Innovative cross-sectoral training kit for professionals working with elders (caregivers and physical instructors)

Abstract

This material is created within the project entitled Innovation and dynamic learning for caregivers, social workers and trainers specialized in physical education of elders, through cross-sectoral approach of both CVT fields, project no 2022-1-RO01-KA220-VET-000089776. The project was cofunded by the European Union, under the ERASMUS+Program, Key Action 2 – Partnerships for cooperation, action type KA220-VET - Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training. This intellectual output was created by a multidisciplinary team of experts from the partner organizations which implemented the project, namely: Asociația Global Help (leader of the partnership, Romania), Universitatea din Craiova (Romania), Euroform RFS (Italy), Fundació Universitària Balmes (UVic Spain), Home Hope Ltd (Bulgaria). The present project is complementary to a previous project financed also under Erasmus+ program (STRACOV, “Strategic cooperation in the field of elderly care vocational training focusing on involvement of social-economic actors”, project no 2018-1-RO01-KA202-049507”) which supported the innovation in the field of elderly care training in four European countries-Romania, Bulgaria, Italy and Spain. While the materials dedicated to CVT in the first project addressed elderly care from an integrative perspective but in a more general manner, the present project isolates a topic that deserves further study: how to train the professionals in the field to maintain the physical tone and wellbeing of elders they assist.