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MindWellness - Improving Learning Capacities and Mental Health of Elder People 12.2008-11.2010

 

MINDWELLNESS
IMPROVING LEARNING CAPACITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH OF ELDER PEOPLE
Agreement No 143087
LLP-1-2008-1-ES-GRUNDTVIG-GMP
1.12.2008 - 30.11.2010

 

The project "Improving learning capacities and mental health of elder people" aims at developing innovative training materials addressed to elder people (working or retired people) in order to preserve the fitness of their mind. The project execution will count on other additional benefits as it will provide the target collective new knowledge that can be used in their daily life and improve their quality of life.

 

The objective of the project is to produce a training material for elderly people for brain training to keep their mind in good condition, to prevent dementia and preserve independence.  

 

The outcomes of the project include the national and comparative analyses on the state of elderly citizens and learning in higher age, the compilation of best practices in the field of brain training (memory games, exercises, training, initiatives), the production of web-based teaching materials, the production of a handbook on brain training for elder people, as theoretical bases to be used by trainers and experts.

 

PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:


Union General de Trabajadores - Euskadi, Spain
XXI INVESLAN, S.L., Spain
Volkshilfe Steiermark Gemeinnuetzige BetriebsGesmbH, Austria
Institut für Projektbegleitung und Kompetenzentwicklung - pro-kompetenz - e.V., Germany
Århus social- og sundhedsskole, Denmark
Tallinna Tervishoiu Kõrgkool (Tallinn Health Care College), Estonia
TREBAG Vagyon- és Projektmenedze Kft, Hungary
University of Pécs, Hungary
S&T Società Cooperativa, Italy
PRO-MED Spólka z ograniczona odpowiedzialnoscia, Poland
Point Europa Ltd., United Kingdom
Accociated partner:
ARIADNE, Switzerland

 

Tallinn Health Care College team: 
01.12.2008 - 30.11.2010        Tiina Juhansoo
                                               Anne Ehasalu
                                               Merike Kravets
26.01.2009 - 30.11.2010        Eda Müürsepp
                                               Ülle Kivisild
                                               Zelda Fain

 

Project outcome

 

As a final outcome of the project, a training material was elaborated in common project activities:

"The Handbook on Brain Training for Older People" can be viewed and downloaded here.

Additional information and downloads of other materials are available on the official

web-page of the project: mindwellness.eu/index.html

 

 

ACTIVITIES

7-11.02.2009. Kick-off meeting of the Grundtvig programme project "Improving learning capacities and mental health of elder people" in Bilbao, Spain. 

12.02.2009. Meeting of the Grundtvig programme project "MINDWELLNESS - Improving learning capacities and mental health of elder people" in Tallinn Health Care College. Participants: Tiina Juhansoo, Zelda Fain, Anne Ehasalu, Eda Müürsepp, Ülle Kivisild.
23-24.04.2009. Poster about the project MINDWELLNESS at international COHEHRE (Consortium of  Institutions Higher Education in Health and Rehabilitation) conference. 
17-23.05.2009. Poster about the project MIDWELLNESS at Tallinn Health Care College International Week  "From Higher Education to community".   Picture 1 picture 2
9.-10.07.2009. Project  MINDWELLNESS meeting in Tallinn Health Care College. Picture 1, Picture 2 
1.10.2009. Project MINDWELLNESS poster presentation at  World Elderly Day. Picture

1.02.2010. Project  MINDWELLNESS meeting in Tallinn Health Care College. Participants: Tiina Juhansoo, Ülle Kivisild, Eda Müürsepp, Zelda Fain.
5-10.04.2010. Seminar of Grundtvig programme project "MINDWELLNESS - Improving Learning Capacities and Mental Health of Elderly People" in  Graz. Participants: Tiina Juhansoo, Mare Tupits, Mai Maser, Kalju Paju.  Picture 1, picture 2, picture 3picture 4
13.04.2010. Meeting of Grundtvig programme's project MINDWELLNESS in Tallinn Health Care College. Participants: Tiina Juhansoo, Ülle Kivisild, Eda Müürsepp, Zelda Fain.
13-16.10.2010. Meeting of the Grundtvig programme's project MINDWELLNESS in Hungary. Participant: Tiina Juhansoo. Picture1. Picture2. Picture3.