Tag: Vulnerable Persons

CrossCare, European Projects

CrossCare Mid-Term Presentation Conference

Alessio Romito

28 September 2018

Predonzani Room, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region

(TRIESTE) – CrossCare represents an “observation lab of the needs of older people and the evolution of the dimensions of active ageing”. This was pointed out by Orietta Antonini, president of the Social Cooperative Itaca, during the mid-term conference held in the Predonzani Room of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region Palace in Trieste on the 28th of September. “Elderly care is a delicate moment that often results in institutionalization solutions that CrossCare aims to overcome. The project sees the nursing home as a place of interception of social needs on the territory”.

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CTRL+ALT+ENTERPRISE, European Projects

CTRL+ALT+ENTERPRISE Final Info Day

Alessio Romito

13 June 2018 – Pordenone

Supporting self-employment and entrepreneurship for disadvantaged people when local public and private bodies act in close cooperation proved to be possible. This was the focus of the Final Info Day of the Ctrl+Alt+Enterprise that took place at the Council Chamber of the former Province of Pordenone in Largo San Giorgio 12, at 9am.

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CTRL+ALT+ENTERPRISE, European Projects

7th Transnational Meeting & Training workshop

Alessio Romito

14-18 May 2018 – Pordenone

From the 14th to the 18th of May, the city of Pordenone hosted the 7th transnational meeting of the European project Ctrl+Alt+EnterPrise, led by Azienda Sanitaria No. 5 (lead partner) together with the local partners ITACA, the Municipality of Pordenone and SOFORM Scarl. At the headquarters of the Well Fare Foundation in via Luigi Sturzo 8, participants took part in five intense training days that aimed at increasing the self-employment opportunities of the disadvantaged people selected and involved in the project trial – related to O5. The final results of the training sessions will be presented in June in Pordenone during the final info day.

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CTRL+ALT+ENTERPRISE, European Projects

Towards the CTRL+ALT+ENTERPRISE Final Event

Alessio Romito

ARCOS DE VALDEVEZ (Portugal). 12 – 13 April 2018. – The 6th Ctrl+Alt+Enterprise transnational meeting was hosted by Epralima Escola in Arcos de Valdevez on the 12th and 13th of April 2018 (Portugal). During the 2-days session, partners’ representatives from Italy, Slovenia, Greece and Portugal worked together on planning the final event that will take place in June in Pordenone and will be the occasion to present the five project outputs.

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CrossCare, European Projects

Gentlecare and crossborder training of socio-health operators

Alessio Romito

The Gentlecare training course addressing socio-health operators involved in the CrossCare project will start on the 11th and 18th of April at Odu Koper; a second appointment is foreseen on the 24th and 29th of May. The goal is providing operators with innovative tools to deal with fragile elderly and people suffering from dementia or Alzheimer. For the first time, thanks to the Interreg V-A Italy-Slovenia programme, the Gentlecare methodology – already applied at the nursing homes managed by Itaca – will go beyond boundaries and reach elderly care services in Slovenia.

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CrossCare, European Projects

An Italian-Slovenian model to improve care for older people

Alessio Romito

LUBIANA. DEOS. 20 MARCH 2018. The Scientific Committee stopped in Slovenia at DEOS. DEOS is a private company established in 1995. Its main activity is providing high quality care services for older people. Currently, DEOS manages 8 senior citizens’ centers in Slovenia and employs over 690 people, who take care of 1340 residents.

The meeting focused on the approval of the evaluation model that will involve project partners’ nursing homes. By implementing a common model, it will be possible to register the main difficulties in integrating elderly care services at crossborder level.

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