Itália
2428
Data de início: 08-01-2013
Data de fim: 13-05-2013
Vagas: 1
Duração: 4 mes(es)
Data limite de candidatura: 06-12-2012
Financiamento: Aprovado
Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 115 €
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Resumo: The project plans the involvement of European volunteers in the organization, helping operators (educators and entertainers) in carrying out the educative and entertainment activities.
The volunteers will be a support in the realization of projects which are thought by the educators and the entertainers' coordinator in order to improve motor, cognitive and visual abilities of elderly people. In addition to this, the volunteers can talk to them increasing their cultural knowledge.
The volunteers will dedicate most of their time to entertainment activities with the opportunity to improve them with new proposals, ideas and suggestions according to their abilities, motivations and background.
We are convinced that the volunteers, being able to test their strength in such an experience as the European Voluntary Service, are young people full of resources, gifted with personal initiative and creativity. Their presence and their help will represent for us an important support in the realization of our activities and in the improvement of the quality of life of our guests.
Perfil: - Ability to work with elderly and dependent people, some of them suffering from Alzheimer
- sympathy
- creativity
Tarefas: 1. ACTIVITIES WITH ELDERLY PEOPLE
- collaborating with the entertainment staff during outdoor and indoor activities:
reading and commenting on short stories taken from books and newspapers, games whose aim is stimulation and reasoning, one-to-one entertainment through dialogue, caresses and smiles; help in the orientation to reality, sensorial stimulation, activities for encouraging relations among elderly people, among guests and the whole organization; work activities in groups with the support of multimedia instruments, as well;
- supporting the staff during the moments of surveillance or during the main meals of the guests
2. ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE ORGANISED IN THE ORGANIZATION
- repetition training, recognition or completion of lists of words, couples of words, numbers
- sequences of events to reorder according to a logical connection
- reading and comment on short stories taken from book and newspapers
- enigmatic;
- Puzzle;
- linguistic games (similarities, vocabulary);
- vision and comment on a movie;
- group of reminiscence in which elderly people live again their life stimulated and helped by the information collected in the personal dossier or by personal objects.
3. Therapy of orientation to reality through the information about year, month, day, time, place that are provided to elderly people through the calendar at the beginning and during the day usually before the reading of a newspaper;
4. Discussion group and the reworking of past experiences with a special attention to the enhancement of the emotive situation and their self confidence and stimulation od reduction of the depressive feelings;
5. Entertainment activities organised outside the structure or with external collaborations:
- Excursions, sea stays, outings to the market or to the mall;
- Visits to parents, friends or other structures,
- Organisation of cultural and recreational events in which the elderly people are protagonists or audience,;
6. Participation to events organised by the community or other institutions
- The volunteers will have the opportunity to create their own project with people suffering from Alzheimer (supporting them for example during the session of music-therapy or art-therapy) and with other elderly people (suggesting creative activities as manual works, music that could stimulate the cognitive functions and memory).
Horário: The day in the Home for Elderly People is organized in two shifts, as follows:
Morning shift:
8.30 assistance for the breakfast helping elderly people;
9-11:00 entertainment activities (in the morning the local newspaper is usually read and commented with elderly people, going to the mass in the church inside the home, outings to the market are organised when the weather is sunny);
11-12 assistance for the lunch supporting elderly people;
12-14.30 lunch break in the canteen of the structure;
Afternoon shift:
14.30-17.30 entertainment (in the afternoon to elderly people are usually proposed activities as bingo, knitting, puzzle, crosswords, discussion groups, creation of objects during the work therapy, singing, music therapy, theme parties and birthday parties, outings to the shopping centre are organized, etc);
17.30-18.30 assistance for the dinner supporting elderly people.
Except for the support during meals, volunteers won't be required to provide other assistance activities
The home for elderly people is open for others from 08.00 till 20.00.
Condições: 1
Documentação: CV, Carta de Motivação em inglês ou em italiano e application form preenchida
