On Stage in the Golden Age:
Threatre for Healthy Ageing
Threatre for Healthy Ageing
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About the AGE_THEA project
“On Stage in the Golden Age: Theatre for Healthy Ageing”” (AGE_THEA) is a 24-month project, co-funded by the European Commission under the ERASMUS+ Programme. AGE_THEA is implemented by six (6) European organizations, including one University: SRA (Romania), LCM (Italy), EDRA (Greece), RC (Portugal), Habilitas (Romania), and UNIWA (Greece). The project aims to increase awareness of the role and impact of theater in preventing and treating psychosocial health and well-being of elderly individuals, with or without cognitive disorders. Synergies between different fields (social, cultural, and health) will contribute to the development of a quality training program and methodology for professionals in the health, cultural, and caregiving sectors. Through theatrical interventions, the project activities aim to promote active ageing, psychosocial well-being of elderly individuals, and their social inclusion.”
The project aims to raise awareness on the role and impacts of theatre on the prevention and treatment of psychosocial health and mental wellbeing of elderly people who lives with cognitive diseases. Through synergies between culture and health sectors, a high quality training and methodology to the cultural and health educators and family members will be developed accordingly. The project activities are conceived to foster active ageing, psychosocial wellbeing of the elderly, and their social inclusion through theatre interventions.
Objectives
The AGE_THEA project aims to achieve the following objectives:
1. To investigate and test at the EU level how the participation to culture and creative activity, especially threatrical interventions, can support the psychosocial health and wellbeing of European elderly people and finalize a high-quality methodology that best suits their specific needs.their specific needs.
2. To create a cross-disciplinary, art-based, non-formal training programme for the prevention and treatment of the symptomatology of Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline in elderly people through synergies between health, social, and cultural sectors, involving caregivers and families.
3. To support the development and revival of creativity, inner potentialities, and the unexpressed psychophysics resources as well as to foster the self-confidence, community building, social engagement, interpersonal relationships of targeted elderly people (+65) with and without dementia, neurological disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, during and beyond the project lifespan to fight the stigma, sense of marginalization, loneliness, and isolation, with special regards to those low income, discriminated, isolated.
4. To raise awareness at the EU level and disseminate to the stakeholders and EU governments on the effective role of the arts as a driver for active aging in managing and improving psychosocial health and wellbeing of elderly people, as well as a means of social inclusion, social engagement, and empowerment.
The AGE_THEA partners will develop the following
project results to respond to these needs
Detailed report on the analysis and assessment on the role and impacts of theatre on the prevention and treatment of psychosocial health and wellbeing of elderly people.
Training program aimed at the social, cultural, and health sectors to improve the psychosocial well-being of elderly individuals.
A set of theatre activities based on the participatory theatre methodology, addressed to elderly people with and without dementia, giving them the chance to fully experience the benefits of theatre to their psychosocial health and wellbeing.
Detailed report on the analysis and assessment on the role and impacts of theatre on the prevention and treatment of psychosocial health and wellbeing of elderly people.
Training program aimed at the social, cultural, and health sectors to improve the psychosocial well-being of elderly individuals.
A set of theatre activities based on the participatory theatre methodology, addressed to elderly people with and without dementia, giving them the chance to fully experience the benefits of theatre to their psychosocial health and wellbeing.
4 national events for stakeholders to promote cooperation between the social, cultural, and health sectors organized in Romania, Italy, Greece, and Portugal (20 participants/event/country).
“5 national awareness events organized in Romania, Greece, Italy, and Portugal (40 participants / event / country, and in Greece there will be 2 events, totaling 80 participants).”
4 national events for stakeholders to promote cooperation between the social, cultural, and health sectors organized in Romania, Italy, Greece, and Portugal (20 participants/event/country).
“5 national awareness events organized in Romania, Greece, Italy, and Portugal (40 participants / event / country, and in Greece there will be 2 events, totaling 80 participants).”
Project no. 2 02 3 – 1 – R O 01 – K A 2 2 0 – A D U – 0001 6 09 7 3
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