SupportCARE

“Self-care workbook” for informal carers

This action involves the development of an innovative “Self-care workbook” about the importance of self-care, with tools, tips and examples on exercising self-care, to support caregivers’ process towards “Building their own self-care plan” and improved mental and physical health. This open online workbook has a step-by-step approach within the framework of 7 topics: 1) what is self-care and why it’s important (2) taking care of physical self-care, (3) taking care of psychological and emotional self-care, (4) taking care of social self-care, (5) taking time for leisure, and (6) taking care of spiritual self-care 7) building own self-care plan. It will be available in 6 languages (EN, IT, GR, BE, SI, DE).

“Self-care days”

Five “Self-care days” organized (one in each partner country) to promote self-care, presenting the workbook, addressing the topics of self-care, and collecting feedback.

Training program (including VR and e-learning) for informal carers

Partners will develop a training for informal caregivers who take care of dementia patients with the overall aim of making the caregiver more confident about his own abilities. The training also aims to reduce the caregiver’s anxiety, stress and helps to create better social relations with the care receiver. The training will be based on virtual learning (e.g. e-learning), simulation techniques, immersive experience combined with an interactive reflection on the experience.

Awareness raising campaign on Stigma

An awareness raising campaign will be designed and implemented, targeting the general public and aiming to reduce stigma towards people with dementia and their carers based on positive intergroup contact with them. More specifically, the project will develop a hybrid awareness raising campaign which aims to implement initiatives to allow lay-public to have a direct experience / contact with persons with dementia and their carers with the goal to decrease stigmatization.