The Alzheimer Society of Ireland’s Home-Based Care-Home-Based Education online course for family carers looking after a loved one with dementia recently received high praise from the European Commission. This online course was one of the products of our Erasmus+ project which was coordinated by The ASI with partner organisations Ic Dien a further education college in Belgium and Flexible Education Norway. The course has proven to be a great success, and features the same content as our existing face-to-face course Insights into Dementia. But is held exclusively online and can be completed from the comfort of your own home.
The European Commission wrote to The ASI’s Learning and Development team last week to praise the project and to explain that it has been selected as a “success story” by a panel of experts from the Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture of the European Commission. It is understood that praise of this nature is extremely rare.
“Success stories” are finalised projects that have distinguished themselves by their impact, contribution to policy-making, innovative results and/or creative approach and can be a source of inspiration for others. The selection of this course as a success story was made on the basis of rigorous criteria regarding its quality, relevance and results. Fergus Timmons ASI External Learning and Development Manager said: “We are absolutely delighted to receive this recognition from the Commission. It really validates the approach we have taken to delivering person centred online education courses for family carers. And of course, thanks to Erasmus+ for the funding which we used to develop the programme.” The course also won a National Training Award for Excellence in Digital Learning at the Irish Institute of Training and Development (IITD) Gala in 2018. For more information, go to www.alzheimer.ie
Pictured:Members of ASI’s Learning & Development team collect a National Training Award for Excellence in Digital Learning at the Irish Institute of Training and Development (IITD) Gala in 2018.