“AD-AUTONOMY : Development of a Training Program for Enhancing the Autonomy of Persons with Alzheimer’s”, is an Erasmus+ KA2 project. This collaborative venture between organisations from Spain, UK, Greece, Slovenia and Turkey, has finally reached the completion stage. This project is unique in the sense that it is based on direct involvement of the end users, who are persons with dementia, their families and professionals. Another interesting aspect of the project is that it addresses families and professionals as “supports”, not only as caregivers.
The main objective of AD-AUTONOMY is to improve the quality of life of persons with dementia, their families and professionals. This is done using an innovative training programme that raises awareness of the need to maintain a person’s autonomy and independence. It introduces technology to assist and motivate a person with dementia, empowering them to make decisions and to live as independently as possible.
During the two years spent on the development of the training programme, training methodology, definition and dimensions of autonomy, assistive technologies that improve autonomy were thoroughly researched and the construction of the training package and the ePlatform were studied. It was concluded that AD-Autonomy has 9 dimensions, such as Safety and Security, Food and Housekeeping, Orientation and Navigation.
In the past few months, this material was presented to the stakeholders in a Pilot Training programme, in which the participants took part in both face-to-face and online training. The feedback received from participants was extremely positive.
