Alzheimer Europe Conference
POS2.7 De Wachter, Leentje e.a. MOre NUrtering and More Empowerment Nested in Technology (MONUMENT)
Main Author: Leentje De Wachter, Centre of Expertise on Dementia Flanders - Co-Authors: Kalina Mikolajczak-Degrauwe & Alexandra Bertrand & Annabelle Fortuna
Dementia is a growing social challenge resulting in rising care demands and healthcare costs. While there are efforts to expand formal long-term care services to respond to this growing demand, informal care forms the backbone of long-term care. However, not only is the pool of potential informal carers fast decreasing with an older demographic shift, but informal caregivers also experience a higher caregiver burden. A strong network, more knowledge, insight and skills amongst informal carers as well as engagement in leisure can be promising interventions to relieve this burden of care. Technological applications to support people living with dementia and their informal carers exist, but are often unfamiliar, not adjusted to their specific needs and not introduced at the optimum time in their dementia journey.
The MONUMENT project is a European Interreg 2Seas project (2020-2023) that aims to alleviate the burden of informal carers of people with dementia. Its overall objective is to enable people living with dementia to stay at home for longer by increasing caregivers coping skills and improving their mutual well-being and the quality of their relationships. This will be realised by (1) the implementation of five distinct pilots offering support to informal carers based on the Odense concept; (2) a multilingual digital platform by and for informal carers, consolidating information on dementia-friendly services, and enhancing exchange with peers; (3) the testing and co-creation of technological solutions tailored to the needs of informal carers of people living with dementia; and (4) a socio-economic feasibility study on the MONUMENT model for policy makers and solution actors.
MONUMENT acknowledges the informal carer as an important actor within an effective and integrated care service for people living with dementia. Our poster provides an overview of the actions to be taken.
POS2.7 De Wachter, Leentje e.a. MOre NUrtering and More Empowerment Nested in Technology (MONUMENT)
Main Author: Leentje De Wachter, Centre of Expertise on Dementia Flanders - Co-Authors: Kalina Mikolajczak-Degrauwe & Alexandra Bertrand & Annabelle Fortuna
Dementia is a growing social challenge resulting in rising care demands and healthcare costs. While there are efforts to expand formal long-term care services to respond to this growing demand, informal care forms the backbone of long-term care. However, not only is the pool of potential informal carers fast decreasing with an older demographic shift, but informal caregivers also experience a higher caregiver burden. A strong network, more knowledge, insight and skills amongst informal carers as well as engagement in leisure can be promising interventions to relieve this burden of care. Technological applications to support people living with dementia and their informal carers exist, but are often unfamiliar, not adjusted to their specific needs and not introduced at the optimum time in their dementia journey.
The MONUMENT project is a European Interreg 2Seas project (2020-2023) that aims to alleviate the burden of informal carers of people with dementia. Its overall objective is to enable people living with dementia to stay at home for longer by increasing caregivers coping skills and improving their mutual well-being and the quality of their relationships. This will be realised by (1) the implementation of five distinct pilots offering support to informal carers based on the Odense concept; (2) a multilingual digital platform by and for informal carers, consolidating information on dementia-friendly services, and enhancing exchange with peers; (3) the testing and co-creation of technological solutions tailored to the needs of informal carers of people living with dementia; and (4) a socio-economic feasibility study on the MONUMENT model for policy makers and solution actors.
MONUMENT acknowledges the informal carer as an important actor within an effective and integrated care service for people living with dementia. Our poster provides an overview of the actions to be taken.