meeting

27th and 28th of March 2014

UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID

UCM