Presenting alternative Approaches to Burnout Syndrome in Elderly Multimorbid individuals with interdisciplinary collaboration

Project duration: 15.12.2021 – 15.12.2023

Project Reference: 2021-1-LT01-KA220-ADU-000028279

Programme: Erasmus+

Key Action: Partnerships for cooperation and exchanges of practices

Action Type: Cooperation partnerships in adult education

Project website: http://asterion.altervista.org/multiplier-event/?doing_wp_cron=1666992313.0500879287719726562500 

Key words: Social innovation, Physical and mental health, well-being, Creativity, arts and culture

 

 

 

 

 

 

Objectives

It is expected that the rate of the elderly population will increase even more in the total population in Europe in the coming period. This will make it necessary to change policies for the elderly and to form new political elements. Due to the long process of this change, NGOs also have a big role with decision makers. We will try to develop solutions for burnout syndromes of multimorbid individuals who are in a disadvantaged position, starting from our intuitions towards local, national and EU dimensions, as the 5 institutions (3 NGOs, 1 Adult Education Center, 1 University) that set out with this awareness and ensure the preparation of this project. The expected results in this solution process are;

Activities

It is expected that the proportion of the elderly population will increase even more in the total population in Europe in the coming period. This will make it necessary to change policies for the elderly and to form new political elements. Due to the long process of this change, NGOs also have a big role with decision makers. We will try to develop solutions to burnout syndromes of multimorbid individuals who are in a disadvantaged position towards local, national and European dimensions, starting with our responsibilities as 5 institutions that set off with this awareness and ensure the preparation of this project. For this reason, three types of actions are planned in our project to improve the quality of life of multimorbide people over 65 years old. All of these disciplines that are the basis of our application have been gathered under the name of PABSEM. In this context, the overall aim of the project is to reduce the health costs of elderly multimorbid individuals with alternative approaches to burnout syndromes and to increase the quality of life of elderly multimorbid individuals.
The activities to be implemented in this context are as follows:
a) transnational project meetings
b) 2 WPs: IO 1 and IO 2
c) International Symposium

Result O1: PABSEM will develop a new understanding. There is no comparable data on the relationship between multi-therapy and multi-morbit across Europe. Our project will be an opportunity to make this comparison. Pre-test at the beginning of the project and post-test comparisons at the end of the project will provide accurate information about the target group. The steps of the research process to increase transferability will be described in detail. In particular, themes and categories will be clearly defined so that the target group can easily understand. It is possible to talk about many variables such as process and environment in burnout syndromes of elderly multimorbid individuals. The variables that affect this process can affect health costs positively or negatively. One of the most important points for the project to function properly is the level of transferability. During the transferability of our project, the analysis of its data will be carried out by obtaining more than one expert opinion.

Result O2: Publishing manual books and e-book to increase the quality of life of multimorbid individuals. The handbook & e-book will be drafted thanks to the results achieved from the research carried on the O1. The handbook & e-book will be divided into different chapters. Each partner will be involved in developing the content while bringing specificity according to its cultural national context, research made on multimorbidity and needs analysis resulted at the level of the partnership and the level of participants and target group. These two books will become a working tool for adult educators, art & Music therapists, as they will provide guidelines and methodologies on how to support persons with multimorbidity during education activities or tours. A section will include examples of successful practices in the practice, developed both by educational and health organizations. A contact list in the Music and artistic sectors in the partners’ areas will be as well integrated into the document, to facilitate the creation of contacts and strategies between the two disciplines (art and music). Instructions on the procedure to develop PABSEM models of monuments and other performing works will be included.

Project consortium:

Coordinator

VsI "Saules stygos" – Lithuania http://www.saulesstygos.lt

Partners

ULUSLARARASI SANAT EGITIMCILERI DERNEGI