Education Program for Carers in Facilities with Neuro Disabled Subjects EPoCFiNDS

Dionyssiotis, Yannis; Vellidou, Eleftheria; Konstantinidis, Stathis Th.; Sarafis, Pavlos; Artemi, Sofia; Stergiopoulou, Katerina; Vind, Anne Mette; Birsanu, Niculina; Duport, Sophie; Koutsouris, Dimitrios

Abstract

The prevalence of chronic illness and the disabilities they cause are strongly associated with age. According to
the United Nations, in most countries around the world, 8-10% of the population has some form of disability.
Carers are helping subjects who have severe or profound core activity limitations in the community and hospice
facilities. The skills acquired by carers in their caring role are relevant to the competencies required for occupations
and qualifications in community, aged care, health, youth, housing and disability support services. With the aging
population the number of subjects with neurological lesions living in hospices and long-term care facilities is
increased. It makes a strong case to educate carers to help these subjects. There is a lack of evidence on how
to design and implement mechanisms such as foundation skills courses and programs to best meet the needs
of carers. The goal of Education Program for Carers in Facilities with Neuro Disabled Subjects (EPoCFiNDS), is
to create training programs for carers in neurodisabled subjects living in various facilities. In Europe we need to
develop educational programs, aimed at volunteers, relatives or any other group of people so that they better
organize benefits care for neurodisabled subjects.

Citation

Dionyssiotis, Y., Vellidou, E., Konstantinidis, S. T., Sarafis, P., Artemi, S., Stergiopoulou, K., Vind, A. M., Birsanu, N., Duport, S., & Koutsouris, D. (2019). Education Program for Carers in Facilities with Neuro Disabled Subjects EPoCFiNDS. Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Falls, 4(2), 45-50. https://doi.org/10.22540/JFSF-04-045

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 29, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Jun 1, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019-06
• Deposit Date: Jul 10, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 11, 2019
• Journal: Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Falls
• Print ISSN: 2459-4148
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 45-50
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22540/JFSF-04-045
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2294415
• Publisher URL: http://www.jfsf.eu/Article.php?AID=v04i02_045
• Contract Date: Jul 10, 2019