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Identification of Skills needs and Training by Elder Caregivers

AKMI S.A.
Anonymous Educational Organization

16, Kodrigktonos Str.
GR-11257 Athens/Greece
www.iek-akmi.edu.gr
email: eldicare@iek-akmi.edu.gr   
phone: +30 210 976 956 0

The project online platform is intended to fulfill the following functions:

  • Provide information about the project activities and outputs (curricula, training materials, documents, questionnaires, reports, e-toolkits, info days, conferences) and will contain promotional content (videos, newsletters) via the website, providing easy access to a broad and varied audience.
  • Facilitate engagement and participation by end-users (students, teachers, existing professionals who want to refresh their skills) via e-learning and digital training activities (virtual classes and individual learning elements).

We will endorse the creation of material that has better chances to be appealing to a-typical and undeclared workers to attract them into the formal elderly care sector. The e-portfolio of digital resources developed for learners will be repackaged and provided online for self-directed and individual learning. This state-of-the-art learning materials will be openly accessed through the online platform by any citizens interested in getting familiar with these curricula or elements of them and may provide useful resources. In particular, these resources might prove useful for elderly care professionals wishing to refresh and update their skills but do not have the opportunity to attend fixed-scheduled courses and F2F training.

The adaptation and repackaging of our learning resources for wider target groups and especially for disadvantaged groups with limited access to skills training (adult learners, single mothers, unemployed elderly care professionals) also aims to directly and effectively fulfill our commitment to our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy and access to all.

At a later stage of the EldiCare project, we will explore the potential for embedding open source platforms, like Moodle, e-twinning, which are specifically conducive to e-learning.

 

Eldicare aims to design and set up a common/standardized European curriculum in the elderly care sector. The Eldicare educational programme in elderly care will revolve around a learner-centered and result-oriented approach embedding a strong component of work-based learning associated with mobility. It will include quality assurance mechanisms, and address the need of caregivers for formal recognition of their skills and professionalism.

The main results expected are:

  • Overall improvement of thekey competencies and skill level of caregivers especially concerning the quality of the service provider specifically designed to the elderly care sector. 
  • Bridging the gap between education and training through the creation of new and better jobsand the maximization of employment opportunities within the sector.
  • Development and pilot-test of a standardised European VET program specifically tailored to caregivers of the elderly and leading to certification: Reduction of undeclared work in the sector and facilitation of social inclusion providing better jobs for the employees and a better quality of life for the elderly.
  • Provision of a psychometric tool complementing the certification. The psychometric tool aims to ensurethe appropriateness and mental health of elderly caregivers. In parallel, it is expected to contributing to minimizing phenomena of misconduct and malpractice of the care workers at the expenses of the elderly.