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European Network to Develop Social and Health
Care Education to Respond to Varying Needs of the
Older People
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Toward Active Old Age TAOA
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Project management

• CONTRACTING ORGANISATION
• Satakunta Polytechnic, Harjavalta School of
  Social and Health Care
• CO-ORDINATING ORGANISATION
• Oulu Polytechnic, Oulainen Department of Nursing

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Partners

• FINLAND
• Harjavalta Institute of Social and Health Care
• University of Oulu, Department of Nursing and
  Health Administration
• Town of Oulainen, Department of Social Services
• Pappilanlampi Senior Citizen Center

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Partners

• HUNGARY
• Hungarian Nursing Association
• The Autumn Sunshine Nursing Home
• THE NETHERLANDS
• Mondriaan Onderwijsgrope
• CoornHertCentrum
• POLAND
• Polish Nursing Association

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Project duration

• 30 months 2,5 years
• starting 1.12.2001
• ending 1.5.2004

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AIMS

• to facilitate the Europen level discussion of the
  professional qualifications needed in the care of
  older people
• to create a forum for national and European level
  discussions and analysis of the professional
  roles, values and skills in the future care of
  older people

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Objectives

• 1. to increase the value of the cre of elderly
  among professionals and students of social and
  health care
• 2. to highlight the national and European level
  challenges of education to improve the quality of
  care of older people by the education
• 3. to facilitate the transnational comparing of
  education, professional skills and knowledge in
  the care of older people
• 4. to facilitate students as well as
  professionals transnational mobility in the field
  of elderly care

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Objectives

1. To increase the value of the care of the elderly
   among professionals and students of social and
   health care
2. To highlight the national and European level
   challenges of education to improve the quality
   care of older people by the education
3. To facilitate the transnational comparing of
   education, professional skills and knowledge in
   the care of older people
4. To facilitate students as well as professionals
   transnational mobility in the field of care of
   older people

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Workpackages

• Visions and challenges of the care of older
  people
• Working models for the care of the older people
• Professional competence in the care of older
  people
• National and international discussions/
  disseminating

• National Statistics
• Survey for age group 50-59 years
• Work analysis of practice
• National educational profiles
• National/ International Web-sites, Seminars,
  Articles and International Conference

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To Create

• National networks
• by national seminars
• by national Web-sites
• by national articles

• International networks
• by International Conference
• by Interntional Web-site
• by International articles

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WebCT - tool for communication for integrate
workpackages
WEB- SITE in English
WORKPACKAGE 4
Web-site FIN
Web-site PL
WORKPACKAGE 3
WORKPACKAGE 2
Web-site HU
WORKPACKAGE 1
Web-site NL