careNET Building ICT Competencies in the Long-term Care Sector to Enhance Quality of Life for Older People and Those at Risk of Exclusion Website: http://www.carenetproject.eu Runtime: January 2012 – March 2014 Supported / co-funded by: LLP – Transversal Information-communication-technologies (Key activity 3) Partners: Institut FEPEM pour l’Emploi Familial, FR; King’s College London, UK; Instituto per La Ricerca Sociale, IT; University Piraeus Research Center, EL; European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN), UK; Burgos Health Research Foundation, ES; University College Lillebælt, DK; Telecentre – Europe, BE. Project representative to be contacted for further info: Barbara Lázár (lazar@edenonline.org) The careNET project is aimed at developing a critical set of ICT competences in two identified ‘at risk’ target groups: care-workers in home care and older persons. The project works in a synergistic way to tackle identified problems in the under-professionalised home care sector while at the same time promoting social inclusion and enhancing the quality of life of older people. What resonates amongst both groups is their exposure to the risk of social exclusion as they are both often at the margins of society and likely to be the victim of digital and social divides. ICTs and associated competences have been shown to be a critical component in mitigating these risks of exclusion and helping to support an increased quality of life. The acquisition of digital skills is essential for these actors in the family employment sector where we find over half of all private individual employers aged 60 years old and over, and low-skilled women representing the majority of household employees. In response to these pressing needs the project has identified key behaviours that require digital competences in order to define common ICT competences needed by the two target groups. The methodology has been led to a map of domains of competence. Based on the competence framework, learning paths and resources were designed and learning materials developed based on cooperative learning between care workers and care recipients to promote improved quality of care and quality of life through the acquisition of care related digital competences. In addition, to answer specific needs, learning modules for Synergy Workshop – Transnational Learning Forum for Exchanging Practices and Ideas © 2013 EDEN
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