Diversity-sensitive care of older people with migration background

DISCOPMB

CONTACT

Selma Kadi

PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR

Selma Kadi

PROJECT TEAM AT THE EUROPEAN CENTRE

Selma Kadi, Sabina Gjylsheni, Mirjam Pot, Magdi Birtha, Kai Leichsenring

EXTERNAL PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR

Emina Hadziabdic, Linnaeus University, Sweden

PROJECT PARTNERS

Linnaeus University (Sweden)

Anziani e non solo (Italy)

Hogeschool Gent (Belgium)

Jade (Finland)

BACKGROUND

High-quality health and social care services should be available to all individuals and their families irrespective of age, ethnic and cultural origin. The increasing diversity in European societies creates the need for training to students and professionals to enable them to provide person-centred and diversity-sensitive health and social care to all individuals. The project addressed this need through the development of training for health and care students, open educational resources for students and professionals as well as policy recommendations. People with migration background and stakeholders participated in the design of the trainings and open educational resources.

AIMS

The outcome of this project is an improvement in person-centred and diversity-sensitive care for older migrants through training of students and professionals in diverse health and social care disciplines.

METHODS

Desk research
Design of training programme (including piloting and dissemination)
Design of open educational resources (including piloting and dissemination)
Involvement of experts by experience (development of training materials with older people with migration background; workshops with people with migration background)
Theory of Change for project evaluation
Event for dissemination to national and EU-level stakeholders and policymakers

ACTIVITIES/MILESTONES

Training programme for the health and social care disciplines
Open educational resources for students and professionals
Policy recommendations for national and European level stakeholders and policymakers

FINDINGS

The training programme and the e-learning course were further adapted after the successful pilot.

Both were disseminated in the project partner countries and across Europe to a wide range of stakeholders including health and care professionals, care providers, educational institutions, researchers and policy makers.

The project results are:

- Training programme that can be used across health and care professions for face to face teaching available in 6 languages: All Courses - DI.S.C.O.P.M.B.

- E-Learning course that can be used across health and care professions available in 6 languages: FHL-MOOC

- Organisation of five webinars with expert presentations on person-centred, diversity-sensitive care

- Policy Brief on Six principles to enhance health and social care for older migrants

- Policy Brief on Improving education and training for health and social care staff to provide person-centred, diversity-sensitive care

The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research supports the Sustainable Development Goals