‘Experiences for Life’ brings together students and older persons with dementia in Spain
The programme “Experiences for Life” run by the Spanish organisation SEPAD – a service created by the Government of Extremadura to prevent and address dependency – aims to facilitate ‘intergenerational therapy’ exchanges between young students and older residents in care centers, with a focus on residents suffering from dementia, especially Alzheimer’s. Based on the conviction […]
Chess fosters healthy ageing and intergenerational links in Spain
For a several years, the Club Magic Extremadura in Spain has been running the “healthy Chess” programme, in six major centers of Extremadura, in cooperation with the Extremadura Promotion Service Autonomy and Dependency Care EPAD. Chess playing sessions tailored to seniors are organised on a weekly basis, together with exhibitions and intergenerational chess matches between […]
Intergenerational summer camps in France
The French association Vittacolo organizes thematic camps for children and young people. Among the different holiday options proposed by the organisation, intergenerational summer camps welcome children and their grand-parents, enabling both generations to have fun together and strengthen their links. A large variety of intergenerational activities are offered: cooking, playing, building log cabins, performing, etc. […]
Street art knits generations in Belgium
Inspired by the US and UK ‘Yarn Bombing‘ movement (or the art of enhancing a public place or object with graffiti knitting – “Tricot Urbain” in French), intergenerational city knitting initiatives were organised throughout Belgium during the winter 2014-2015. Watch a video here (in French) AGE member organisation Atoutages, which organizes knitting classes for all […]
‘The Age of No Retirement?’ promotes age-positive social change in the UK
‘The Age of No Retirement?’ – ‘A national debate about the opportunities in a society where we live longer’ – is a collaborative movement for age-positive social change in the United Kingdom, which was launched in London in October 2013. It brings together employers, policy makers, innovators, designers, academics and citizens of all ages willing […]
‘My healthy family’ project encourages older poeple in Hungary and Poland to to eat more fruit and vegetables
Officilally launched in September 2014, ‘My healthy family‘ is an EU Project, which seeks to promote the consumption of fruit and vegetables among children, older people and pregnant women in Hungary and Poland. The idea is to get people and family members to truly enjoy the tastes, textures and colours of fresh fruit and vegetables. […]
‘Eng Hand fir di Krank’: volunteering initiative to combat older people’s isolation in Luxemburg
The ‘Eng Hand fir di Krank’ project was launched in 2005 by the local Red Cross in order to challenge older people’s social exclusion and isolation, which concerns a quarter of the Luxembourgian population aged 75 and more. The concept is to train volunteers, who will afterwards spend some time, i.e. a few hours a […]
Switzerland proposes new training module on elder abuse
The Swiss (French-speaking) University Center of Legal Medicine has developed, in partnership with the Lausanne University Hospital and the Health Institute and High School ‘La Source’, a new introductory training module (in French) on the medico-legal aspects of elder abuse entitled « Maltraitance envers les personnes âgées : aspects et soins médico-légaux ». This 7-day […]
‘Living Lab Care’ tests care innovative services in Belgium
The ‘Living Lab Care Flanders’ is an innovation instrument to create a space for the testing and experimentation of new services, processes and products by end-users. The focus of the initiative is the demand for care by the elderly. It will apply an open innovation approach and a broad eco-system of partners along the care-value […]
Family foster care model in Finland
With the number of older people and frail older people in Finland is rising, along with the cost of care homes and nursing homes, Finnish public authorities, health policy experts, families and older people are looking for alternatives to both save money and offer older people the possibility to enjoy a safe and comfortable place […]
Philosophical discussion workshops
Since September 2010, a small group of older people and patients from the psychiatric centre of the hospital Saint-Michel in Belgium have been meeting twice a month in the Hergé library to discuss around philosophical topics of interest to the participants. Those workshops have been proposed by the Belgian intergenerational organisation Entr’Ages and are animated […]
‘Autour d’une table’ as an alternative to home delivered lunches
In Geneva, Switzerland, an initiative entitled ‘Autour d’une table’ (‘Around a table’) enables older people to sit and eat together every week in a restaurant close to their home, as an alternative to the lunch delivered at home. This initiative aims to combat social isolation and promote solidarity, health and social inclusion. This project, set […]
Demand responsive transport for persons with disabilities in Ljubljana
Demand-Responsive Transport service enables passengers with disabilities to travel safely and independently. How does it work? The passenger calls the LPP traffic control centre and the number 00386 (0)1 58 22 425 or 00386 (0)51 44 99 92 requesting transport on a certain day at a certain hour and receives immediate feedback on the possibility […]
SeniorenZentrum Krefeld registered as the first Eden facility in German-speaking countries
German Senior Center ‘SeniorenZentrum Krefeld’ set up by Renate Wapplinger (Eden Institute Europe Vienna, managing director) and Aase Porsmose (EDEN-Alternative® coordinator Denmark) works on the basis of the Eden-Alternative® approach aims to fundamentally change the support and care of the elderly and the quality of life of all – to improve – the elderly, their […]
‘My People Care’ stores and shares medical records via the patient’s smartphone
My People Care is a platform for people being cared for (e.g. an elderly parent, a sick child, an incapacitated adult) in their own home that allows them to keep track of their own medical information on their smartphone. It helps them easily record the outcome of medical visits, record their current medication, keep track […]
‘We Love Eating’ promotes healthy eating and lifestyles accross generations
The EU-funded projet ‘We Love Eating’, coordinated by P.A.U. Education, seeks to promote healthy eating and lifestyles while fostering intergenerational exchanges. The philosophy behind that project goes beyond the issue of food quality to encomprass wider social aspects such as shopping, cooking and eating together. The aim is to identify good practices that can be […]
The ‘Art of Ageing’ project raises awareness of ageing through theatre
The ‘Art of Ageing‘ is an artistic project, initiated by the European Theatre Convention (ETC) and supported by the Programme Culture of the European Commission, which aims at bringing the ageing issue and the resulting societal challenges to international audiences via innovative art creation and theatre co-production. Through acute visibility and awareness “The Art of […]
Retired Senior Volunteer Programme in London, UK
Created in 1988, the Retired Senior Volunteer Programme (RSVP) is part of the national charity CSV (Community Service Volunteers), the UK’s main volunteering association. RSVP aims to combat social isolation and the feeling of aimlessness among seniors while using their skills and knowledge for the benefit of the local community. The programme, led by volunteers, […]
